Dracena. | CXL. LILIACEH (BAKER). 441 
- Nile Land, Abyssinia: Shoa, Quartin-Dillon! British East Africa: Uganda, 
Scott-Elliot, 7439! Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 7829! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, 3738! 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount Chiradzulu, 
Meller ! Zomba, Whyte, 87! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 25! 
D. Lindeni, Ill. Hort. xxvii. t. 384, is a form of this species, having the leaves 
variegated with white. 
13. D. Steudneri, Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 143. Arborescent. 
Leaves large, lanceolate. Inflorescence an ample panicle with spreading 
branches; flowers densely clustered; bracts ovate ; pedicels 4 in. long. 
Perianth more than 4 in. long; tube constricted above the ovary ; 
segments linear-oblong, tinged with red on the keel outside. Filaments 
filiform ; anthers oblong. Berry }—} in. diam. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Dembea; near Gondar, Steudner, 477. 
Var. kilimandscharica, Engl. loc. cit. Leaves more narrowed below the middle, 
1} ft. long, 2 in. broad. Perianth-segments as long as the tube. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; abundant 4500-9000 ft., 
used by the natives for hedges, Johnston, 176! at Marangu, 4900 ft., Volkens, 1416! 
14. D. Fischeri, Baker in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 477. Leaves not seen. 
Flowers congested at the tip of the branchlets in large globose heads; 
clusters subtended by orbicular scariose bracts 1$—2 in. long and broad ; 
pedicels short. Perianth cylindrical, nearly 3 in. long; segments short. 
Stamens inserted above the middle of the perianth-tube. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Unyamwezi; Usuri, Fischer, 589! 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium, ` 
15. D. reflexa, Zam. Encyc. ii. 324, var. nitens, Baker. Trunk 
7-10 ft. long. Leaves laxly disposed, sessile, linear, moderately firm, 
bright green, 6-10 in. long, $-} in. broad at the middle, slightly 
narrowed to the base; midrib visible nearly to the apex. Panicle 
shortly peduncled, 4—1 ft. long; branches short, spreading, simple; 
pedicels 4—4 in. long, the lower 2-3 in a cluster ; bracts ovate, minute, 
scariose. Perianth cylindrical, white tinged with red outside, }—j in. 
long; tube cylindrical. Stamens as long as the perianth-segments, 
Style exserted. Berry 4 in. diam.—JD. nitens, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. 
Linn. Soe. ser. 2, Bot. i. 252. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Ruwenzori; Yeria Valley, 8000 ft., Scott- 
Elliot, 7899! Butagu Valley, 8000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 8009! 
Lower Guinea. Angola; Golungo Alto and Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, 
3741! 3742! 3743! 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Morambala Mountain, near the 
River Shire, 500-2000 ft., Kirk ! 
16. D. Braunii, Hngl. Jahrb. xv. 479, t. 20. Rootstock nearly 
1 ft. long, branched. Sterile stem simple, erect, slender, Le in. long. 
Leaves laxly disposed, sessile, lanceolate, 2-3 in. long, under 1 in. broad, 
narrowed to a clasping channelled base. Fertile stem very short, with 
