qi2 LILIACEM. [chap. 



An erect, shrubby or arborescent (Chinese) plant, com- 

 mon in Indian gardens, with terminal crowns of red- 

 brown leaves, and large, terminal panicles of small, white 

 or purplish, racemose flowers. 



Fig. 199. Flower of Draceena, in longitudinal section. 



A large Family, including several marked Sub-types, differ- 

 ing from each other in habit rather than in the structure of 

 their flowers. They do not form a conspicuous feature in 

 Indian vegetation \ several, however, are greatly prized in 



Fig. 200. Flower of Lily {Liliiiw\, 



