228 DRACAENA 



1868, was 70 ft. high and 45 ft. in girth and was supposed to be 



6000 years old. A resin exudes from the trunk of this sp. (dragon's 



blood); the original dragon's blood appears to be that of D. < inna- 



baH Half. f. (Socotra). \Cf. Pleomela, and see N. E. Brown in Kew 



Bull. 1914, p. 273.] 



Dracamina Nieuwland (Cardamine p.p.). Crucifer. (2). i Atl. U.S. 

 Dracocephalum L. Labiatae (iv). 40 N. temp. 

 Dracontioides Engl. Araceae (iv). i S. Brazil. 

 Dracontium L. Araceae (iv). 10 trop. Am. The sympodial rhiz. 



gives rise yearly to one enormous 1. and an infl. The 1. has 3 chief 



divisions, and the lat. ones develope dichot. at first. Fl. ? with P. 

 Dracontomelum Blume. Anacardiaceae (2). 6 Malaya to Fiji. 

 Dracophyllum Labill. (excl. Sphe.notoma R. Br.). Epacridaceae (2). 



25 N.Z., Austr., New Caled. The sheathing 1. leave ring-scars 



when they fall. 

 Dracunculus (Tourn.) Adans. Araceae (vn). 2 Medit. Fert. like 



Arum. 



Dragon-root (Am.), Arisaema; -'s blood, -tree, Dracaena. 

 Drakaea Lindl. Orchidaceae (n. 2). 4 Austr. 

 Drake-Brockmania Stapf. Gramineae (10). i Brit. Somaliland. 

 Draperia Torr. Hydrophyllaceae. i California. 

 Drapetes Banks. Thymelaeaceae. 6 S. Am , N.Z. to New Guinea 

 Drebbelia Zoll. Olacaceae. i Bali. 



Dregea E. Mey. Asclepiadaceae (11. 3). 5 S. Afr. to China. 

 Prejera Nees (Jacobinia Bff.}. Acanthaceae (iv. B). 3 trop. Am. 

 Drejerella Lindau. Acanthaceae (iv. B). 3 W. Indies. 

 Drepananthus Maingay ex Hook. f. Anonaceae (4). 2 Malay 



Penin. 

 Drepanium, a monoch. cyme with each successive branch on same side 



of relatively main axis, and in same plane, Juncus, Marantaceae. 

 Drepanocarpus G. F. W. Mey. Leguminosae (in. S). 8 trop. Am., 



A IV. 



Drepanolobus Nutt. ex Torr. et Gray=Hosackia Dougl. p.p. 

 Drepanostemma Jumelle et Perrier. Asclep. (n. i). i Madag. 

 Driessenia Korth. Melastomaceae (i). 5 Malaya. 

 Drimia Jacq. Liliaceae (v). 25 Afr. 

 Drimiopsis L. et Paxt. Liliaceae (v). 5 S. and trop. Afr. Cult. 



orn. fl. 



Drimycarpus Hook. f. Anacardiaceae (4). i E. Hiinnl. 

 Drimys Forst. Magnoliaceae. 10 S. Am., and N.Z. to Borneo. 



There is a distinction between calyx and corolla (cj. Illicium). The 



bark of D. IVinteri Forst. (Winter's bark) is medicinal. 

 Drimyspermum Reinw. = Phaleria Jack (Thymel.). 

 Drinks, cj. Alcohol ; infusion drinks from seeds of Coffee, T/iea, Theo- 



broma, Cola, Paitllinia, 1. of Thea, Ilex, Cat ha, Priva, Stachytarpheta, 



and root of Cichotium. 

 Driodium (Cl.), a dry thicket formation. 



Drip-tip, </. Acer, and Artocarpus, Begonia, Boehnieria, Ficus. 

 Droguetia Gaudich. Urticaceae (5). 4 trop. As., Afr., Madag. 

 Droogmansia De Wild. (Desmodium p.p.). Legu. (in. 7). '4 trop. 



Afr. 



