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DRACyENA. 



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{epiphyllvus) at the base of the Hmb, as in Dracaena. 

 Crinum has therefore — 



Perianth superior^ gajnophyllous. 

 Stamens epiphyllous, hexandrous. 

 Pistil syncarpous, ovary inferior. 



Fig. 38. Flower of Crinum. 



4. Drac/ENa (any cultivated species). — The leaves of 

 the perianth, six in number, resemble each other in size 

 and form. The perianth is therefore regular. As the 

 leaves of the perianth cohere by their margins to about 

 half their length, forming a short tube, the perianth is 

 gamophyllous. As it is wholly free from the ovary, it 



