440 cxL. LiLiACE^ (baker). [Dvaccena. 



1). D. Papahu, E^igl. PJl. Ost-Afr. C, 143. A tree 60 ft. high. 

 Leaves sessile, lanceolate, almost membranous, 2 ft. or more long, 4 in. 

 broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to Ij-S in. above the base; 

 midrib not visible in the upper third. Panicle tripinnate ; flowers 

 many to a cluster. Perianth-segments as long as the tube. Filaments 

 scarcely as long as the anthers. Berry above | in. diam. 



IMCozamb* Bist. German East Africa : Usambara ; Lutindi, Hoist, 3260 ! 



10. D. parviflora, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Boi. i. 252. 

 Trunk forked, 20-35 ft. long. Leaves crowded, sessile, lanceolate, sub- 

 coriaceous, 3-4 ft. long, 3 in. broad at the middle, narrowed to 1 in. 

 above the dilated base ; midrib visible nearly to the apex. Panicle 1 ft. 

 or more long ; flowers densely congested at the apex of the branchlets ; 

 bracts minute, ovate ; pedicels I in. long. Perianth whitish, J in. long ; 

 tube as long as the segments. Style exserted. 



£o-wer Guinea. Angola: Golnngo Altoj in elevated woods by the side of 

 streams, Welwitsch, 3239 ! 

 Native name Calunga. 



11. D. Smithii, Baker ex Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 6169. Trunk 

 slender, 15 ft. long. Leaves crowded, lanceolate, sessile, 3-4 ft. long, 

 2^-3j in. broad at the middle, narrowed to 1 in. above the dilated base; 

 midrib not visible in the upper third. Panicle much shorter than the 

 leaves ; clusters of flowers dense, globose, Ij-l J in. diam., both terminal 

 and lateral on the branchlets, the lowest lateral sessile or shortly 

 peduncled ; pedicels very short, articulated at the middle. Perianth 

 pale yellow, J in. long ; tube cylindrical, as long as the segments. 

 Stamens as long as the perianth -segments. 



IVest Tropical Africa (t) Cultivated specimen ! 



Described from a plant that flowered at Kew in 1875, received from the Duke of 

 Northumberland. Sir J. D. Hooker thinks it was sent by Whitfield from Upper 

 Guinea. 



12. D. fragransy Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t 1081. Trunk arborescent, 

 reaching a height of 20 ft. and more. Leaves crowded, sessile, lanceo- 

 late, thin, green, shining, 2-3 ft. long, 3-4 in. broad at the middle, 

 narrowed to 1 in. or less above the dilated base; midrib visible nearly 

 to the apex. Panicle deltoid, shortly peduncled, 1 ft. or more long; 

 flowers densely congested at the end of the branchlets ; pedicels -^o-^ in. 

 long, articulated at the apex ; bracts small, ovate, white, scariose. 

 Perianth yellowish, |-| in. long, fragrant ; segments as long as the tube. 

 Stamens as long as the perianth-segments. Style exserted. Berry 

 orange-red, the size of a cherry. — Schultes f. Syst. Veg. vii. 342 ; 

 Kunth, Enum. v. ; Kegel, Revis. Drac. 37 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, 

 ii. o2x ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 521). Aletris fragrans, Linn. Sp. 

 Plant, ed. ii. 456 ; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 306 ; Red. Lil. t. 117. Sansevieria 

 fragrans, Jacq. Fragm. t. 2, fig. 6, t. 33, fig. 1. 



Upper Guinea. Without locality, cultivated specimen, Mann I Sierra Leone, 

 Afzelius ! 



