Blossom. Petals six, oblong, rather upright, equal, cohering by the claws.
Chives. Threads six, inserted into the claws, awl-shaped, thicker about the middle, skinny at the base, almost the length of the blossom. Tips oblong, incumbent.
Pointal. Seed-bud egg-shaped, six-streaked. Shaft thread shaped, the length of the chives. Summit three-cleft, obtuse.
Seed-vessel. Berry egg-shaped, six-furrowed, three-celled.
Seeds solitary, oblong-egg-shaped, turned inward at the end.
Obs. The Character is very near Asparagus, the habit different.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Dracæna, herbacea, subcaulescens, foliis elipticis.
Dracæna, herbaceous, rather aspiring to a stem, leaves eliptic.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.