THE FLORA OF THE MALAY· PENINSULA

Tricalistra.] CXLVII. LILIACE}E. 33 1
all similar recurved. Stamens 6, in mouth of tube; filaments
short; anthers oblong. Pistil short sub-globose; style 0; stigmas
three horseshoe-shaped. Ovary I-celled; ovules 2. Fruit drupateous
globose, green, I-seeded. Species I.
(I) T. ochracea Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 83.
Stem woody, '5 in. through. Leaves 16 in. long, 4 in. wide,
dark green; petioles 6 in. long. Spike 8 in. tall, base nude, 4-angled.
Bracts ovate blunt. Flowers sessile ochre-yellow. Fruit as large
as a 12-bore bullet. Hab. Very rare in dense forests at 4000 ft.
altitude. Pahang, Telom and Gunong Berumbun (Ridley).
10. ASPARAGUS, Linn.
Shrubby half scandent plants, often thorny. Leaves reduced
to minute scales with tufts of flat or acicular branches (cladodes)
in axils. Flowers very small, white, axillary fascicled, solitary or
racemed. Perianth campanulate, 6-lobed. Stamens from base of
perianth. Ovary 3-celled; ovules 2 or more in a cell; style 1;
stigmas 3. Seeds 2 to 6, black. Species about 100. Europe,
Asia, Africa.
(I) A. racemosus Willd. sp. Pl. ii. 152.
Scandent woody, spines long (cladodes), 2- to 6-nate, '75 to 1 in.
long, linear acuminate falcate. Racemes solitary or fascicled
sometimes branched. Flowers 'I2 in. or less across. Berry '25 in.
through. Hab. Lankawi, on limestone rocks (Curtis), very rare.
Distnb. Africa, India, Java, Australia.
11. DRAClENA, Linn.
Trees or shrubs. Leaves linear sessile or lanceolate petioled.
Flowers white or pink cylindric in terminal panicles or racemes.
Sepals and petals linear more or less connate at base. Stamens
6 from base of tube; filaments long filiform; anthers narrow
versatile. Ovary 3-celled; ovules 1 in a cell. Berry globose,
1- to 3-seeded. Seeds globose or hemispheric. Species about 40.
Africa, Asia, Australia. The well-known "Dracrena" of gardens
is Cordyline terminalis, Kunth. Enum. v. 25. It is probably of
Papuan origin and is not wild here. Many varieties are in cultivation.
Natwe name: Andong.
Pamcles or racemes erect; branches few, short,
stiff.
Leaves linear acuminate not petioled.
Tree 60 ft. tall, much branched; leaves thin,
narrow. . . . . . (r) D. granulata
Shrubs httle or not branched; pamcles with
few or no branches; leaves narrow
lmear seSSile.
Stout shrub; raceme thick dense; leaves
1'5 in. wide . . . . . (2) D. robusta
Slender shrub; raceme slender lax; leaves
'5 in. Wide (3) D. conferta