PLATE CCVI. 



DRAC^NA BOREALIS. 



Oval leaved Draccena. 



CLASS VL ORDER L 

 HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointals. 



GENERIC CHAHACTER. 



Calyx nuUus. 



Corolla. Petala fex, oblonga, ereftiufcula, 

 zequalia, unguibus cohaerentia. 



Stamina. Filamenta fex, unguibus inftrta, 

 fubulata, medio cralFiora, bali membra- 

 nacea, longitudine vix coroUae. Antlierae 

 obloiigse, incumbentes. 



PisTiLLUM. Germeii ovatum, fexftriatum. Sty- 

 lus filiformis, lougiludine Itaminium. Stig- 

 ma trifidum, obtufum. 



Pericarpium. Bacca ovata, fexfulcata, trilocu- 

 larls. 



Semina folitaria, ovato-oblonga, apice incurvata. 



Obs. Character fere Afparagi, habitus diverfus. 



Empalement none. 



Blossom. Petal> fix, oblong, rather upright, 

 equal, cohering by the claws. 



Chives. Threads fix, inf-rted into the claws, 

 awl-fhaped, thicker about the middle, 

 Ikinny at the hafe, almoft the length of 

 the bloffoni. Tips oblong, incumbent. 



Pointal. Seed-bnd egg-fliaprd, fix-ftreaked. 

 Shaft thread ihaped, the length of the 

 chives. Sunimii three-cleft, obt ufe. 



Seed-vessel. Berry egg-lhaped, fix-furrowed, 

 three-celled. 



Si: EDS folitarv, oblong-egg-fliaped, turned in- 

 ward at the end. 



Obs. The Charafter is very near Afparagus, 

 the habit different. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Dracaena, herbacea, fubcaulefcens, foliis elip- 



ticis. 



Dracaena, herbaceous, rather afpiring to a ftem, 

 leaves eliptic. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A Petal with its chive. 



2. A Chive, magnified. 



3. The Pointal. magnified. 



4. A ripe Berry. 



5. The fame, cut tranfverfely. 



About the year 1776, this plant was firft received in England, by MelTrs I.ee and Kennedy from 

 Motitreal, Canada, N. Aiuerica. It is a native of all the northern pans of that Cdimtn, .ms lar as 

 New England; propagates itfelf by the root, and flowers in July. It will not t! ri\e but on a ihady 

 border, which fhould be made of light fandy peat. 



Much we revere the name of Solander, and highly rate his merit ns a Botanift; yet we cannot for- 

 bear flating our dilfent from the arrangement of this plant, as a Dracaena, certainly nothing can be 

 more diflimilar, in every part; this may be eafily traced by coinpiring our figure and dilTections, as 

 connected with the Generic charafter. The whole natural habit of the plant, points out Convallaria 

 for its genus, to which it is much nearer allied th.in Dracaena, even in thi- fexual characters. How- 

 ever, we only ftate our opinions, without even thinking of change, as the plant is known as Dracaena, 

 having been figured and defcribed in the Firft Vol. of the Kew Catalogue, page 454, under the pre- 

 feut title. 



