44G CXL. LiLiACE^ (baker). [^Dvaccena, 



4-5 in. long, 2J-o in. broad at the middle, with a deltoid base and 

 midrib visible beneath only near the base. Raceme simple, lax, shortly 

 peduncled ; flowers few in a fascicle ; pedicels short ; bracts minute. 

 Perianth J-J in. long; segments as long as the cylindrical tube. 

 Stamens rather shorter than the perianth-segments. Style not 

 exserted. 



ZiO-wer Guinea. Gaboon : Munda ; Sibange Farm, in damp woods, Soyaux, 98 ! 

 nnd without precise locality, Klaine, 104 ! 



Nearly allied to D. elUjptica, Tbunb. 



32. D. elegans, Hua, Contr. Fl. Congo Franc. Lil. 13. Nearly 

 allied to D. eUiptica. An erect shrub, with slender branches. Leaves 

 laxly disposed ; petiole short, channelled, clasping the stem all round ; 

 blade elliptical, 5-6 in. long, 2 in. broad at the middle, with midrib dis- 

 tinct from the base to the acuminate apex. Panicle slender, pendulous ; 

 branch bracts a]l short ; racemes lax, sometimes forked ; pedicels always 

 solitary, above J in. long. Perianth J in. long ; tube short, cylindrical ; 

 lobes linear. Stamens not exserted. Ovary oblong. 



JtOvreT Guinea. French Congo ; Sanja, on the River Ogowe, Leroy ! 

 No specimen at Kew. 



33. D. eUiptica, Thunh. d- Dalm. Diss. Draccen. 6. A shrub, 

 with much -branched slender woody stems. Leaves with a very short 

 channelled petiole and an oblong acute blade 5-6 in. long, lJ-2 in. 

 broad at the middle, cuneate or slightly rounded at the base ; midrib 

 visible to the apex on the under surface. Flowers in small shortly 

 peduncled panicles ; branches racemose ; pedicels long, slender, articu- 

 lated at the middle ; bracts minute, ovate. Perianth J in. long ; seg- 

 ments as long as the tube. Berry 3-lobed, 3-seeded, J in. diam. 



Wile Iiand. British East Africa : Toru ; Wimi Valley, Scott-Elliot, 7988 ! 

 Jaovrer Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, Quintas, 1 ! 



XMCozamb. Sist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Zomba and Mount 

 Malosa, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte ! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 1485 ! 

 Also in Tropical Asia. 



34. D. laxissima, Engl. Jahrh. xv. 478. Leaves laxly disposed, 

 shortly petiolate, oblong, acute, 6 in. long, 2 in. broad at the middle, 

 narrowed to the base; side veins nearly as conspicuous as the midrib. 

 Inflorescence panicled, very lax, 1 ft. long ; branches slender ; pedicels 

 J- J in. long ; bracts minute, ovate, scariose. Buds clavate, about 1 in. 

 long. Perianth-segments twice as long as the funnel-shaped tube. 

 Filaments filiform. 



Soutb Central. Lunda : Bashilange; near Mukenge, Poy^e, 1462. 

 No specimen at Kew. 



35. D. glomerata, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 166. Stem slender, 



simple, 8 ft. long. Leaves moderately dense, ascending ; petiole winged, 

 reaching a length of 4-5 in. in the lower leaves ; blade oblong, cuspidate, 

 of moderately firm texture, 4-8 in. long, 2J-3 in. broad at the middle, 

 deltoid at the base, with a distinct midrib in the lower half. In- 



