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Old Calabar (Goldie) : Uwet (Holland, No. 195, 1899, Herb. 

 Kew). 



A handsome decorative plant, a foot or so high, suitable for 

 pot culture; introduced to Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, in 

 1870, by the Rev. Hugh Goldie, United Presbyterian Mission, 

 Old Calabar, and first propagated for trade purposes by Mr. Bull 

 of Chelsea. The Gardener's Chronicle Oct. 20th, 1877, advertised 

 plants for sale at 7 and 10 guineas each, at the same time stating 

 that " the 5 guinea size announced last week have all been 



sold . " 



may 



Flowered 



at Marseilles (1881) in the gardens of Dr. Renouard (Gard. Chron. 

 Jan. 14th, 1882, p. 48) on which A. F. Marion, wrote in reference 

 to the proterogynous flowers — " Note sur la floraison du Dracaena 



Goldieana, observee dans les serres de M. G. Renouard (Marseille, 



1881). 



Dracaena Mannii, Baker ; Fl. Trop. Afr. VII. p. 438. 



Vernac. names. — Ope Kankana, Osun Buke (W. Prov. 

 S. Nigeria, Prov. Forestry Officer, No. 3, 1909, Herb. Kew) r 

 Ope Kanakana (S. Nigeria, Dennett); Afohafo akwo akuko 

 (Agolo, S. Nigeria, Thomas) ; Ningei (Mendi, Sierra Leone, Lane- 

 Poole). " Asparagus Bush " (Sierra Leone, Lane-Poole). 



Old Calabar River and in Western Province, S. Nigeria, 

 also in Sierra Leone and Gold Coast. 



Gives a scanty and hght coloured dye used by the Natives in 

 the Western Province, S. Nigeria (Imp. Inst. I.e.). Young shoots 

 eaten as Asparagus by Natives and Europeans, and the Natives 

 chop the leaves up very fine and cook them mixed with rice, 

 Sierra Leone (Lane-Poole, Trees, Shrubs, &c,, Sierra Leone, 



p. 34, Herb. Kew) 



Trop. Afr. I.e.) up to 25 ft. 



Sierra Leone (Lane-Poole, I.e.); 70 ft. Akwapim, Gold Coast 

 (Johnson, No. 687, 1900, Herb. Kew). 



Dracaena phrynioides, Hook. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. VII. p. 447. 



Ill — Bot. Mag. t. 5352. 



Lagos, Yoruba, Fernando Po. Introduced to cultivation 

 in this country 1860 (I.e.). 



Stem very short and leaves in a rosette. 



Dracaena surculosa, Lindl. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. VII. p. 443. 



Ill.~Bot. Reg. (1828) t. 1169; Bot. Mag. t. 5662 (var. 

 maculata). 



Old Calabar River (Mann, No. 2327, Herb. Kew), Oban 



(Talbot, No. 146, Herb. Kew), also in Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, 

 &c. 



A much branched shrub, 6-10 ft. high— 3-4 ft. in home 

 gardens. A handsome decorative plant. Sent from Sierra 

 Leone by G. Don in 1821 to the Horticultural Society, in whose 

 gardens at Chiswick the drawing for the Botanical Register 



1827 (Bot. Reg. I.e.). Unhke other species 



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of Dracaena it produces suckers — hence the specific name. 



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