156 HEXANDRIA MONOUYNIA, Dracena. 
Style length of the corol. Stigma three-lobed. Berry 
from one to three-lofted, pulpy, deep. orange colour, 
each lobe the size of a marrow-fat pea, containing ~ 
one, large, round, horny seed. 
2. D. ferrea. Willd. 2. p. 157. 
Perennial, caulescent, erect. Leaves petioled, lanceo- — 
late, cuspidate, ferruginous- Petioles stem-clasping, and 
channelled. Panicle terminal. = oe 
Terminalis rubra. Rumph. Amb. 4. p. 80. t. 34, f. 2. 
A native of China. In Bengal it blossoms from De- 
cember until March, but never produces seed. _ 
Stem erect, often as thick as a man’s wrist, with few, 
erect, perennial, round branches marked with the cica-. 
trices of the fallen leaves, height of the plantsin Bengal, 
when eight or ten years old, from six to ten feet. Leaves 
sub-bifarious, petioled, lanceolate, cuspidate, entire, 
smocth on both sides ; while young a lively pink, chang- 
ing to a deep ferruginous colour, particularly on the up- 
per surface ; from one to two feet long. Petioles stem- 
clasping, deeply channelled, from three to six inches 
long. Panicle terminal, composed of several, generally 
simple, diverging racemes. Bractes three-fold, triangu- 
lar, acute. Flowers numerous, short-pedicelled, diverg- 
ing, pale purple. Calyx none. Corol one-petalled. Tube 
short, and somewhat gibbous. Border of six, oblong, 
spreading segments ; the exterior three deeper coloured. 
Filaments rather shorter than the segments of the corol, 
and inserted on their base, at the mouth of the tube. 
Germ three-celled, in each many ovula in two vertical 
rows, attached to the axis. Style as long as the sta- 
mens. Stigma three-cleft, | 
Note. In Bengal this has not ripened its fruit. 
3. D. terminalis. Willd. 2, 157. 
Perennial, caulescent, erect. Leaves lanceolate. 
Terminalis alba, Rumph, Amb, 4, p. 80. t, 34. f.3. 
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