Draccenu.'] 



CXL. LILIACE^ (baker). 



437 



Leaves 1^-3 in. broad 

 Leaves 2-2^ in. broad. 

 Pedicels distinct . 

 Pedicels nearly obsolete 

 Leaves 2-3^ in. broad 

 Pedicels \-\ in. long. 

 Berry \-\ in. diam. . 

 Berry \-^ in. diam. 

 Leaves distinctly petiolate, lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate. 

 Leaves lanceolate. 



Acaulescent. Inflorescence panicled 

 Caulescent. Inflorescence spicate . 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate. 



Acaulescent .... 



Caulescent. 



Lower pedicels 2-3 in a cluster . 

 Lower pedicels 5-6 in a cluster . 

 Leaves distinctly petiolate, oblong. Inflorescence usually 

 panicled. 

 Inflorescence of 3-4 beads on a simple axis 

 Inflorescence panicled. 

 Petiole short. 



Pedicels short ....... 



Pedicels \-\ in. long. 



Pedicels alw&ys solitary . . . . 



Lower pedicels not solitary. 



Perianth-segments as long as the tube 

 Perianth-segments twice as long as the tube 

 Petiole long. 



Blade cuneate at the base. 



Petiole 4-5 in. long . . . . . 



Petiole 6-8 in. long 



Blade rounded at the base . . . . 



Leaves distinctly petiolate, lanceolate or oblong. In- 

 florescence capitate. 

 Acaulescent or subacaulescent. 



Blade narrowed to the base . , . . . 



Blade rounded to the base. 



Blade less than half as broad as long . 

 Blade more than half as broad as long 

 Caulescent. 



Blade less than half as broad as long. 



Perianth \ in. long ...... 



Periantli ^-1 in. long. 



Perianth-segments half as long as the tube 

 Perianth-segments as long as the tube . 

 Blade half as broad as long. 

 Stems short. 



Perianth-segments half- as long as the tube 

 Perianth-segments nearly as long as the tube . 

 Perianth-segments as long as the tube . 

 Stems 3-5 ft. long ...••• 



19. 2). siloatica. 



20. D. interrupta. 



21. D. mayumhensis, 



22. D. congoennis, 



23. J), surculosa. 



24. D. godse^ana. 



25. D. acaulls. 



26. D. Poggei. 



27. D. humilis. 



28. D. thalioides. 



29. D. tholloniana. 



30. D. ugandensis. 



31. D. gabonica. 



32. D. elegans. 



33. B. elliptica. 



34. D. laxissima. 



35. D. glomerata. 



36. D. Biittneri. 



37. D. demifolia. 



38. I>. monostachya. 



39. D. phrynioides, 



40. 2). phanerophlebia. 



41. D. AfzeliL 



42. D. cylindrica. 



43. D. bicolor. 



44. D. JElliotii. 



45. D. goldieana. 



46. D. ovata. 



47. D. Lecomtei. 



1. D. schizantha, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1877, 71. A ti-ee 

 20-30 ft. high, with a thick forked trunk. Leaves crowded, rigid, 



