DraccenaJ] cxl. liliacile (baker). 443 



2-3 in. long; pedicels ^^r in. long, articulated at the middle. Flowers 

 unknown. Fruit globose, the size of a small pea. 



Xiower Guinea. French Congo ; woods at Brazzaville, on Stanley Pool, Thollon, 

 4074 ! 



No specimen at Kew. 



20. D. interrupta. Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 2^2. 

 A much-branched low shrub. Branchlets slender, with long internodes. 

 Leaves 4-na,te, nearly sessile, oblong, acute, firm in texture, 4-(I in. 

 long, 2-2 J in. broad at the middle, cuneate at the base, unspotted ; 

 midrib visible only on the underside near the base. Inflorescence a lax 

 raceme with a moderately long eernuous peduncle ; flowers many in a 

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

 segments half as long as the cylindrical tube. Stamens as long as the 

 perianth-segments. Style finally exserted. 



liO'wer Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongoj in woods by the River Tombe, 

 WeUvitsch, 3748 ! 



21. D. masnimbensis, Hua^ Contr. Fl. Congo Franq. Lil. 14. 

 Allied to D. cainerooniana. Leaves 2-5 in a rosette at the apex of the 

 branches, oblong, acuminate, narrowed to the base to a very short petiole, 

 the outer G-7 in. long, 2-2|^ in. broad, the inner much smaller ; midrib 

 distinct in the lower half. Raceme subspicate, simple, terminal, erect ; 

 bracts short, remote ; flowers 3-10 in a cluster, nearly sessile. Perianth- 

 tube cylindrical, as long as the linear segments. 



Iiower Guinea. Southern French Congo; forest of Mayumba, Thollon, 1222 ! 

 No specimen at Kew. 



22. D. congoensis, Hua, Contr. Fl. Congo FranQ. Lil. 16. Near 

 D. surculosa. Leaves crowded at the tip of the bmnches, elliptical, very 

 acuminate, 4-8 in. long, 2-3J in. broad, rounded at the base ; petiole 

 2-3 in. long, dilated at the base; midrib distinct in the lower half. 

 Flowers in a lax peduncled subspicate raceme ; clusters 5-6, consisting 

 of 15-40 flowers each; bracts ventricose, caudate. Perianth 1 in. or 

 rather less long; tube cylindrical, much longer than the segments. 



Iiower Guinea. Southern French Congo ; forest of Mayumba, Thollon ! 

 No specimen at Kew. 



23. D. surculosa, LincU. in Bot. Reg. t. 1169. A much-branched 

 shrub 6-10 ft. high. Branchlets slender, woody, with long internodes. 

 Leaves 2-4-nate, nearly sessile, oblong, acute, 3-6 in. long, 1^-2 in. 

 broad at the middle, moderately firm in texture, often spotted with 

 white ; midrib distinct from base to apex. Flowers many in a terminal 

 umbel or short raceme, with a short slender peduncle ; pedicels J -A in. 

 long, articulated below the middle. Perianth white, | in. long ; segments 

 shorter than the slender cylindrical tube. Stamens as long as the 

 perianth-segments. Style much exserted. Berry bright red, 1-2- seeded, 

 J-J in. diam.— Roem. <k Schult. Syst. Veg. vii. 1677 ; Kunth, Enum. v. 

 14 ; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5662 (var. maculatu) ; Hegel, Revis. Dracaen. 

 43 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 537. 



