PLATE CCVI.
D 11 A C M N A B O R E A L I S .
Oval leaved Dractena.
CLASS VT. ORDER I.
IIEXANURIA MONOGYNIA. Six Chives. One Pointals.
C A L Y X nullus.
C O K O L L A . Fstflfl fex, oblouga, erectiufcula,
aequalia, unguibus cohacrentia.
S T A M I N A . Kihmenta lex. unguibus inferta,
n.1 ' ilal i. medio cralliora, bali inembranacca,
longitudine vix corolla?. Amlieraj
oblongae, incumbeotea.
P I S T I L L C M . Gcrnie < o v a t u m , ft-xftnatum. Stylus
tiliformis, longitudine ilaminlum. Stigma
trifidum, obtulum.
P E R I C A K T I U M . Bacca ovata, Jexfulcata, trilocul
a r e .
SF.MINA lblitaria, ovato-oblonga, apice incurvata.
O B S . Character fere Afparagi, habitus diverfus.
EMPALEMENT none.
BLOSSOM. Petals fix, oblong, rather upright,
equal, cohering by t h e claws.
C u m Threads fix, iufcrted into t h e claws,
awt-thapcd, thicker about the middle,
Ikinny at the bafe, almoll the length of
the blofibtu. Tips oblong, incumbent.
P O I N T » L . Seed-bud egg-ihaped, fix-ltreaked.
Shaft thread-lhaped, the length of the
chives. Summit three-cleft, obtnfe.
SEED-VESSEL. Berry e g g - l h a p t d , fix-furiowed,
three-celled.
St EDS folitarv. ob lo n g-egg-fli aped, turned inward
at the end.
O a s . The. Character is very near Afparagus,
t h e habit different.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Draccena hcrbacca, fubcaulefcens, foliis d i p - |1 Dracaena, herbaceous, rather afpiring to a flem,
ticis. II l e a v e s e l , P u c -
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1 . A Petal w i t h its chive.
2. A Chive, magnified.
3 . T h e Pointal, magnified.
4. A ripe Berry.
5. The fame, cut tranfverfely.
A B O U T the year 1 7 7 6 , t h i s plant was firft received in England, by Meftrs Lee and Kennedy from
Montreal, Canada, N . America- It is a native of all the northern parts of that country, as far as
N e w England; propagates itfelf by the root, and flowers in J u l y . It will not thrive but on a fhady
border which lhuuld be made of light fandy peat.
Much we revere the name, of Solandcr, and highly rate his merit as a Bo.anift; yet we cannot forbear
ftatin- our diflVnt from the arrangement of this plant, as a Dracaena, certainly nothing can be
•;, iifimilar in every p a r t , this may be eafily traced by comparing our figure and d.ftect.ons, as
I the Generic character. The whole natural habit of the plant, points out Conva.liana
fo its eenus to which it is much nearer allied than Dracaena, even in the fexual characters. How.
ever w! only date onr opinions, w i t h o u t even t h i n k i n g of change as t h e plant is known as Dracxna,
h i v i n g been-figured and defcribed in the Firft Vol. ot t h e Kew Catalogue, page 454, under the prefent
title.