448 CXL. LILIACES (BAKER). [ Dracena. 
cylindrical tube. Berry 1-—2-seeded.—Regel, Revis. Dracen. 48; 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 537. 
Upper Guinea. Lagos: Yoruba, Millson! Fernando Po, Mann, 417! 
Introduced into cultivation in 1860. 
40. D. phanerophlebia, Baker. Subacaulescent. Leaves few in 
a dense rosette, erect; petiole slender, 8-12 in. long; blade ovate, 
acuminate, of firm texture, 6-7 in. long, 4—44 in. broad below the 
middle, broadly rounded at the base, with a midrib distinct from the 
base to the apex and three distinct main veins springing from it on 
each side near the base. Inflorescence a small globose head, surrounded 
by large ovate bracts, with a short cernuous peduncle, Perianth not. 
seen. Berry 4 in. diam., 3-seeded, 3-lobed. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Sierra del Crystal, Mann, 1625! 
41. D. Afzelii, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 167. Stem slender, 
much branched. ‘Leaves moderately firm, shortly petiolate, lanceolate, 
5-6 in. long, 14 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the 
base and apex; midrib invisible in the upper part. Inflorescence a 
dense subsessile terminal raceme ; pedicels very short, articulated at the 
apex ` bracts ovate, or lanceolate, 1-} in. long. Perianth } in. long ; 
segments shorter than the cylindrical tube.—Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xiv. 536, 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! 
No specimen at Kew. 
42, D. cylindrica, Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 5846. Stem simple, 
slender, reaching a length of 10-12 ft. Leaves crowded, spreading ; 
petiole channelled, 2-3 in. long ; blade oblanceolate, of moderately firm 
texture, 6-9 in. long, 14-2 in. broad above the middle, deltoid at the 
tip, narrowed gradually from the middle to the petiole ; midrib distinct 
beneath nearly to the apex. Inflorescence a dense globose sessile 
terminal head 2-3 in. long; bracts ovate, subcoriaceous, nearly as long 
as the flowers. Perianth 3—1 in. long; segments linear-oblong, half as 
long as the slender tube.—Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 536. 
Upper Guinea. Old Calabar, Mann, 2328! Thomson, 17! 
Received alive at Kew from the Edinburgh Botanic Garden in 1870. 
43. D. bicolor, Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 5248. Stem slender, 
simple, reaching a length of 12-15 ft, Leaves moderately dense ; 
petiole winged, channelled, 2-8 in. long, dilated and clasping at the 
base ; blade oblanceolate-oblong, cuspidate, of moderately firm texture, 
}-1 ft. long, 2-41 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually from 
the middle to the base ; midrib visible beneath only in the lower half. 
Inflorescence a dense short peduncled globose head 2 in. diam., sur ` 
rounded by many ovate bracts 1 in. long. Perianth subsessile, 
9-10 lin. long, white tinged with red; segments as long as the 
cylindrical tube. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth-segments, 
