158 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Dracena, 
A slender, leaning, shrubby species, from three to 
four feet in height, a native of Sumatra, from thence in- 
troduced, by the late Dr. C. Campbell into the Botanic 
Garden at Calcutta, where it flowers during the hot 
months of March and April. The variegation of the co- 
lour of the leaves makes it interesting and ornamental. 
Stems tending to be erect, but from their weak texture, — 
’ Jeaning much to one side. Branches few, and like the 
stems ; general height of five year old plants, from three 
to four feet. Leaves alternate, approximate, sheathing, 
from lanceolar to oblong, entire, smooth, strongly mark- 
ed with circular spots of a deeper, or lighter yellow; 
from four to eight inches long, and from one to three 
broad. Panicles (in stunted plants racemes) terminal; 
thin, smooth, variously bent. Flowers scattered, pedi- 
celled, pretty large, pale greenish yellow. Bractes soli- 
tary, ensiform, one, rarely two-flowered. Corol ; tube 
gibbous ; border six-parted ; segments linear, length of 
the tube. Filaments six, inserted on the base of the seg- 
ments of the border of the corol and of their length. An- 
thers incumbent. Germ superior, obovate, three-celled, 
with one ovulain each, attached to the axis below its 
middle. Style length of the corol. Stigma composed of 
three, roundish, beautiful granulated lobes. 
6. D, cernua. Willd. 2, 157: 
‘Subarboreous. Leaves crowded, sessile, varie Jae 
ceolar, fine-pointed. Panicles terminal, drooping; bran- 
ches few, divaricate. Flowers solitary. ; ‘ 
Found by Colonel Hardwicke on the Island of Mau- . 
ritius, in flower in August and September. 
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7.D.umbraculifera, Willd. 2. 156. 
Subarboreous. Leaves cuneiform-lanceolar (that is, ta- 
per most toward the base,) acute. Panicles terminal, 
sessile, short, with the ramifications and flowers diverg- 
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