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Dracena Ovata. Ovate-Leaved 



Dracaena. 



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 Hexandria Monogynia. 



Generic Cbarafler.-~Vid. No. 739, 



Obs. DIJcrepat Sanseviera rhizomate caudefcente Jlaminibut media 

 crajjioribus. G. 



Specific CharaEier and Synonyms, 



DRACAENA ovata g (plant a compendiofe palm<efarmis ; rhizoma 

 caudefcens ; caudex frutefcens, junior foliolis fpatha- 

 ceis convoluto-vaginantibus deorfum veflitus, adultior 

 ijiis dilapfis nudus cicatrizatus ; tandem fubpro- 

 lifer, in fummitate ramum frugifemm ereBum fibi 

 fimilem lateraliter promens, indeque fiexuofus ;) foliis 

 terminalibus, nuraerofis, fparfis, comofo-confertis, 

 ex ere&is recurvato-patentibus, fupra ncrvis aliis 

 obfoletioribus crebre ftriatis aliis prominentioribus 

 diffite fubcoftatis, fubtus tranfverfe venofo-rugo- 

 fulis, in petiolos lineares canaliculars inferne 

 latefccntes amplexicaules anguftatis ; racemo ter- 

 minal!, compofito, conglomerate, parvo, feflili, 

 e floribus breviffime pedicellatis bra&eolatis in 

 fafciculos paucifloros fefliles proximos fparfos 

 foliolis fingulis vaginatos fegregatis ; corolla 

 brevi-hypocrateriformi, tubo ftriato-tereti, a bafi 

 ventricofa furfum coar&ato, lacinias patentes 

 lineares convoluto concavas carinato-gibbas liib- 

 aequante ; filaraentis his brevioribus, terctibus, 

 medio craflioribus, utrinque attenuatis ; ftylo 

 parum longiori ; ftigmate capitato-trilobo. 



ALETRIS pumila, Donn Hort. Cant. ed. 4. nee. priorum. G. 



Descr. Caudex from the root to where the fir ft branch is 

 Produced fix to eight inches high, frutefcent, of equal thicknefs, 



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