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Trise 11. DRACZNEL. 
6. DRACAINA L.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 779. 
1. D. arborea Link. Enum. Hort. Berol. p. 341 (1821); Baker 
in Journ. Linn. Soe. xiv. p. 528 (1875). 
GoLunco ALTo.—A small tree 8 ft. high, palm-like, not branched. 
Without flower. Molemba Alta, Feb. 1855. No. 3737. 
The specimen consists only of two detached leaves, and the deter- 
mination is doubtful. 
2. D. parviflora Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2. i., p. 252 
(1878); Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 329. 
GOLUNGO ALTO.—A tree 20 to 35 ft. high, dichotomously branched, 
branches erect-spreading, sometimes almost erect, leaves in a palm- 
like crown; flower-panicles or thyrsi hanging from the top of the 
trunk or branches. By streams in the more lofty woods of Sobato 
de Queta and Quilombo-Quiacatubia. With unripe fruit Zenzas do 
Queta 20 Feb. 1856. Native name Calunga. No. 3739. 20 to 30 ft., 
with suberect branches. By streams on the Alta mountains, but 
sporadic and rarely flowering. Leaves picked in August 1855. No. 3740. 
3. D. fragrans Gawl. Bot. Mag. t. 1081 (1808) ; Baker in Journ. 
Linn. Soc., /.c., p. 529; Durand & Schinz, l.c., p. 327. 
Punco AnponGo.—A small tree 8 to 12 ft., rarely higher, palm- 
like, lower part of trunk marked with the scars of fallen leaves, leafy 
towards the top, sparsely branched. Flowers white-rose-coloured, very 
fragrant. With a few fl. June 1857. No. 3738. 
4. D, nitens Welw. ex Baker in Trans, Linn. Soc., dc. ; Durand 
& Schinz, f.c., p. 328. 
GoLunGo ALTO.—A small tree 7 to 10 ft. high, with slender stem. 
Leaves leathery, shiny, densely crowded at the tops of the branches. 
Flowers whitish to reddish, Primitive woods between Calédlo and 
Muria, and on the river Lucemuria. In fl. Sept 1854. No. 3742. 
ZENZA DO GoLUNGO ALTO.—Stem 5-7-9 ft. high, 2 in. thick, with 
a few spreading branches at the top. Leaves a shiny green above, 
paler beneath. Flowers scented, subfleshy, white-purplish. Plentiful 
in rocky tall thicket-grown mountainous places near the boundary of 
Golungo Alto. In. fl. Sept. 1857. No. 3743. 
PounGco ANnDoNGO.—A small slender branched tree, with leathery 
conspicuously shining leaves. Mata de Pungo, without fl. ; Dec. 1856. 
No. 3741. 
5. D. acaulis Baker in Trans. Linn, Soc., /.c.; Durand & Schinz, 
l.c., p. 325. 
GoLuNnGco ALTo.—Perennial with a thick (4 to 1 in.), diffusely 
branched, woody, tough rhizome, and leathery evergreen leaves 2 to 
6 ft. long ; flower-scapes with spreading branches, and scaly base, 
arising laterally at the base of the leaves. In the more lofty woods 
and on the banks of streams, in the mountains of Alto Queta and 
Cungulungulo. By the cataract on the river Cuanza. In fl. July 
1855. No. 3752. Cataract on the river Coango April 1856. No. 3753. 
6. D. camerooniana Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, p. 166. 
D. interrupta Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc., /.c.; Durand & Schinz, 
Le, p. 328. 
