164 ON NEW DRAC ANAS FROM TROPICAL AFRICA. 
ON NEW DRACZANAS FROM TROPICAL AFRICA. 
By J. G. Baxer, F.L.S. 
Ir is a point that has never been fully illustrated et as regards 
number of species the genus Spee pases its maxim m in ea 
1. D. Kirexn, Biker, n.sp —Truncus arboreus ramis j joribus 
floriferis 3 lin. crassis. Folia densa ascendentia ensiformia 15-18 poll. 
9-12 lin. oe basin 4-6 lin. lata, ad apicem pas attenuata, et : 
tiliter multinervata, costa subtus dimidio inferiore perspicua. tibns- 
cula terminalis breviter pedunculata deltoidea ramis pate 
simplicibus racemosi Racemi 3-6 poll. longi, expansi 1} Pi 
lati. Pedicelli tnfericnse 3-6 ni 1-2 lin. longi apice articu at. ee | 
teze minutissime evanescentes. Perianthium virl i lulum 6 Im. eh 
vi aad ene a I he at 
exsertum. Guinea borealis si? ripas yp nt ‘Old ” Calabar. G. Man, 
2829!, Rev. W. C. Tho: omson ! Mout 
8. D. cmuracurrrera, Jacg. Hort. Schoen., i., 50, t- 95. 
D. Dra , Linn. As has already been pointed ous by a | 
D, Gini, esiviks d by Kotschy and Pe bY of 
Tinneanw,” . 47, from the mountains of Nubia, does not aver 
be safely separable fom the familiar Canarian species. t jong | 
* ns ARBorra, Link. (D. Knerckiana, K. Koch.) is Ee Jong? 
gar ardens ina Rowertses state. Panicula term? er rior ibus : 
peluncuat 1}-2 pedes longa et lata, ramis divaricatis oe 5 lit 
copiose ramosis, Rac -emi wihdona s: 6 poll. longi, pedicer® mil | 
longis inferioribus 3. 4-nis supra medium articulatis. Bract 
