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Tan 6234. 
DRAC AINA SaposcHNikowl. 
Native country unknown. 
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Nat. Ord, Lit1ace£.—Suborder AsparaGace®..—Tribe, DRACENEX. 
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siv-op. 523.) 
Genus Dracmna, Vand.: (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc., vol, . 
a & - 
DRACENA Saposchnikowi; arborea, dichotomiter ramosa, foliis dense rosiilatis Ue 
sessilibus ensiformibus tripedalibus subcoriaceis viridibus, marginibus con- 
»  coloribus, costa ad faciem inferiorem preter apicem perspicua, panicule 
«© ample pedunculate deltoides ramis deflexis, bracteis minutis deltoideis, © 
_  pedicellis 2-6-nis prope apicem articulatis, perianthio albido-viridulo 4 lin. 
italy das ligulatis tubo campanulato 3-4-plo superantibus, genitali- 
us inclusis, 
D. Saposchnikowi, Regel Gartenflora, vol. xx., p. $23, tab. 705; Revis, p. 39; 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc., vol. xiv., p. 528. : 
This is a species of tall, tree-like habit, of which the native 
country is unknown. It has been long in the Kew collection, 
_ but did not flower till the spring of 1875. The plant was 
described and named by Dr. Regel in 1871, from specimens 
which flowered in the garden of the Russian gentleman after 
whom it is named, who procured it from Herr Wagner, of 
Riga. It has close allies both in Tropical Asia and Tropical 
Africa. It is remarkable for its very dense rosettes of wigid, 
sword-shaped leaves, and for its very small flowers, which, 
although the panicle is ample and diffuse, are less than those 
of any other known species. 
Descr. Trunk arborescent, reaching in the Kew punt, 
height of ten feet, repeatedly forked when fully developed. — 
Leaves in a very dense rosette at the end of the branches) 
sessile, ensiform, reaching a length of two and a half to three 
feet, one and a half inch broad at the middle, narrowed to 
less than an inch above the dilated base, bright green, firm 
in texture, with a concolorous edge, and a midrib which 1s 
distinctly marked on the lower side except towards the tip. 
Flowers in ample, deflexed, deltoid, peduncled panicles with 
decurved branches; pedicels two to six in a ch ster, one- 
eighth to one-sixth of an inch long, articulated Just belowsthie™ 
tip; bracts deltoid or lanceolate, whitish, usually shorter 
June Ist, 1876. 
