1070 



DRAC^NA 



DRACOCEPHALUM 



ish: filaments flat: berries orange. Canary Ms. B.M. 

 4571. R.H. 1869, p. 416; 1880, p. 196. G.C. II. 14:749. 

 G.W. 12:233. J.F. 2, pi. 124. Fine for conservatory. 

 D. Boerhavii, Tenore, is a garden form, with elongated 

 Ivs., all recurved. 



2. umbraculifera, Jacq. Arborescent (3-10 ft. high), 

 simple: Ivs. very numerous, crowded, sword-shaped 

 (2-3}4 ft. x 1^4-2 in.), outer recurved, all green and 

 shining, attenuate at the apex, scarcely narrowed 

 toward the conspicuously undulate base, costa distinct 

 on both faces: pedicels 4-6 lines long: bracts minute, 

 deltoid: perianth large, 2 in. long, white, tinged with 

 red; filaments filiform. Mauritius. L.B.C. 3:289. 



3. Hookeriana, Koch (C. Rumphii, Hook. D. 

 Rumphii, Regel). Trunk 3-6 ft. high, sometimes 

 branched: Ivs. numerous, densely clustered, sword- 

 shaped (2-2^i ft. x 1^2-2 in.), outer reflexed, all long- 

 attenuate at the apex, scarcely narrowed below, 

 margin white-pellucid, lower face concave, indistinctly 

 costate beneath: bracts lJ^-3 in. long, white: pedicels 

 3-4 lines long; perianth greenish, 12-15 lines long; 

 filaments filiform: berries orange. Cape of Good Hope. 

 D. latifolia, Regel, is a horticultural variety, with Ivs. 

 3-3K in. wide. G.C. III. 20:305 (var. latifolia). B.M. 

 4279 (as Cordyline Rumphii.) Var. variegata, Hort. 

 Variegated foliage. 



4. fragrans, Ker-Gawl (Aletris fragrans, Linn. 

 Sansevieria fragrans, Jacq.). Arborescent (20 ft. high 

 or more), sometimes branched: Ivs. (1^-3 ft. x 2^-4 

 in.) sessile, oblanceolate, lax and spreading or recurved, 

 flaccid, green and shining, acute, indistinctly costate: 



1345. Dracaena fragrans var. Lindenii. 



bracts minute, scarious, deltoid: pedicels 1-1 % lines 

 long; fls. glomerate; perianth 6-8 lines long, yellow: 

 berry orange-red. Guinea. B.M. 1081. A.G. 18:389. 

 F.R. 4:189. Gn. M. 8:270. G.W. 12:232. G. 2:286. 

 Much used for greenhouse and table decoration. D. 

 Knerkii, Hort. Form with glossy light green, less pen- 

 dulous Ivs. D. Rothiana, Hort. A garden form. I.H. 

 43, p. 97. R.H. 1877, p. 68. D. Victdria, Hort. A gar- 

 den form. Gn. 63, p. 77. Var. Lindenii, Hort. (D. Lin- 

 denii, Hort.). Fig. 1345. Lvs. recurved, traversed from 

 base to apex by creamy white bands. Very decorative. 

 I.H. 27:384. F.R. 4:191. G.W. 14:321. A.F. 35:1241. 

 G.C. III. 30:176. Var. Massangeana, Hort. (D. Mas- 

 sangedna, Hort.). A broad yellow stripe along the 

 center of the If. throughout its entire length. F.R. 

 4:193. 



5. deremensis, Engler. Plant 9-15 ft. high, 

 branched : Ivs. 1 % ft. long, 2 in. wide, narrowed into a 

 broad petiole-like base: infl. large; fls. on pedicels \%- 

 2 lines long; perianth 7-8 lines long, with tube 4 lines 

 long, dark red without, white within, unpleasant 

 scented. Afr. G.C. III. 50:23. G.M. 54:523. G.W. 

 11:505 (all as var. Warneckii) . 



6. Goldieana, Hort. Plate XXXVII. Trunk simple, 

 slender: Ivs. distant, spreading, thick-oblong (7-8 in. x 

 4-5 in.), cuspidately pointed, base broadly rounded or 

 cordate, glossy green, conspicuously white-spotted and 

 banded, young Ivs. often tinged with red; petioles erect 

 (2-3 in. long), deeply grooved: fls. unknown. W. Trop. 

 Afr. B.M. 6630. R.H. 1878, p. 15. I.H. 25:300; 42, p. 

 257. G.C. II. 17:49. G.Z. 22:1. G. 2:271; 14:239. 

 G.W. 12:235. A fine foliage plant. 



7. Sanderiana, Hort. (D. thaloldes var. variegata, 

 Hort.?). Slender: Ivs. distant, alternate, spreading 

 or recurved (7-10x J^-1K in.), narrowly lanceolate, 

 acuminate, on rather broad petioles (1-3 in. long), 

 glossy-green, broadly margined with white. Congo. 

 A.F. 8:1281; 11:235. I.H. 40:175. G.C. III. 13:445. 

 G.W.14:322. Gn.W. 14:617. G. 23:533. G.L. 16:235. 

 Intro, in 1893. 



8. Godseffiana, Hort. Woody, but very slender, 

 rather diffuse: Ivs. at many nodes small, erect, scale- 

 like and lanceolate, the others opposite or in whorls 

 of 3, oblong or obovate, spreading, cuspidate, sessile 

 (3-4xlJ^-2 in.), firm, green, with copious white spots: 

 raceme short -peduncled: bracts small: fr. globular, 

 greenish yellow or red, nearly 1 in. diam. Congo. 

 G.C. III. 21:347. Gn. 50, p. 276; 51:298, and p. 299. 

 A.F. 13:1340. F.E. 10, supp. 2:12. Gng. 6:294. G. 

 19:388. Fine for decorative purposes. 



The following are apparently not in the American trade: D. 

 americdna, Donnell Smith. Twenty to 40ft. high: Ivs. linear-sword- 

 shape, 8-15 in. long, green: fls. white, small, in dense panicles. Allied 

 to D. Draco. Cent. Amer. S.T.S. 1:207. New. D. arbdrea. Link. 

 Lvs. green, sword-shaped, dense, sessile. Gt. 46: 1438; and p. 226. 

 G.W. 8:260; 12:232. D. Brodmfieldii, Hort. Lvs. spreading or 

 recurved, strap-shaped, undulate, sessile, deep green bordered with 

 broad white margins. J.H. III. 33:541. G.C. III. 20:667; 23:249; 

 33:249 (var.) G. 27:597. G.W. 13:4. Botanical status obscure. 

 D. concinna, Kunth. Lvs. oblanceolate, green, purple on the 

 margin, green-petioled. D. cyllndrica. Hook. Lvs. linear-lan- 

 ceolate, or obovate-lanceolate, bright green, spreading. B.M. 5846. 

 D. Eeckhdntii, Hort. F.R. 4:46. Gn.W. 16:697. D. elliptica, 

 Thunb. Lvs. spreading, petioled, thickish, elliptic -lanceolate, 

 glossy, acute, longitudinally striate. B.M. 4787. G.C. II. 17:261 

 (var. maculata). D. ensifolia, Hort. Amer.=Dianella ensifolia. 

 D. kewensis, Hort. Lvs. dark green, broadly oblong-lanceolate- 

 acute; petiole red, half as long as the blade. New Caledonia. New. 

 May be a form of C. terminalis. G.C. III. 33:265. F.E. 15:619. 

 D. marginata, Lam. Lvs. sword-shaped, dense, spreading, green, 

 margined and veined with red. G.W. 12:235. D. marmorata, 

 Hort. B.M. 7078. D, phrynioides, Hook. Lvs. petioled, mostly 

 oval, acuminate, coriaceous, spotted with yellowish white, pale 

 beneath. B.M. 5352. D. reflexa, Lam. Lvs. lanceolate or sword- 

 shaped, acute, contracted into a petiole. D. Saposchnikdwi, Regel. 

 Lvs. sword-shaped, crowded, green. Gt. 705. D. Smithii, Baker. 

 Lvs. large; narrowly sword-shaped, crowded, bright green. B.M. 

 6169. 



Some trade names, the botanical status of which is in doubt, are 

 the following: alba-marginata, albanensis, Alexandria, angustifolia, 

 angustata,argenteo-striata, DeSmetiana, edmontoniensis, elefantissima, 

 Elizabethise , Frederica, Hendersonii, imperator, Jamesii, Janssesii, 

 Lacourtii, Mayi, Mandseana, Offeri, perelyares, recurva, Salmonea, 

 Sheperdii, spectabilis. D. nova-caledonica is probably Cordyline neo- 

 caledonica, Lindl., with bronze Ivs. -rr AJ WlEGAND 



DRACOCEPHALUM (Greek, dragon's head, from 

 the shape of the corolla). Labidtse. Hardy herbaceous 

 annual and perennial plants of easy culture and of 

 minor importance. 



Allied to Nepeta, differing in having the calyx 

 mostly straight rather than curved and unequally 

 toothed: mostly erect herbs, with opposite entire, 

 toothed or deeply cut Ivs., the upper ones passing into 

 bracts: fls. in many-fld. verticils which are axillary or 

 terminal, blue or purple or rarely white; calyx tubular, 

 about 15-nerved; corolla, upper lip somewhat notched 

 and arched, the lower one 3-cleft and the middle part 

 notched or 2-cleft; stamens 4, didynamous, the 2 



