508 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
petiolatis; caulinis minoribus sessilibus, tenuiter multinervibus; 
venulis crebris transversis ; floribus! secus ramos racemi terminalis 
valdeque compositi glomerulatis; bracteis minutis v. 0. (Zeylunia, 
Oceania bor. trop.*) 
V. DRACÆNEÆ. 
16. braco HEIsT. — Flores hermaphroditi; receptaculo parvo 
convexo. Perianthium petaloideum infundibulare v. subcampanu- 
latum; tubo vario; lobis tubo brevioribus v. longioribus, recurvo- 
patentibus, 2-seriatis. Stamina 6, ad loborum basin affixa sæpeque 
iis breviora ; filamentis tenuibus v. basi dilatatis; antheris dorsifixis 
versatilibus ; loculis basi liberis, introrsum rimosis. Germen sessile v. 
vix stipitatum, 3-loculare; stylo gracili, apice stigmatoso capitalo 
integro v.3-lobulato. Ovula in loculis solitaria, ab imo angulo interno 
adscendentia; micropyle extrorsum infera. Fructus sphæricus v. 
apice ®, 3-cornis, baccatus, lævis v. 2, 3-suleus. Semina 1, 3, aut 
sphærica, aut mutua pressione angulata ; integumento exteriore cras- 
siusculo nune carnoso; albumine corneo ; embryone ad hilum parvo 
ineluso. — Arbores v. frutices, nunc sarmentosi sureulosi v. bre- 
vissimi; caule cicatricibus foliis sigillato v. annulato; foliis sæpe 
apicalibus crebris, membranaceis v. coriaceis, parallele nervatis et 
transverse venulosis, aut sessilibus, aut longe petiolatis; floribus in 
racemorum plus minus compositorum ramis ‘glomeratis v. cymulosis ; 
inflorescentia nune contracta capituliformi v. spiciformi; bracteis 
scariosis, basi nune latis. (Orbis vet. reg. calid.) — Vid. p. AA. 
A7. Tætsia Menik.®— Flores fere Draconis : perianthii cylindracei 
v. anguste campanulati tubo brevi ; lobis 6, erectis v. subpatentibus; 
petalis calyei æqualibus v. paulo longioribus. Stamina perianthio 
affixa. Germen sessile; stylo apice stigmatoso capitato v. breviter 
1. Parvis, demum rubentibus. __ Enoz., Gen., n. 1166. — Bak., in Journ 
2. Spec. 2. Tuw., Enum. pl. Zeyl., 340 _. Fa XIV, 538. — B. H., Gen., il, nr 
(Susum). — Jack, in Hook. Bot. ne it, 74 n.43. — ENGL., Pflansenfam., 13. — Coh 
(Veratrum ?). — Mie, FL. ind. … , 27 K., Enum., V, 35. — Bak., loc. cil., 545. 
(Susum), 248; Sumatr., 598 (Susum). — 7 D ENGL., loc. cit — “Chariaoodie “je FI. 
Fr oll. Soc. ortic. Fi, IX, 70, t. se (Veratro- eustral., t. acænopsis 
pue dracon PL. in 6 “serres, VI 110. — a qermitali 
3. Theod. spec., 82 (1786). — Cordyline Run, Herb. amboin., 1V, 79, t 34 (1780: 
Commens., ex d,, Gens, 41, — K., Enume, V,22, VII, 40, €. 20 (vix wa h 
