Dracena. | CXL, LILIACEZ (BAKER). 443. 
2-3 in. long; pedicels „4 in. long, articulated at the middle. Flowers 
unknown. Fruit globose, the size of a small pea. 
Lower Guinea. French Congo ; woods at Brazzaville, on Stanley Pool, Thollon, 
4074! 
No specimen at Kew, 
20. D. interrupta, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 252. 
A much-branched low shrub. Branchlets slender, with long internodes. 
Leaves 4-nate, nearly sessile, oblong, acute, firm in texture, 4—6 in. 
long, 2-24 in. broad at the middle, cuneate at the base, unspotted ;. 
midrib visible only on the underside near the base. Inflorescence a lax 
raceme with a moderately long cernuous peduncle; flowers many in a 
cluster ; pedicels short; bracts minute, ovate. Perianth }-1 in. long; 
segments half as long as the cylindrical tube. Stamens as long as the 
perianth-segments. Style finally exserted. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; in woods by the River Tombe, 
Welwitsch, 3748! 
21. D. mayumbensis, Hua, Contr. Fl. Congo Frang. Lil. 14. 
Allied to D. camerooniana. Leaves 2-5 in a rosette at the apex of the 
branches, oblong, acuminate, narrowed to the base to a very short petiole, 
the outer 6-7 in. long, 2-23 in. broad, the inner much smaller; midrib 
distinct in the lower half. Raceme subspicate, simple, terminal, erect ; 
bracts short, remote ; flowers 3—10 in a cluster, nearly sessile. Perianth- 
tube cylindrical, as long as the linear segments. 
Lower Guinea. Southern French Congo; forest of Mayumba, Thollon, 1222! 
No specimen at Kew. 
22. D. congoensis, Hua, Contr. Fl. Congo Franç. Lil. 16. Near 
D. surculosa. Leaves crowded at the tip of the branches, elliptical, very 
acuminate, 4-8 in. long, 2-34 in. broad, rounded at the base; petiole 
2—3 in. long, dilated at the base; midrib distinct in the lower half. 
Flowers in a lax peduncled subspicate raceme ; clusters 5-6, consisting 
of 15-40 flowers each; bracts ventricose, caudate. Perianth 1 in. or 
rather less long; tube cylindrical, much longer than the segments. 
Lower Guinea. Southern French Congo; forest of Mayumba, T'hollon ! 
No specimen at Kew. 
23. D. surculosa, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1169. A much-branched 
shrub 6-10 ft. high. Branchlets slender, woody, with long internodes. 
Leaves 2-4-nate, nearly sessile, oblong, acute, 3-6 in. long, 14-2 in. 
broad at the middle, moderately firm in texture, often spotted with 
white ; midrib distinct from base to apex. Flowers many in a terminal 
umbel or short raceme, with a short slender peduncle ; pedicels 4—4 in. 
long, articulated below the middle. Perianth white, ł in. long ; segments 
shorter than the slender cylindrical tube. Stamens as long as the 
perianth-segments. Style much exserted. Berry bright red, 1—2-seeded,. 
4-} in. diam.—Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. vil. 1677 ; Kunth, Enum. v. 
14; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5662 (var. maculata) ` Regel, Revis. Draczn.. 
43; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 537. 
