546 LILIACER. [ Dracaena. 
long) pedicels jointed at the apex, usually by 3 or 2, forming along 
and strong-peduncled termina simple raceme ; bracts at the base 
and on the peduncle lanceolate, subulate-acuminate ; bractlets 
ovate, acute, about a line long ; perianth 6-lobed to about 4 of its 
rous, 
elliptical to elliptically lanceolate, acute or subulate-acuminate, 
coriaceous, often blotched, 4-6 in. long by 14-2} in. broad, the 
midrib evanescent towards the apex, the veins thin but promi- 
nent, the lower leaves gradually tapering in a complicate 1-2 in. 
long petiole half-stem-clasping at the dilated base, the upper ones 
more abruptly contracted in a leafy broad petiole up to an inch 
long ; flowers white, on very short and rather robust jointed pedicels, 
forming a short (1-2 in.) -peduncled, glabrous, spike-like, terminal 
raceme of the length of the petiole or somewhat longer ; perian 
about 4 in. long, slightly inflated at the base, 6-cleft almost to the 
base, the lobes erect and conniving into a tube, only at the apex 
somewhat erect-spreading ; berries 3-l-lobed, the lobes globular, 
the size of a pea, red and glossy, 1-seeded. 
Has.—In the tropical forests of South Andaman.—Fr. May-June.—s.—SS- 
=Metam. SiS. 
CORDYLINE, Commers. 
Perianth corolla-like, bell-shaped, more or less deeply 6-cleft 
deciduous, the lobes recurved. Stamens 6, inserted at the throat 
of the corolla, exserted; anthers 2-celled, introrse. Ovary 3-celled, 
with simple petioled approximate leaves. Flowers usually rather 
small, solitary, each supported by 3 bractlets (the upper ones us ally 
connate, spiked), and forming an ample terminal panicle. 
1. C. terminalis, Kth.—An evergreen erect branched glab- 
rous shrub, 8-10 ft. high, the stems as thick as the finger Of 
somewhat thi in. broad, oblong- 
lanceolate, subulate-acuminate, on a 2-4 in. long complicate petiole 
