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Dracaena (To the species described on pp)

To the species described on pp. 490-1, Vol. I., the following should now be added:

D. floribunda (abundant-flowered). fl. greenish, cylindrical, above 1/2in. long; panicle drooping, shortly pedunculate, 3ft. to 4ft. long, made up of fifteen to twenty drooping racemes 1ft. or more long. l. fifty to sixty, crowded in a dense rosette, lorate, acuminate, 3ft. to 4ft. long, 3in. to 3 1/2in. broad. Trunk 6ft. to 8ft. high. Native country unknown. (B. M. 6447.) D. fragrans variegata (variegated). l. recurved, deep green, with a broad, central, striped variegation of yellow and pale yellowish-green. 1887. SYN. D. Lindeni.

D. Lindeni (Linden's). A synonym of D. fragrans variegata. D. Massangeana (Massange's). l. broadly lanceolate, acuminate, dark green, with a median, whitish stripe. 1883. A variety of D. fragrans, closely resembling D. f. variegata. (B. H. 1881, 16.) D. sepiaria (hedge-loving). fl. pure white, in large panicles. fr. yellow, persistent for a long time. l. upright, small, dark green, tufted. Fiji, 1887. An ornamental perennial.