74 On». 10. Dracznem. Cl. 4. Sarmentacee. pee 
ampliatus, in und Resinam shirt adstringentem stillans. Folia 
sessilia basi amplevicauli vel va —À nunc more Aloium variegata 
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multifaria, conferta, lanceolata ge ari- cr integerrima, 
obtuse mucronata, glabra, sempervire ery Flores albi carneive, spicá 
niculatá, axillari terminalive, isili is sparsi, - ves- 
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pertini. Pedicelli infra medium articulati. Bractew scarvose 
Liriope, Lour. Sanseveria Sessiliflora, Ker in Bot. Mag. 739. 
Sanseveria, THUNB. È 
Pleomele. Aletris Fragrans Lh m Dracena Ovata Ker in Bot. 
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Albumen, with a Papilla over the Embryo which is remote from the 
are therefore in the last character like many more in 
Sarmentacec, analogous to those of Palme. In Habit they resemble 
Aloee, but their juice is a foetid nor purgative, on the con 
in one Genus very a Liriope has green linear-lanceolate 
Leaves, not unlike those of ee Epidendrez, in close tufts ; Flowers 
almost sessile in simple axillary Spikes ; Petals united into a Tube 
then recurved, and the 3 inner ones narrower; Filaments inserted 
being perfected here, whether the Plant was cultivated in a Stove, 
or in the open ground, for it is quite hardy, bidding defiance to the 
severest Frost. Sanseveria has a knobbed tuberous Root; tufts of 
radical hard fleshy Leaves, in several Species variegated wi with trans- 
verse bands like Aloes; Flowers in terminal Racemes or very shortly 
to Dracena in Habit; but one Ascent discovered by ArzkLrvs at 
Sierra Loma, if it really be a congener, has a stem as slender as a 
Goose’s and so weak as to trail on the ground or neighbouring 
bushes ; pe Pepes escis the original type the Stem is thicker 
and soon eonverted into hard wood with 4 shew circles, as well 
as distinet layers of exceedingly thin Bark, see Tab. 
Specimen this figure was delineated from, I am indebted to the 
