448 CXL. LiLiACE^ (baker). [Dracceiia^ 



cylindrical tube. Berry 1-2-seeded. — Regel, Revis. Dracsen. 48 ; 

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



Upper Guinea. Lagos : Yoruba, Millson ! Fernando Po, Mann, 417 ! 



Introduced into cultivation in 1860. 



40. D. phanerophlebia, Baker. Subacaulescent. Leaves few in 

 a dense rosette, erect; petiole slender, 8-12 in. long; blade ovate, 

 acuminate, of firm texture, 6-7 in. long, 4-4 J in. broad below the 

 middle, broadly rounded at the base, with a midrib distinct from the 

 base to the apex and three distinct main veins springing from it on 

 each side near the base. Inflorescence a small globose head, vsurrounded 

 by large ovate bracts, with a short cernuous peduncle. Perianth not 

 seen. Berry J in. diam., 3-seeded, 3-lobed. 



ILower Grulnea. Gaboon : Sierra del Crystal, Mann^ 1625 ! 



41. D. Afzeliiy Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 167. Stem slender, 

 much branched. Leaves moderately firm, shortly petiolate, lanceolate, 

 5-6 in. long, \\ in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the 

 base and apex ; midrib invisible in the upper part. Inflorescence a 

 dense subsessile terminal raceme ; pedicels very short, articulated at the 

 apex; bracts ovate, or lanceolate, \-\ in. long. Perianth ^ in. long; 

 segments shorter than the cylindrical tube. — Baker in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xiv. 536. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! 

 No specimen at Kew. 



42. D. cylindrica. Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 5846. Stem simple, 

 slender, reaching a length of 10-12 ft. Leaves crowded, spreading; 

 petiole channelled, 2-3 in. long ; blade oblanceolate, of moderately firm 

 texture, G-9 in. long, lJ-2 in. broad above the middle, deltoid at the 

 tip, narrowed gradually from the middle to the petiole ; midrib distinct 

 beneath nearly to the apex. Inflorescence a dense globose sessile 

 terminal head 2-3 in. long ; bracts ovate, subcoriaceous, nearly as long 

 as the flowers. Perianth |-1 in. long ; segments linear-oblong, half as 

 long as the slender tube. — Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 536. 



Upper Guinea. Old Calabar, Mann, 2328 ! Thomson, 17 ! 

 Received alive at Kew from the Edinburgh Botanic Garden in 1870. 



43. D. bicolor. Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 5248. Stem slender, 

 simple, reaching a length of 12-15 ft. Leaves moderately dense; 

 petiole winged, channelled, 2-8 in. long, dilated and clasping at the 

 base ; blade oblanceolate-oblong, cuspidate, of moderately firm texture, 

 ^-1 ft. long, 2-4J in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually from 

 the middle to the "base; midrib visible beneath only in the lower half. 

 Inflorescence a dense short peduncled globose head 2 in. diam., sur- 

 rounded by many ovate bracts 1 in. long. Perianth subsessile, 

 9-10 lin. long, white tinged with red; segments as long as the 

 cylindrical tube. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth-segments. 



