442 CXL. LiLUCEiE (baker). [Draceena. 



only a single pair of similar leaves. Spike simple, short, lax, with a 

 short erect peduncle ; lower flowers 3-4 in a cluster. Perianth nearly 

 1 in. long; segments twice as long as the cylindrical tube. Stamens 

 rather shorter than the perianth-segments. — Hua in Contr. FI. Congo 

 Frang. Lil. 11. 



ITpper Guinea. Cameroons : Malimba, Braun. 



JaoyreT Guinea. Gabuon : Cape St. Clarn, Leroy, 



Flowered at the Berlin Botanic Garden, August 1891. No specimen at Kew. 



D. sanderiana, Sander ex Masters in Gard. Chron. 1893, xiii.442 and 445, fig. 65,. 

 is like D. Braunii in habit, but the leaves are 6-7 in. long by 1^ in. broad, and longi- 

 tudinally variegated with white. It was introduced from the Cameroons into the 

 Berlin Botanic Garden by J. Braun in 1888. — Gard. Chron. 1893, xiii. ^76 and 634 ; 

 Journ. Hort. ser. xxvi. 3, 389 ; Rev. Hort. Belg. 1893, 139 ; Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ort. 1897, 

 176, t. 8. 



17. D. cerasifera, Hua, Contr. Fl. Congo Franq. Lil. 11. Leaves 

 few, forming a rosette at the tip of the branches, lanceolate, acute, 

 reaching a length of 7-8 in., Ij in. broad at the middle, narrowed to 

 the base, distinctly costate to the apex. Panicle lax, pendulous, 2 ft. 

 long ; rhachis slender ; lower branch-bracts foliaceous ; upper deltoid, 

 apiculate; pedicels slender, nearly 1 in. long, articulated at the apex,, 

 often geminate. Perianth 1 in. long ; segments twice the length of the 

 tube, subspathulate. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth-lobes^ 

 Berry globose, J in. diam., resembling a cherry, usually 1-seeded. 



JaO-wer Guinea. French Congo : Ogowe River, Leroy ! 

 No specimen at Kew. 



18. D. camerooniana, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 1G6. A much- 

 branched shrub, reaching a height of 15 ft. Branchlets slender, woody, 

 with long internodes. Leaves 2-4-nate. nearly sessile, oblanceolate- 

 oblong, 4-8 in. long, lJ-2 in. broad at the middle, moderately firm in 

 texture, acute, narrowed to the base ; midrib visible only on the under- 

 side near the base. Inflorescence a short lax simple raceme with a short 

 peduncle ; flowers few in the lateral clusters, many in the end one ; 

 pedicels very short; bracts minute, ovate. Perianth |-1 in. long; 

 segments shorter than the cylindrical tube. Stamens rather shorter 

 than the perianth-segments. Style finally exserted. Berry usually 

 1-seeded, J-| in. diam. — Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 588. 



"Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Talla Hills, at Lumbaraya, Scoit-Elliof, 50091 

 River Scarcies, at Bayabaya, Scott-Elliot, 4551 ! Gold Coast, Burton Sf Cameron I 

 Cameroons : Barombi, Frenss, 146 ! Cameroon Mountain at 3500 ft., Mann, 1204 ! 



ItO'weT Guinea . Gaboon : Munda ; Sibange Farm, Soyaux, 61 ! 



19. D. silvaticay Hua, Contr. Fl. Congo Frang. Lil. 13. Allied to 

 D. surculosa. Stems tufted, slender, scarcely 1 ft. long. Leaves oblong, 

 acuminate, 4-5 in. long, lJ-2 in. broad; midrib distinct only near the 



petiole very short, channelled, amplexicaul. Raceme simple, 



