ASPARAGINEAE. 555 CORDYLINE. 
kiter sexpartiti decidui laciniae spathulato-lineares obtusae uniner- 
viae, recurvae. Stamina fauci inserta erecto-patula, filamentis 
planis, apice subulato-attenuatis, antheris dorsifixis, utrinque, basi 
sagittatim, bifidis. Ovarium sessile oblongum, 8-loculare, loculis 
uniovulatis. Stylus filiformis, sulcato-triangularis, stamina superans, 
stigmatis trilobi lobis rotundatis. Bacca 1- raro 3-sperma. Em- 
bryon in basi albuminis cornei ad latus exterius. — Caulis ar- — 
boreus vel fruticosus, simplex vel ramosus, dense semicirculari-cica- 
trisatus, foliis circumterminalibus, linearibus vel lanceolatis, deorsum 
saepe petioli specie contractis, nervoso-striatis, paniculis terminali- 
_— bus, raro racemi specie reductis, pedicellis basi bracteolatis, apice 
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_ articulatis. 
1. Dracaena Draco zinn. Syst. Nat. p. 215. Hayn. Arz. Gew. II. 
tab, 2. Berthelot in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. XIII. p. 778, tab. 35-—39. 
Planchon in Fl, d. Serr. VL. p. 255 cum icone. — Göppert in Flor. 
bot. Zeit. 1850. Arborea, apice demum ramosa; folia basi semi- 
amplexicauli sessilia linearia apice spinoso-acutata, crassa, subcarnoso- 
coriacea, subbipedalia, 1—2 poll, lata; paniculae terminales ramosae, 
foliaceo-bracteatae, ramis ternis patentissimis; flores quaterni vel quiní 
extus albo-virescentes, intus albidi, laciniis extus secus nervum me- 
dium rubellis, — Canarische eilanden. Teneriffe. In Indië 
_ gekweekt. 
2. Dracaena Boerhavii rexore Flor. Neap. Prodr. App. p. 6. Gäp- 
perl in Flor, bot. Zeit. bl. e‚ — Palma foliis longissimis Boerh. Ind. 
alt. IT. p. 169. Characteres fere praecedentis, sed folia majora, pen- 
dula, laxiora. — Met de voorgaande. 
Dubia: 
3, Dracaena lancea ruuxs. in Dalm. Dissert. p. 3. Caulis erectus 
Apice ramosus inferne foliosus ; folia sessilia semiamplexicaulía elliptico- 
ensiformia acuminata tenuissime multinervia erecto-patentia, spithamea ; 
panieula patens, pedunculis angulatis divaricatis digitalibus; fl. terni 
vel plares breviter pedicellati, albi tubulosi, unguiculares. — An Cordy- 
line? — Java (raunBere). 
Indescriptae, praesertim cum Cordylines speciebus conferendae: 
Dracaena aurantiaca war. Cat. n. 5144. — Singapore. 
Dracaena Jackiana waru. Cat, n. 5145. — Poeloe Pinang. 
Dracaena gracilis waLL. Cat. n. 5150. — Poeloe Pinang. 
IL. CORDYLINE commens. Perigonii decidui tubuloso-cam- 
panulati 5-fidi vel sub- 5-partiti tubus leviter inflatus, limbi laci- 
