43 (J cxL. LiLiACE^ (baker). [Asparagiis, 



Linn. f. Suppl. 203. Myrsiphyllum asparagoides, Willd. in Ges. Naturf. 

 Fr. Berl. Mag. ii. 1808, 25 ; Kunth, Enum. v. 105 ; Hook, in Bot. Mag. 

 t. 5584. 



Nile Iiand. British East Africa : Plateau of the Kikuyu escarpment, near 

 Kedong, Gregory. 



No specimen from Tropical Africa at Kew. 



A common South African plant. 



8. DRAC^NA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 770. 



Perianth-tube cylindrical ; segments of the limb narrow, equal, 

 spreading. Stamens G, inserted at the throat of the perianth-tube; 

 filaments filiform ; anthers oblong, dorsifixed, versatile. Ovary ovoid, 

 sessile, 3-celled ; ovules solitary, basal, erect ; style long, filiform ; 

 stigma capitate. Fruit globose, baccate. Seeds l-o, globose or angled 

 by pressure ; testa thick, sometimes pulpy ; albumen horny ; embryo 

 small. — Shrubs, with woody stems. Leaves sessile or petiolate, ensiform 

 or oblong, sometimes blotched with white. Inflorescence racemose, often 

 panicled ; pedicels articulated at the middle, usually fascicled. Flowers 

 small, white or yellowish. 



Species 50, spread through the warmer regions of the Old World. 

 Leaves sessile, ensiform, crowded. 

 Leaves thick and rigid. 



Perianth i in. long . . . . . . 1. J), schizantha. 



Perianth \ in. long 2. D. Omhet. 



Perianth ^ in. long . . . . . . 3. Z), Hanningtoni, 



Leaves thin. 



Perianth \ in. long . . . . . . 4. i>. Mannii. 



Perianth 1 in. long 5. i). Perrottetii. 



Leaves sessile, lanceolate, crowded . . . . 6. D. acxitissima. 



Leaves sessile, oblanceolate, crowded. 

 Racemes cylindrical. 



Perianth \-^ in. long 7. D. arhorea. 



Perianth l|-2 in. long 8. i>. Preussii. 



Racemes congested, globose. 

 Flowers small. 



A tall tree 9. D. Papahu. 



Low trees. 



Perianth \ in. long 10. 2). parviflora. 



Perianth ^— | in. long. 



Pedicels very short . . . . . W. D. Smithii. 



Pedicels xV^ ^"' ^o^g- 



Perianth yellowish .... 12. D.fragrans, 



Perianth tinged with red . . .13. D. Steudneri. 

 Flowers large . . . . . . . 14. i). Fischeri. 



Leaves sessile, linear, laxly disposed .... 15. D. rejlexa. 



Leaves subsessile, lanceolate, laxly disposed . . . 16. D. Braunii. 



Leaves sessile, lanceolate, rosulate .... 17. D. cerasifera. 



Leaves subsessile, oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, 2-3-nate 

 on a slender stem with long internodes. 

 Leaves oblanceolate-oblong . . . . . 18. Z>. camerooniana. 



Leaves oblong. 

 Pedicels short. 



