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DracopuyLLuM cCAPITATUM. RouUND-HEADED 
DracoPpHyLLuM. 
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Class and Order. 
PentanpriaA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Epacripe4. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx bi- v. ebracteatus. Corolla tubulosa, limbo 5- 
partito patenti, imberbi. Stamina epipetala v. hypogyna. 
Squamule 5 hypogyne. Capsula placentis ab apice co- 
lumne centralis pendulis solutis.—Frutices v. Arbuscule, 
ramis dum denudatis annulatis. Spice v. racemi termi- 
nales ; ille simplices, hi quandoque compositt. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Dracornytium * capitatum ; ramis floriferis spica ovata 
multoties longioribus, foliis caulinis ensiformi-lanceo- 
latis erectiusculis, rameis adpressis. 
Dracopayiium capitatum. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 
557. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 629. 
A very pretty New Holland Plant, which has for some 
years annually produced its white heads of flowers in the 
greenhouse of the Glasgow Botanic Garden, in the summer 
months. 
Descr. A shrub about a foot and’a half high, with erect, 
twiggy branches. Leaves _ensiformi-lanceolate, pungent, 
dark green, tipped with red and somewhat spreading on the 
stem ; paler coloured, smaller, and close-pressed upon the 
branches. 
* Ypaxos, draco, and Qvars, a leaf; from the resemblance of the leaves to 
those of Dracana Draco. 
