PLATE. CCVI. 
DRACENA 
BOREALIS. 
Oval leaved Dracaena. 
GLASS 71; 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. 
ORDER —f. 
One Pointals. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Caryx nullus 
OROLLA, Petala fex, oblonge, erectiufcula, 
qualia, unguibus coheren 
Filamenta fex, sipaibed inferta, 
fubulata, medio craffiora, bafi membra 
nacea, Jongitudine vix corolle. Waisted 
oblong, incumbentes. 
Pistittum. Germen ovatum, fexftriatum. Sty- 
lus filiformis, longitudine ftaminium. Sti ig- 
: ma trifidum, obtufum 
+ sy meng Bacca ovata, fexfulcata, trilocu- 
Seminal folitaria, ovato-oblonga, apice incurvata. 
Oss. Charatter fere Afparagi, habitus diverfus. 
EMPALEMENT none. 
Brossom. Petals fix, oblong, Moser upright, 
equal, cohating by the claw 
Curives. Threads fix, satereed init the claws, 
awl-fhaped, thicker about 
Scie folitary. a turned in- 
t the end. 
Ozs, The Charsier is very near Afparagus, 
' the habit different. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Dracena, herbacea, fubcaulefcens, foliis elip- Dracena, Se eens rather afpiring to a ftem, 
ticis. | leaves eliptic 
Ee 
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
A A Petal with its chive. 
. A Chive, magnifie 
4. Ari 
3. The Pointal, magnified. 
ripe Berry. 
5. The fame, cut tranfverfely. 
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_ Asourt the year 1776, yeas 
Montreal, Canada, N. A ca. 
New 
nd; propagates -ittelf by the root, a sree in Les 
border, which ‘thou Id 
pent was firft Sas. ~ England; by Mefirs Lee and Kennedy from 
t is a native of all 
the northern parts of that country, as far as 
It will not thrive but on a fhady 
Draceena, even in the fexual chara@ters. How- 
ever, we — ftate our opinions, without even n einkng of change, as the plant is known as Dracena, 
f the Kew Catalogue, page 454, under the pre- 
