Dracenec.] CLXXVIIL  LILIACEZE. ' TT9 
42. Draeecena, Linn. Mant. n. 19506. (Terminalis, Medik. Theodora, 83. Pleomele, 
Salisb. Gen. TA Fragm. 14. )—Perisnthium infundibuliforme v. anguste campanulatum, 
tubo brevi v. longi lo; lobi sub angusti, recurvo-patentes, tubo longiores v. 
breviores. Stamina 6, dg ad. basin digesp dem. quibus sepius paullo breviora, 
filamentis filiformibus. v. leviter j ; anthere oblongeo, férius 
lineares alteque 2-lob», medio dorso affixo, tiles, loculis i 
Ovarium sessile v. subsessile, 3-loculare ; stylus fliforbiis! stigmate capitato integro v. 
vix diviso ; ovula in loculis solitaria (v. rarius 27) a basi erecta. Bacca globosa, levis v. 
2-5-sulca, indehiscens. Semina in bacca abortu solitaria globosa, v. 92-3 pressione 
la, testa terd pulposa; embryo albumine corneo sepius 
durissimo prope hilum inclusus, parvus.— Caudex Tignosus, cicatricibus foliorum delap- 
sorum latus v. varie tessellatus, nunc elatus arb v. brevis nunc 
lenuis ramosus v. surculosus, nune abbreviatus vix FERME foliis obtectus. Folia 
coriacea v. membranacea; crebre parallele venosa sepeque venulis transversis parvis 
instructa, nunc longa subsessili ad apicem caudicis conferta, nunc brevia secus caudicem 
numerosa approximata v. in caudice brevi longe petiolata ovata. Flores ssepius dense . 
fasciculati, fasciculis secus ramos panicul:e v. rhachin simplicem dissitis v. confertis, in 
paucis ieb fl ia tota in capitulum densum v. spicam oblongam inter folia 
sessilem conferta. Bracte: scarioss, ssepius parvi. 
Species ad 35, per regiones calidiores orbis veteris late disperse. — Kunéh, Enum. Pl.v.2. Regel 
dn Act. Hort. Petrop. i. 133. Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xiv. 523, et in. Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot, i. 252. 
Jacq. Hort. Schenbr. 1.95, 96. Red. Lil. t. 92, 117. Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 306 (Aletris).  Gaudich. 
Voy. Bonite, Bot. t. 1. Wight, 1c. t. 2054. — Bot. Mag. t. 1081, 1180, 4571, 4787, 5248, 5352, 5662, 
5846, 6169, 6234, 6327, 6447, 6630, et (sub. Cordyline) 4279. Bot. Heg.t. 1169. Lodd. Bot. Cab. 
1.989.  Flü.des Serres, t. 1169. 
Genus foliis et habitu varium, ovario et seminibus faeillime distinetum, a Regelio in sectiones 2 
dividitur, ad folia sessilia v. petiolata, a Bakero in stirpes 7 limitibus quodammodo incertis distinetas. 
Typi tamen adsunt plurimi forte melius definiendi, floribus fruetibusque eum habitu ulterius 
comparatis, . In D. Dracone, Linn., affinibusque caudex sepius arborescens, folia longa conferta 
sessilia, infl ia semper p lata; in D. spicata, Roxb., affinibusque folia distincte petiolata, 
ovata v. ovato-lL lata, infl. À elongata, e v. vix famosa; ; in D. surculosa, Lindl., et. 
JD. camerooniana, Baker, caudex tenuis, di florum fasciculi pauci 
dissiti ; in D. ovata, D. cylindrica, aliisque caudex Xjsepius hunilis, folia ovata, pauca, longe petiolata, 
y. numerosa approximata, breviter petiolata, i ia pariter in capitulum sessile v. spicam 
oblongam densissime conferta; in JD. phrynoide, inflorescentia perius capitata, folia , longissime 
petiolata, late ovata, venis dissitis nonnullis ezeteris multo validiorik enulis insigniter 
connexis. Perianthium in plerisque speciebus anguste infandibuliformo,. UR tenui cylindraceo ; in 
2D. Dracone et. in D. schizantha, Baker, perianthium vix 3 lin. excedens, potius urceolato-campanu- 
latum quam infundibuliforme; in 2D. aurea, Mann, ex ins. Sandwicensibus, perianthium fere 
13-pollicare, tubo amplo leviter ineurvo, lobis brevibus. 
SraRkEA et (EpEna, Crantz, De duabus Draconis Arboribus, Vienne 1768, 20, 30, cum tab., a 
Kunthio ut videtur rite ad varietates Dracene Draconis, Linn., referuntur. 
43. Cordyline, Conn. ex Juss. Gen. Pl, 41. (Twtsia, Medik. Theodora, 8.)—Perian- 
thium cylindraceum v. anguste campanulatum, tubo brevi; lobi oblongi, erecti v. sub- 
patentes, sequales v. interiores paullo longiores. Stamina. i tubo A basin mes 
affixa, iisque paullo breviora v. vix longiora, fil 
anthere anguste oblongse, dorsifixce, loculis introrsum dehiscentibus. Oskrhit iilo, 
breve, 3-loculare ; stylus filiformis, stigmate capitato v. breviter adu ovula i m locis 
, 9-l 
eo (4-106). Fructus globosus v. 34 TyTN, uem pulp 
v. demum q dehi; Semina in jets eo v. 
abortu solitaria, obovoid. la, sspe curvula, testa nigra nitida; 
embryo curvulus, albumine carnoso vix brevior.—Caudex lignosus, basi sspe stolonifer, 
ibus foliorum lat Folia ad apicem caudicis con- 
ferta, Siteenilin v. longiuscule petiolata, elongata v. lanceolata, subcoriacea. Flores 
quam in Draecna swpius minores; interdum parvi, ample paniculati, ad quamque 
