2 ASPARAGINEAE kunth. (Dracaena.) 



spicati, racemosi vcl paniculati^ bracteolati; pedicellis ar- 

 ticnlatis. In Asparageis: folia squamaeformia; pcdunculi 

 axillarcs, plerumque fasciculati, aut omues, aut plerique 

 cujuslibet fasciculi steriles, aci-, subuli- vel foliiformes, 

 reliqui fertiles, unifiori, articulati. 



I. DRACAENEAE kunth in Act. Acad. Berol. 1842. p. 34. 



Perigonii foliola 6, libera vel tubuloso-connata, petaloi- 

 dea, aequalia vel intcriora longiora et alius formae, decidua. 

 Stamina perigonio inserta. Antherae dorso affixae. Ovarii 

 loculi pluri-, rarius 1- vel 2-ovulati. Ovula anatropa, rarius 

 hcmianatropa. Stigmata planc connata vel apice libera. 

 Bacca. Testa crustacea, atra, splcudcns (semper?). Ernbryo 

 ad basiin albuminis inclusus. Arborcs vel fruticcs, rarius 

 herbae perennes, interdum acaules, rhizomatosae, stoloni- 

 fcrae. Folia sessilia vel petiolata, basi ampleaicaulia, sim- 

 plicincrvia; nervis apice convergentibus. Flores plerum- 

 quc spicati, racemosi vel paniculati, bracteo/atij pediceliis 

 superne articulatis. 



DRACAENA vandelli, Kunth l. c. 26. 



Perigonium corollaceum, tubulosum, profunde sexfidum, 

 dcciduum ; laciniis subspatbulato- linearibus, obtusis, uniner- 

 viis, aequalibus, patentissimis vel recurvatis. Stamina 6, 

 fauci perigonii inserta, exseita, erecto-patula. Filamenta 

 plana, anguste linearia, apice subulato-attenuata. Antberae 

 biloculares, oblongae vcl lineari-oblongac, apice bilobae, basi 

 bifulae, dorso medio affixae, introrsae. Ovarium liberum,sessile, 

 oblongum, triloculare; ovula in loculis solitaria, scssilia, ad- 

 scendentia, anatropa. Columna stylina filiformis, sulcato-trian- 

 gularis, erecta, stamina superans. Stigma trilobum ; lobis ro- 

 tundatis. Bacca subglobosa vel tripulvinato-globosa, carnoso- 

 succulenta, 1-3-sperma. Semina subglobosa. Embryo in basi 

 albuminis cornei ad latus exterius locatus. (Cliaract. fruct, cx 

 Roxb.) Caules arborci vel fruticosi, simplices vel ramosi,foliis 

 delapsis scmiannulato - cicalrisati. Folia iu apice caulis 

 et ramorum conferta, lanceolata vel linearia, integerritna, 

 saepe infcrue angustafo • petiolata, ima basi scmiamplexi- 

 caulia, striato-nervosa, pergamcna vcl sabcoriacea, glabra. 

 Paniculae terminales , solitariae , simp/ices vel ramosae, 



