bus; intus albis, tubum aequantibus v. superantibus. — Africa tropica 

 occidentals. 



28. Dracaena phrynioides Hook. 

 Hook. Bot. Mag. tab. 5352. — C. Koch Wochenschr. 1867 pag. 

 239. — Suffrutex humilis, caulebrevissimo basi squamis nonnuUis vestiuv 

 Folia ovata, basi rotundata v. subcordata, acuminata, 2'/ 2 — 4 poll 

 lata, 8 poll, longa, atroviridia maculisque albidis picta; nervo intermedk 

 infra prominente nervisque longitudinalibus 6 — 9 paullo prominentibu; 

 percursa; petiolo 2y 2 — 8 poll, longo, tereti, supra sulcato et basi 

 vaginato. Racemus terminalis, capitatus, breviter pedunculatus. Ca- 

 pitulum bracteis imbricatis late ovatis subito acuminatis fuscis cinctum 

 subglobosum, circiter l l / 2 poll, in diametro. Flores albi, in fasciculos 

 pluriflores dispositi, bracteis fuscis ovatis tubum corollae filiforme '/„ 

 poll, longum aequantibus. Corollae laciniae oblongae, patentes, tubo bre- 

 viores. In Africa tropica prope Fernando-Po a CI. Mann detecta. 



Species 



Dracaena acuminata Tlibg. 

 » aurantiaca Wall. 



elliptica Thbg. 

 » ensata Thbg. 

 » gracilis Wall. 

 » graminifolia L. 



Dracaena hemiehrysa Tkfcg. 



» Heyniana Wall. 

 » Jackiana Wall. 

 » lancea Thbg. 

 » obliqua Thbg. 



Species exclusae. 



Dracaena albicans (Veitch cat.)=Cordyline terminalis Kth. var. 



» angusta (Bull. cat.)= — — — — 



» atropurpurea Roxb.r=: — — — 



» australis Forstr= — australis Endl. 



» borealis Ait.=Dianella ensifolia Redoute. 



> Boscii h. Cels.=Agave geminiflora Gawl. 



» brasiliensis hort.=Cordyl. Eschscholtziana Mart. 



» Banksi hort.=Cordyl. Banksi Rgl. 



