Dracena.| CXL, LILIACEH (BAKER), 445 
cluster ; bracts minute, ovate, scariose. Perianth } in. long; segments 
as long as the tube. Stamens as long as the perianth-segments. Berry 
1-3-lobed, if simple not larger than a pea.—Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xiv. 534. D. aubryana, Hua in Contr. Fl. Congo Franç. Lil. 8, 
ex parte, 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: banks of the Bagru River, Mann, 898! 
Lower Guinea, Gaboon: Munda; Sibange Farm, in damp woods, Soyaux, 96! 
28. D. thalioides, C. Morren in Belg. Hort. 1860, 348, with figure. 
Stem short, slender, simple. Leaves crowded, ascending ; petiole long, 
slender, dilated and clasping the stem at the base ; blade oblong-lanceo- 
late or lanceolate, acuminate, 4—1 ft. long, 1-3 in. broad at the middle, 
deltoid at the base; midrib not visible on the under side in the upper 
half. Inflorescence long, lax, spicate, simple or slightly branched ; 
lower flowers 2-3 in a cluster. Perianth whitish, 1-1} in. long; seg- 
ments oblong, very short. Anthers oblong, as long as the filiform 
filaments. Style exserted. Berry usually 1-seeded, oblong.—Regel, 
Revis. Drac. 47; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 534. D. aubryana, 
A. Brong. in Flore des Serres, tt. 1522-3; K. Koch, Wochenschr. 
x. 239. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Batanga, Mann, 1038! 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: banks of the Gaboon River, Mann, 1036! and with- 
out precise locality, Griffon du Bellay, 187. 
Introduced into cultivation about 1860 by M. Aubry Le Comte, commissioner of the 
French Imperial Marine. 
29. D. tholloniana, Hua, Contr. Fl. Congo Franç. Lil. 10. An 
erect shrub. Leaves 5-6 to a stem; petiole nearly as long as the blade, 
channelled, dilated at the base ; blade oblong-lanceolate, 12-16 in. long, 
24-34 in. broad, abruptly narrowed at the base; midrib not produced 
to the apex. Raceme simple, shortly peduncled ; bracts minute ; pedicels 
5-6 in a cluster, very short. Perianth 4 lin. long ; tube short; lobes 
linear. Stamen rather shorter than the perianth-lobes ; filaments twice 
the length of the anthers. Style scarcely exserted. 
Lower Guinea. French Congo; Njole, on the lower Ogowe, Thollon, 31, 
No specimen at Kew. 
30. D. ugandensis, Baker. Branchlets woody, ł in, diam. ` scars 
of fallen leaves } in. apart. Leaves with a distinct channelled petiole 
- about 1 in. long, dilated at the base; blade firm, oblong, subobtuse, 
3—4 in. long, 18-21 lin. broad, narrowed to the base. Raceme shorter 
than the leaves, consisting of 3-4 clusters of flowers, 10-12 in each ; 
pedicels + in. long, articulated at the middle. Perianth not seen. 
Berry globose, the size of a pea. 
Wile Land. Uganda: common in hedges, Scott-Elliot, 7264! 
31. D. gabonica, Hua, Contr. Fl. Congo Franç. Til. 17. Stem 
slender, woody. Leaves crowded, ascending; petiole channelled, 2—4 in. 
long, dilated at the base; blade thin, oblong-cuspidate, unspotted, 
