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specimen collected by Talbot, No. 1412), wliilst that of 

 fig. 3, P. ftorihunda^ is quite exceptional, and has relatively the 

 shortest tube of any flower in the genus. 



As above characterised, I would refer the species enumerated 

 below to the genera Dracaena and Pleomele respectively. The 

 list given, however, is not complete, as it only embraces the 

 species of which specimens contained in the Kew Herbarium have 

 been examined. Several others probably belong to the genus 

 Pleomele and possibly some to Dracaena, whilst others, only 

 known as garden plants, may belong to the genus Cordyline. 

 The three species, Dracaena brachyphylla, D, Helferiana^ and D. 

 pachyphylla, here placed under Pleomele, are all described by 

 Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 42, pp. 248-249, as 

 having the perianth divided '^almost to the base." This is 

 clearly a mis-statement. His types are at Kew, and as D. 

 pachyphylla has a distinct tube about as long as the lobes and 

 D. Helferiana a distinct tube half as long as the lobes, I have 

 very little 3oubt that D. hrachyphylla also has a tube, the sj)eci- 

 tnen, however, is without flowers, but has every appearance of 

 belonging to Pleomele. 



Dracaena, VandelU. 



americana, Donn. Sm. 



Cinnab<iri, Balf. /. 



Draco, Linn, . , 



Ombet, Kotschy. 



Saposchnitowii, Regel, 



schizantha, Bak, 



serrulata. Bah, 



vuccaefclia, Ridl. 



Pleomele, Salishury. 



acaulis, N.E.Br. (Dracaena acaulis, Bak.) 



acutissima, N,E.Br. (D. acutissiraa, Hua.) 



Afzelii, N.E.Br, {D. Afzelii, Bak,) 



angustifolia, N.E.Br. {D. angustifolia, Roxb.) 



arborea, N.E.Br. (D. arhoreaj Link.) 



atrcpm'purea, N.E.Br. {D. atropurpurea, Eoxb.) 



aurantiaca, N.E.Br, {D, aurantiaca, Wall,) 



aurea, N.E.Br. (D. aurea, Mann.) 



Bakeri, N.E.Br. {D. BaheH, S. Ell.) 



bicolor, N.E.Br. (D. bicolor. Hook.) • 



brachyphylla, N.E.Br, (D. hrachypnylla, Kurz.) 



brachystachys, N.E.Br. [D. brachystachys, Hk.f,) 



Braunii, N.E.Br. (D. Braunii, EngL) 



camerooniana, N.E.Br, (D. earner ooniana, Bak,) 



Cantleyi, N.E.Br. {D. Cantleyi, Bak.) 



cerasifera, N.E.Br. (D. cerasifera, Hua.) 



cincta, N.E.Br. (D. cinctay Bak-) ^ 



congesta, N.E.Br, {D. congesta, Rictl.) 



congoensis, N.E.Br. [D, congoensis, Hua, not congolensis as 



printed in Index K^ivensis.) 

 cuspidibracteata, N.E.Br. {D. cuspidibracteata, Eugl.) 



