1626 CXXXV. LlLIACEiE. [Cordylim. 



.imbricate slieaths. Panicles terminal or sometimes axillary, the flowers usually 

 smaller than in Draccena, solitary or clustered along the branches, sessile or 

 ipedicellate, each withic a small bract with 2 small bracteoles at their base. 



The genus is widely spread over the warmer regions of the Old World, with one American 

 species. Of the Australian species one is common over a great part of t)ie Indio-Australlan 

 region, the others are endemic. 



■Perianth-segments of equal length. 



Leaves 1 to IJIt. long, 1 to 3in. broad, with a short petiole 1. C. terminalii. 



Leaves 3 to 6in. long, IJ to 2Jin, broad, with a rather long petiole . . . 2. C. Murchisonice. 

 Inner perianth-segments longer than the outer. Leaves 1 to 2ft. long, J to 



lin. broad or even narrower 3. C. stricta. 



1. C. terminalis (terminal), Kunth ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 539 ; 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 21. "Churoga," TuUy River, Roth. Stems attaining 5 

 ito 20ft. Leaves crowded under the panicle, from 1 to 3.ft. long or the upper 

 ones half that length, varying from 1 to 5in. broad, acuminate at the end and 

 Capering at the base into a sheathing petiole. Panicle often 1 to 2ft. long, 

 with, spreading solitary or clustered branches of 3 to 18in. Flowers scattered 

 ^along the branches either singly or in clusters of 2 or 3, varying from almost 

 ■sessile to borne on pedicels attaining sometimes 4 or 6 lines. Perianth usually 

 about 4 lines but sometimes attaining 6 lines in length, white reddish or almost 

 purple, divided to about the middle into 6 equal segments. Stamens attached 

 near the base of the segment ; anthers not much shorter than the filaments and 

 mot exceeding the perianth. Ovules 4 to 10 in each cell of the ovary. Fruit red, 

 nearly globular, 3 to 4 lines diameter, mealy or succulent when fresh. — 

 Dracana terminalis, Jacq. Ic. Ear. t. 448 ; Red. Lil. t. 9 J ; Bot. Reg. t. 1749 ; 

 Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1224 ; V. ferrea, Linn. ; Bot. Mag. t. 2053 ; Cordijline 

 eannafolia, U. Br. Ftod. 280; F. v. M. Fragm. v. 196; C. sepiaria, Seem. Fl. 

 Vit. 311, t. 94. 



Hab.: Shoahvater Bay, JB. Brown; Ipswich, JiTcrnst ; Vine 'Ri-v ex. Fitzaian; KqckiBgham Bay, 

 .Vallachy ; common in most scrubs north and south. 



The species is geDe.iaUy spread over tropical Asia and Polynesia. 



Dr. Roth states that at the Tully River the aboriginal children's teeth are buried in the bases 

 ■of the leaf stalks, so as to ensure their getting a second set. 



,Var. Manners-Suttonia; — C. Manners- Suttonia, F. v. M. Fragm. v. 159 — from Mount Elliott, 

 Fitzalan, and Rockhampton, Dattachy, Bowman, is remarkable for the rather large white 

 flowers on pedicels in the typical specimens 4 to 5 lines long. 



Var. camiafoUa. Leaves oblanceolate, 12 to 15in. long, 2 to 2Jin. broad. Pedicels very 

 short. Perianth-segments 2 lines long, the campanulate tube twice as long as the segments. — 

 ■C. cannafolia, R. Br. Prod. 280. 



Var. hedychioides. Leaves oblanceolate, 2 to 3in. broad. Pedicels J to 1 line long. 

 Perianth deeply divided, 4 to 5 lines long. Berry 4 to 5 lines in diameter. — C. hedychioides, 

 F. V. IVI. Fragm. v. 196. 



Hab.: Cape York, Daemel. 



Yar. Baileyi, Bail. Bot. Bull. ix. A beautiful variegated form, found in one of the Pjmpama 

 scrubs by W. B. Bailey, a nurseryman of the district. Plants of this may be seen in some 

 Brisbane buslihouses. 



2. C. Murchisoniae (after Lady Murchison), F. v. M. Fragm. v. 195, 1866. 



A small leafy species, the stems often not above 2ft. high. Leaves much shorter 

 than in the other species, usually 3 to 6in. long and 1^ to 2iin. broad, abruptly 

 • contracted into a rather long petiole, and covering nearly the whole of the 

 flowering branch. Panicle sometimes not longer than the leaves, sometimes 

 twice as long, with few branches. Flowers the same as in C. terminalis. Fruit 

 also similar but smaller. — Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 541; C. Haaneana, 

 ■0. Koch, Wochenschr. fiir. Gasrtn. 1867, 195 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 22. 



Hab.: Rockhampton, O'Shanesy; Rockingham Bay and Mount Elliott, Vallachy; Port 

 Denison, Fitzalan. 



