34 ASPARAGINEAE kuinth. (Cordyline.) 



infra summitalcm caulis prodiens*), horizontali-subcernuus, sub- 

 bipedalis, purpureus, nodis 2 vel 3 disfantibus, singulis braclea 

 foliacca stipatis instrucfus, racemum compositum gerens; ramis 

 alternis, simplicibus, horizontalibus, bractea lanceolato-mucronata 

 stipatis. Flores breviter pedicellati, solitarii, in ramis racemo- 

 sim -dispositi, lilacini ; pedicellis flore triplo quadruplove brevio- 

 ribus, ad basim bracfcola spalliacca pedicello breviore instructis. 

 Perigonium tubuloso-campanulatum, 6-fidum ; laciniis exterioribus 

 ercctis, interioribus latioribus et revolutis, serius omnibus re- 

 volutis, demum omnibus erectis et conniventibus. Siamina 6, 

 longitudine tloris. Filamenta basi laciniarum inseria. Antberae 

 lineari-oblongae , versatiles, flavac , longitudine iilamentorum. 

 Ovarium liberum , subglobosuin, triloculare. Columna slylina 

 terminalis , slamiiiibus longior. Sfigma simplex. (Sims. verb. 

 mutat.) Charlwoodiac (Cordvlini) congestae proxima. (Svveet.) 

 Afiinis Dracaenae indivisae Fors/.l (Sims.) 



12. C. RUBKA Hiigel in Hort. Jierol. Caule arboreo, sim- 

 plici ; foliis petiolatis, lanceolaiis, acuminaiis, margine laevibus; 

 panicula laierali, pedunculata, simpliciter ramosa, suberecta ; ramis 

 geminis-solilariis ; floribus breviter pedicelJatis, solitariis, den- 

 siuscule spicalo- racemosis, lilacinis; perigonii laciniis omnibus 

 5-nerviis, interioribus longioribus et latioribus ; siigmaie indiviso. 

 — Palria ? ^) — Caulis arboreus, simplex, erectus, foliosus, 

 inferne foliis delapsis cicalrisatus, 15-pedalis, c radice surculos 

 emittens erectos. Folia muliispiralia, recurvato-patentia, lanceo- 

 lata, acuininaia, inferne in petiolum canaliciilatum angustata, in- 

 tegerrima, rigida, striato-nervosa, nervis omnibus e costa sub- 

 tus prominente enatis, valde approximatis, pluribus parum ro- 

 bustiofibus, in apicc folii congruentibus, glabra, a<ljecto petiolo 

 15-18-pollicaria, 16-18 lin. lata. Pclioli lati, canaliculati, basi 

 amplcxicaules, lamina triplo breviores. Panicula lateralis, pedun- 

 culata, suberecta, pedalis et altior, diiplicato-ramosa, bracteata; 

 ramis ramulisque patentibus, glabris, purpiirascentibus. lirac- 

 teae spatliaceae, amplexicaulcs, lanceolatae, aciimiiiato-mucrona- 

 tae, 2j-pollicares ; superiores gradaiim minores ; infiina longis- 

 sima, petiolaia, folio simillima, sed multo minor (adjecto petiolo 

 quinquepollicaris). Flores breviter pedicellati, in ramulis den- 

 siuscule spicato-racemosi, magnitudine C. slrictae; pedicelli cras- 

 siusculi, icretes, | lin. longi, basi bibracteolati, apice articulati. 

 Bracteolae membranaceae , glabrae; exterior ovaia , acuminaia, 

 trinervia, pedicellum magis minusve superans ; interior inulto 

 latior, bifula, subbinervia, pedicellum paulo superans. Perigo- 

 nium profunde 6-fidum (rectius foliola 6, inferne usque ad j alti- 

 tudiuis iubuloso-connata), lilacinum, glabrum ; laciniis 5-nerviis, 

 superne infundibulari-palenfibus et recurvatis; tribus exteriori- 



*) Liiidle>' racemuni paniculatum terminaleni et suiierectuni dicit. 



