438 CXL. LILIACEZ (BAKER). [ Draceena. 
ensiform. Panicle ample, tripinnate; branches stiff, stout, pubescent, 
spreading horizontally ; pedicels clustered, pubescent, -y in. long, articu- 
lated at the middle; bracts minute, ovate. Perianth } in. long; tube 
very short. Stamens shorter than the perianth ; filaments flattened.— 
Hildeb. in Monatsschr. Ver. Gartenb. K. preuss. Staaten, 1878, 196. 
Nile Land. British Somaliland: Mountains, near Maid, 2500-5500 ft., Hilde- 
brandt, 1472! 
Native name Moli. 
I have not seen the leaves of Hildebrandt’s plant, but those of one gathered in the 
Golis range in 1895, by Mrs. E. Lort-Phillips, are not distinguishable from those of 
D. Ombet. This and the two next are nearly allied to the Canarian D. Draco, and 
Socotran D. Cinnabari, Balf, f. 
2. D. Ombet, Kotschy & Peyr. Pl. Tinn. 47, with figure. Trunk 
7-8 ft. long, twice forked ; branchlets short, thick, spreading. Leaves 
densely rosulate, ensiform from a dilated base, 14-2 ft. long, under 
1 in. broad low down, narrowed gradually to the tip, very thick and 
rigid, smooth on the margin, rounded on the back in the lower half, 
keeled upwards, triquetrous towards the apex. Panicle shortly peduncled, 
very compound, above 1 ft. long; branchlets glabrous; pedicels many 
in a cluster, 4—4 in. long, articulated at the middle; bracts ovate- 
lanceolate, minute. Perianth } in. long; tube nearly obsolete. 
Stamens shorter than the perianth.—Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 1- 
App. ii. 76; Baker in Hook. Ic. t. 2539. 
Nile Land. Nubia: on Mount Erkowit, near Suakin, 5000 ft., Schweinfurth 
250! Anguab Mountains, west of Suakin, 2500-4000 ft., Heuglin ! Eritrea: Mount 
Adhamed, near Geleb, 6800 ft., Schweinfurth, 1187, 1413. Mount Alamkale, near 
Aidereso, 5800 ft., Schweinfurth, 1464, 1821. 
3. D. Hanningtoni, Baker. Nearly allied to D. Ombet. Branch- 
lets of the panicle glabrous ; pedicels densely clustered AA in. long. 
Perianth cylindrical, 4 in. long; tube half as long as the segments. 
Stamens as long as the perianth. Style distinctly exserted. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Unyamwezi; Msalala, Hannington / 
4. D. Mannii, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 164. Trunk woody, 30 ft. 
long. Leaves crowded, ascending, ensiform, sessile, firm in texture, 
1-1} ft. long, 3-1 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to 3 in- 
above the base ; midrib not visible in the upper third. Panicle nearly 
sessile, bipinnate, 14 ft. long; branches long, ascending; racemes 
moderately dense, the end one 4 ft. long; pedicels short, articulated at 
the apex, the lower 3-6 in a cluster; bracts minute, ovate. Perianth 
greenish, 4 in. long; segments twice as long as the tube. Stamens as 
long as the perianth-segments. Style finally exserted—Baker ım 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 526. 
Upper Guinea. Old Calabar River, Mann, 2329! Thomson, 8! 
Imperfect specimens of an allied plant are described by Hua in Contr. Fl. Cong. 
Frang. Lil. 7, from Osika, in the Bateke country, French Congo, collected by De 
Brazza (No. 185) in 1883. It differs from D, Mannii by its longer pedicels. 
5. D. Perrottetii, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 165. Trunk ve 
12 ft. long; branchlets slender, glabrous. Leaves ensiform, sessile, 
