DRAC^XA 



tant. spr. :Ml,r :. ll,;.':, .-M..i,:j ,7-,- iii. x I ■ ', i,,. , .Mi,,ii- 



dately i--, .!■ ', i • ...' -. , .•• : .-. , jh.,vv 



green, r ■.. " . ,,,:,,, ,..,1,1- 



Ivs. i.rtr,, I,,,,, ■, -,,nh I.-;: ]...,,. .1, - . r,.,'i j ,, 11, . |..iii.'i, 

 deeplv Ki'"n.-.l: il>. unkiiuMi I J], W. ir.ji.. Air. B.M. 

 6630. R.H. 1878, p. 15. I. H. 25:300; i2, p. 257. G.C. II. 

 17:49.-A fine foliage plant. 

 ^^G. Sanderiana, Hort. (Z>. thaloldes, var. rariefidfa, 

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

 recurved { 7-10 in. x K-IH in. ) , narrowly lanceolate, acu- 

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

 green, broadly margined with white. Congo. A. P. 8; 

 1281; 11:235. I.H. 40:175. G.C. III. 13:445.-Int. bv 

 Sander & Co. in 1893. 



7. Godseffi&na, Hort. Woody. I.ut viiy -;Uii.l( r. niilif-r 

 diffuse: Ivs. at many nodes small, .-i-.-.t. scali-Iiki- ami 

 lanceolate, the others opposite or in whurls of 3, ohluiig 

 or obovate, spreading, cuspidate, sessile (3—1 in. x i;-2-2 

 in.), firm, green, with copious white spots : raceme 

 short-peduncled ; bracts small: fr. globular, greenish 

 yellow or red, nearly 1 in. in diam. Congo. G.C. III. 

 21:347. Gn.50,p.27e;51:111.5,andp.299. A.F.13:1340. 

 F.E. 10, supp. 2:12. Gng. 6:294.-Int. by Sander & Co. 

 Fine for decorative purposes. 



B. arblirea. Link. Lvs. f;ri.-c>ii, swonl-shaped. ilense. sessile. 

 Gt.46, II. -J-i; ,.,.! 11::^: !) /:;.„■,,„.-;, ^,^■ II,, n ,1 TI TTT n:!:541. 



G.C.III ■-•" ■■■<■'- ■• ■'■' -/• |.'' I,' ,.M;,nceo- 



late.gi 1:, [-1' |. ■-.',,.. . . , ^,1 iiI;IS64. 



-D.ri//.,r,: . •, I., . I , , , . ,.,. lanceo- 



late, l)riu-i I " , ■ 



(var. in:i 



veined with r.-il.— i/, ;«./// 

 nioldes. Hook. Lvs. poti*. 



ceous, spotted with yeUowisIi \\liii- 1- I ",1..">352. 



— D. r««(!a;o, Lam. Lvs.lan.-.-..lat..,i^ m. .con- 



tracted into a petiole.— /)..>;«;„-.».•/,„,/, , 1:, _•, : I., -word- 

 shapfed, crowded, green. Gt. 70,'t.— />. Snuifm, l-iaKcr. i^vs. large, 

 narrowly sword-shaped, crowded bright grten. B.M. U169. 



K. M. WiEGAND. 



Draoienas should be divided into two sections or 

 types for practical purposes : 



(1) The Tropical type: This includes the colored fo- 

 liage sorts and the garden hybrids, all of which can be 

 propagated from both root and stem-cuttings or joints. 

 All of them require a stove or warmhouse temperature, 

 and must be grown quick, and never allowed to get pot- 

 bound until they are as large as required; then they can 

 be allowed to get pot-bound, and with liquid or other 

 stimulant and plenty of light will color well. 



(2) The Conlylii r Sul.rr(i|,ical or Australian type: 



This enitirai'i .^ liir kimK known to gardeners as a«»- 

 iralis, iinlirix.i. I, in, 'I,,. .'iiHiiiinea, atiren -striata, 

 Doucetiinia.,imh,;u',il,i, n: . l,'"M/ihii. Nearly all of these 

 are propaijatid Iroin seeds, and require a cooler tem- 

 perature. 



Following are some popular current Dracffinas: San- 

 deriana makes not only a perfect center plant for table 



makes a flue Ian;.' .l.T..r:n '-, - i,|:in; !,',■ miti in _- fmni :■;- 

 5 in a 4-5 in. jiot, ami |, 1 n _ • , , ■ 1 . ■ , !' poi- 

 bound until each |ii,inl lln' - 1: , ..;,•, I.:,,,.; 

 then repot, and .■in- will lia\ . a iin< . lai--.' -jm •■nu. II in a 

 short time. Godseffiana is a valuable plant for a hang- 

 ing basket, easily propagated from top shoots. Other 

 popular kinds are: Iforwoodiensis, ulbo-marginata, 

 terminalis alba, Gladstonei (one of the most brilliantly 

 colored of the broad-leaved type), Guilfoijlei, Aner- 

 leyensis, Scottii, hybrida, ' "' 

 iana, Victori<B - Beginir , 

 gracilis. 



DBACOCfiPHALUM (T, 

 wide-open mouths of 1 : 

 genus contains a few liar- 

 of the mint familv. of • 

 portance. The whorls of il 

 spikes or heads, the colors 



pie. The genus has altogether about 30 species, from 

 Europe, especially the Mediterranean region; also As 

 outside the tropics. All the species described below ai 



DRACOCEPHALUJI 



otliers are diffuse : up] 



1- r.Mhn-cl to l,i-a.-lN. Y, 



■ some shade of pur 



Euyaohiinum, Linn. Stems slightly pubescent: lvs. 

 linear-lanceolate, glabrous: bracts ovate-lanceolate, en- 

 tire; whorls in somewhat interrupted spikes: fls. 1 in. 

 long, purplish blue or purple; anthers villous. Siberia. 

 Var. JapAnicom, Hort., has white fls. shaded with blue, 

 and is a distinct improvement. G.C. II. 12:167. — Ac- 

 cording to Vilmorin, this species has been sold as D. 

 Altaiense (see J>. grandiflorum). 



AA. Lvs. deeply S-5-cleft. 



Austriacum, Linn., has the habit of the above, and be- 

 lon:.-v t,, the same subgenus Ruyschiana, but the lvs. 

 arc .li\ mIciI and more distinctly revolute at the margin. 

 Aljuut 1-1^ ft. high: fls. blue, IX in. long and more. 

 July, Aug. Eu., Caucasus. 



AAA. Lvs. cut only at the margin, mostly crenate. 



B. 117ioWs crowded together into spikes or lieads. 



e. Color of fls. blue: lvs. not wrinlled. 



grandiflbrum, Linn. {D. Altaiinse, Laxm., but plants 

 in trade under this name are said to be D. Ruyschiana), 

 .\bout I ft. high. Root-lvs. long-stalked, oblong, notches 

 at base: stem-lvs. few, short-stalked, ovate, not notched 

 at base, the uppermost still more rounded: whorls in 

 s|iikes 2-3 in. long, the lowest whorl usually at some dis- 

 tance: fls. 2 in. long. June, July. Siberia. B.M. 1009. 

 P.M. 13:51. 



ce. Color 



' fls. purple 



inkled. 



