Draccena'] xi. liliace^. 47 



Tribe hi. DRAC^ENEjE. 

 6. DRAC^NA L. ; Benth. t Hook. f. Geia. PI. iii. p. 779. 



1. D. arborea Link. Enum. Hort. Berol. p. 341 (1821) ; Baker 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 528 (1875). 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A small tree 8 ft. high, palm-like, not branched. 

 Without flower. Molemba Alta, Feb. 1H55. No. 3737- 



The specimen consists only of two detached leaves, and the deter- 

 mination is doubtful. 



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

 (1878); Durand t Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 329. 



GoLUNGo Alto. — A tree 20 to 35 ft. high, dichotomously branched, 

 branches erect-spreading, sometimes almost erect, leaves in a palm- 

 like crown ; flower-panicles or thyrsi hanging from the top of the 

 trunk or branches. By streams in the more lofty woods of Sobato 

 de Qiieta and Quilombo-Quiacatubia. With unripe fruit Zenzas do 

 Queta 20 Feb. 1850. Native name Calunga. No. 3739. 20 to 30 ft., 

 with suberect branches. By streams on the Alta mountains, but 

 sporadic and rarely flowering. Leaves picked in August 1855. No. 3740. 



3. D. fragrans Gawl. Bot. Mag. t. 1081 (1808) ; Baker in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc, I.e., p. 529 ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 327. 



PuxGo AxDOXGo. — A small tree 8 to 12 ft., rarely higher, palm- 

 like, lower part of trunk marked with the scars of fallen leaves, leafy 

 towards the top, sparsely branched. Flowers white-rose-coloured, very 

 fragrant. With a few fl. June 1857. No. 3738. 



4. D. nitens Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc, I.e. ; Durand 

 & Schinz, I.e., p. 328. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A small tree 7 to 10 ft. high, with slender stem. 

 Leaves leathery, shiny, densely crowded at the tops of the branches. 

 Flowers whitish to reddish. Primitive woods between Calolo and 

 Muria, and on the river Lucemuria. In fl. Sept 1854. No. 3742. 



Zenza do Golungo Alto. — Stem 5-7-9 ft. high, 2 iu. thick, with 

 a few spreading branches at the top. Leaves a shiny green above, 

 paler beneath. Flowers scented, subfleshy, white-purplish. Plentiful 

 in rocky tall thicket-grown mountainous places near the boundary of 

 Golungo Alto. In. fl. Sept. 1857. No. 3743. 



Pungo Andoxgo. — A small slender branched tree, with leathery 

 conspicuously shining leaves. Mata de Pungo, without fl. ; Dec. 1856. 

 No. 3741. 



5. D. acaulis Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc, I.e. ; Durand & Schinz, 

 I.e., p. 325. 



GoLUXGO Alto.— Perennial with a thick (i to 1 in.), diffusely 

 branched, woody, tough rhizome, and leathery evergreen leaves 2 to 

 6 ft. long ; flower-scapes with spreading branches, and scaly base, 

 arising laterally at the base of the leaves. In the more lofty woods 

 and on the banks of streams, in the mountains of Alto Queta and 

 Cungulungolo. By the cataract on the river Cuanza. In fl. July 

 1855. No. 3752. Cataract on the river Coango April 185G. No. 3753. 



6. D. camerooniana Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 1G6. 



D. interrupta Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc, I.e. ; Durand ct Scliinz, 

 I.e., p. 328. 



