Dracena. | CXL. LILIACEH (BAKER). 439 
thin, moderately firm, 6-12 in. long, 3-1 in. broad above the middle, 
narrowed gradually to the base; midrib not visible in the upper third. 
Panicle shortly peduncled, deltoid, sometimes 1 ft. long; branches 
spreading, laxly racemose; pedicels } in. long, articulated at the apex, 
the lower clustered; bracts smal], ovate. Perianth white, 1 in. long ; 
segments twice as long as the tube. Stamens as long as the perianth- 
Segments. Style exserted.—Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 528. 
Upper Guinea. Senegal, Perrottet, 785! Lagos, Moloney,2! Niger Territory : 
Nupe, Barter, 1511! 
Var, minor, Baker in. Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 529. Leaves much smaller. 
Racemes simple. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia: River Nunez, Heudelot ! 
6. D. acutissima, Hua, Contr. Fl. Congo Franç. Lil. 17. Leaves 
not very crowded, erect, sessile, linear, 1 ft. long, 4 in. broad, very 
acute, sub-rigid ; midrib distinct on both surfaces; underside showing 
12-15 distinct raised vertical veins. Raceme lax, simple, terminal, 
shorter than the leaves; rhachis pubescent; bracts obsolete; flowers 
many in a cluster; pedicels 4 in. long, articulated at the base. Buds 
clavate, much constricted at the middle. Perianth-tube cylindrical, 
longer than the lobes. 
Lower Guinea. French Congo: region of the River Alima, a tributary of the 
Lower Congo, Thollon, 913 ! 
No specimen at Kew. 
7. D. arborea, Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. i. 341. Trunk arborescent, 
reaching a height of 40 ft. Leaves dense, sessile, lanceolate, thin, 
moderately firm, 2—3 ft. long, 2—3 in. broad at the middle, narrowed to 
under 1 in. above the dilated base; midrib visible nearly to the apex. 
Inflorescence an ample deltoid panicle 1} ft. long and broad ; lower 
branch bracts large, lanceolate; racemes dense, cylindrical, 3-6 in. 
long ; flowers 3—4 in a cluster; pedicels }-} in. long; bracts ovate, 
Scariose. Perianth }—}in. long; tubeshort, campanulate. Stamens not 
exserted. Berry the size of a cherry—Kunth, Enum. v. 9; Regel Revis. 
Drac. 36 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 528. D. knerkiana, K. Koch, 
Wochenschr. iv. 394, x. 235. Aletris arborea, Willd. Enum. 381, 
Upper Guinea. Ashanti: Fumassi, Cummins, 16r! Niger Delta: banks of 
the River Nun, Mann, 454! 
Lower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, ascending to 3000 ft., Moller A: Quintas, 
13! 107! Angola, Welwitsch, 3737! French Congo ; lagoon of Mayumba, Lecomte, 
107. 
8. D. Preussii, Hngl. Jahrb. xv. 477. Stem 16-20 ft. long. 
Leaves crowded, sessile, lanceolate, 2-3 ft. long, 3 in. broad at the 
middle, narrowed to 2 in. above the dilated base ; midrib stout, prominent 
on the undersurface. Inflorescence dense, subcylindrical ; branches and 
branchlets short, many-flowered; bracts lanceolate, nearly i in. long, 
purplish upwards. Perianth-tube nearly 1 in. long; segments 2 the 
length of the tube. Stamens as long as the perianth-segments. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons, near Barombi, Preuss, 328. 
No specimen at Kew. 
