446 CXL. LILIACEZ (BAKER). [ Draceena. 
4-5 in. long, 24-3 in. broad at the middle, with a deltoid base and 
midrib visible beneath only near the base. Raceme simple, lax, shortly 
peduncled ; flowers few in a fascicle; pedicels short; bracts minute. 
Perianth 3-2 in. long; segments as long as the cylindrical tube. 
Stamens rather shorter than the perianth-segments. Style not 
-exserted. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Munda; Sibange Farm, in damp woods, Soyauz, 98! 
and without precise locality, Klaine, 104! 
Nearly allied to D. elliptica, Thunb. 
32. D. elegans, Hua, Contr. Fl. Congo Franc. Lil. 13. Nearly 
allied to D. elliptica. An erect shrub, with slender branches. Leaves 
laxly disposed ; petiole short, channelled, clasping the stem all round; 
blade elliptical, 5-6 in. long, 2 in. broad at the middle, with midrib dis- 
tinct from the base to the acuminate apex. Panicle slender, pendulous ; 
branch bracts all short ; racemes lax, sometimes forked ; pedicels always 
solitary, above 4 in. long. Perianth 4 in. long; tube short, cylindrical ; 
lobes linear. Stamens not exserted. Ovary oblong. 
Lower Guinea. French Congo; Sanja, on the River Ogowe, Leroy ! 
No specimen at Kew. 
33. D. elliptica, Thunb. d Dalm. Diss. Dracen. 6. A shrub, 
with much-branched slender woody stems. Leaves with a very short 
channelled petiole and an oblong acute blade 5—6 in. long, 14-2 in. 
broad at the middle, cuneate or slightly rounded at the base; midrib 
visible to the apex on the under surface. Flowers in small shortly 
peduncled panicles ; branches racemose ; pedicels long, slender, articu- 
lated at the middle; bracts minute, ovate. Perianth 4 in. long; seg- 
ments as long as the tube. Berry 3-lobed, 3-seeded, 4 in. diam. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Toru ; Wimi Valley, Scott-Elliot, 7988! 
Lower Guinea. Island of St, Thomas, Quintas, 1! 
Mozamb, Dist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Zomba and Mount 
Malosa, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte ! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 1485! 
Also in Tropical Asia, 
34. D. laxissima, Engl. Jahrb. xv. 478. Leaves laxly disposed, 
shortly petiolate, oblong, acute, 6 in. long, 2 in. broad at the middle, 
narrowed to the base; side veins nearly as conspicuous as the midrib. 
Inflorescence panicled, very lax, 1 ft. long; branches slender; pedicels 
4-} in. long; bracts minute, ovate, scariose. Buds clavate, about 1 in. 
long. Perianth-segments twice as long as the funnel-shaped tube. 
Filaments filiform. 
South Central. Lunda: Bashilange; near Mukenge, Pogge, 1462. 
No specimen at Kew. 
35. D. glomerata, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 166. Stem slender, 
simple, 8 ft. long. Leaves moderately dense, ascending ; petiole winged, 
reaching a length of 4—5 in. in the lower leaves; blade oblong, cuspidate, 
of moderately firm texture, 4-8 in. long, 24-3 in. broad at the middle, 
deltoid at the base, with a distinct midrib in the lower half. TIn- 
