Liriogame. Cl. 4. Sarmentacee. Orv. 10. DRACENEX. 75 
unceasing kindness of T. W. Arron Esq, who did not hesitate a 
moment to ascertain its structure by cutting down a Tree which 
formerly belonged to Ropert James Lord Perre; he died in 1742, 
Flowers in terminal Panicles, clustered together ; Corolla very similar 
to that of Sanseveria, but the ents are inserted in the orifice 
of the Tube, and thickened immediately above their base; the Peri- 
ee 
Stigmas with Pollen in hot sunshine; and an nc ublished Species 
in the Botanie Garden at Chelsea, rested 1 in this manner, - sed 
a aires cluster of ripe Fruits upon it ; the Honey so — 
in every Species I have seen of this Genus, should be well id 
out of the Flower, for in our close and damp edi it often rots 
the young fruit. Dracena resembles Yucca in Habit, but has a 
thicker Stem and long coriaceous Leaves, which not surrounding the 
Fera spe at their insertion, it becomes reticulated by 
ts Flowers are in a vast terminal Panicle; Petals only 
cohering 3 dio. a nave; — very thick above their inserti ion; 
Seeds q obular ; Roots often break out from the Stem 
and branches of old Casan which live to a great age, probably a 
thousand years 
Ord. 11. Arorx. 
Petala in Tubum varie coalita, marginibus interiorum nunc liberis 
et inter filamenta projectis, vel si omnia discreta, in cylindrum im- 
bricata; regularia velirregularia ; marcescentia sed demum evanida. 
, Filamenta receptaculo inserta, basi imá sepe confluentia. Antheræ 
vacillantes. Pericarpium superum, 3-loculare, membranaceum vel 
b um 
Hilo versà. Herbe Frutices Sei e vaste, fere omnes in 
Africá Australi. Caulis nunc 4 p iametro, circulis concentricis 
lignosus et corticatus ; Rami in qui baien ant 
me diversa, integerrima putts Acu rrucosa, via 
pubescentia, in uno Genere instar Caricum siens et Pisis 3 caterw 
carnosa, succo in plerisque flavo et fetido. Flores albidi lutei mini- 
ative, erecti cernuive, vix odori. Pedunculus axillaris vel rarius ter- ` 
minalis. Spica simplex vel ramosa. Pedicelli brevissimi seak 
varie articulati, in fructu sæpius erecti. Bractee l-riæ, scarios 
Phylloma, Ker in m Mag. No. 1585. 
Triclissa, MS. Trito: apt R in Bot. Mag. No. 774. ge. cujus 
nomen ad Insec visum pe jam dicatum. Aletris UvariaL. ge. 
