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DRACOPHYLLUM SECUNDUM. SECUND-FLOW- 
ERED DRACOPHYLLUM. 
ERK KK EEK ERK KKK KEKE K 
Class and Order. 
PentanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Epacripez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx bi- vel 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. Folia imbricata, basi cu- 
cullatis semivaginantibus. Spice vel racemi terminales : 
ali simplices, hi quandoque compositi. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Dracornyttum* secundum; racemo secundo, pedunculis 
infimis divisis, corolla tubo subventricoso fauce vix 
coarctata limbo obtusiusculo, calycibus ebracteatis, 
staminibus hypogynis. Br. | ; 
Dracopnytium secundum. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 
556. Guillem. Ic. Pl. Austr. Rar. p. 1. t. 1. Schultes’ 
Syst. Veget.v. 4. p. 385. sexes 
slimes deena Spreng. Syst. Veget.v.1.p.631. 
‘Epacris secunda. Poir. Enc. Meth. Suppl. v. 2. p. 556. — 
Descr. A singular-looking shrub, with a good deal the _ 
habit of some monocotyledonous plants. The stem 1s 
branched, and clothed (except in the lower part, a - 
mar 
—_—, 
* Draco, (Dracena draco), and guar, a leaf, from the general resem- ous 
blance in the form of the leaves to those of the Dragon Tree. see 
