Dracena. | 
` Leaves 13-2 in. broad ; 
Leaves 2—2} in. broad. 
Pedicels distinct . 
Pedicels nearly obsolete 
Leaves 2-3} in. broad 
Pedicels 4—4 in. long. 
Berry 3-4 in. diam.. 
Berry 3—3 in. diam. 
Leaves distinctly petiolate, lanceolate, or 
Leaves lanceolate. 
Acaulescent. 
Caulescent. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate. 
Acaulescent 
Caulescent. 
Lower pedicels 2-3 in a cluster . 
Lower pedicels 5-6 in a cluster. i | 
Inflorescence usually 
Leaves distinctly petiolate, oblong. 
panicled. 
Inflorescence of 3-4 heads on a simple axis : . 
Inflorescence panicled. 
Petiole short. 
Pedicels short . 
Pedicels 4—4} in. long. 
Pedicels always solitary 
Lower pedicels not solitary. 
Inflorescence panicled 
Inflorescence spicate . 
CXL. LILIACEZ (BAKER). 
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, 19. D. silvatica. 
. 20. D. interrupta. 
. 21. D. mayumbensis, 
. 22. D. congoensis. 
. 23. D. surculosa. 
oblong-lanceolate. 
24. D. godseffiana. 
. 25. D. acaulis. 
. 26. D. Pogget. 
. 27. D. humilis. 
. 28. D. thalioides. 
. 29. D tholloniana. 
30. D. ugandensis. 
. 31. D. gabonica. 
Perianth-segments as long as tbe tube . 
Perianth-segments twice as long as the tube 
Petiole long. 
Blade cuneate at the base. 
Petiole 4—5 in. long 
Petiole 6-8 in. long | 
Blade rounded at the base 
florescence capitate. 
Acaulescent or subacaulescent. 
Blade narrowed to the base . 
Blade rounded to the base. 
Blade less than half as broad as long . 
Blade more than half as broad as long 
Caulescent. 
Blade less than half as broad as long. 
Perianth 4} in. long . 
Perianth #-—1 in. long. 
Perianth-segments half as long as the tube 
Perianth-segments as long as the tube . 
Blade half as broad as long. 
Stems short. 
Perianth-segments half as long as the tube 
. 32. D. elegans. 
33. D. elliptica. 
34. D. laxissima. 
. 35. D. glomerata. - 
. 36. D. Büttneri. 
i . 37. D. densifolia. 
Leaves distinctly petiolate, lanceolate or oblong. In- 
. 38. D. monostachya. 
Perianth-segments nearly as long as the tube . 
Perianth-segments as long as the tube . 
Stems 3-5 ft. long . 
1. D. schizantha, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1877, 71. 
. 39. D. phrynioides. 
. 40. D. phanerophlebia. 
. 41. D. Afzelii. 
. 42. D. cylindrica, 
. 43. D. bicolor, 
. 44. D. Eiliotii. 
45. D. goldieana. 
. 46. D. ovata. 
. 47. D. Lecomtei. 
A tree 
20-30 ft. high, with a thick forked trunk. Leaves crowded, rigid, 
