. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. DRABA DRAC^NA 503 BB. Plants perennial. c. I/eaves rigid. M&wii, Hook. Forming low, densely tufted, bright green patches : stem much branched, densely clothed with spreading, rosulate Ivs.: Its. linear-oblong, ob- tuse, bristly, with a prominent midrib below: scape very short, woolly, 2-4-fld., very short-p
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. DRABA DRAC^NA 503 BB. Plants perennial. c. I/eaves rigid. M&wii, Hook. Forming low, densely tufted, bright green patches : stem much branched, densely clothed with spreading, rosulate Ivs.: Its. linear-oblong, ob- tuse, bristly, with a prominent midrib below: scape very short, woolly, 2-4-fld., very short-pedicelled: petals thrice as large as the sepals, obcordate, white: pods el- lipsoid, compressed. Spain. 6186. CO. iws. not rigid. Fladniz^nsis, Wulf {D. nivdlis, DC. D. Lappdnica, Willd.). Lvs. oblong-linear to lanceolate, ciliate: pods elliptic-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, not hairy. Arctic re- gions.—According to De CandoUe, these three names were distinct species. AAA. Fls. rose or purple. Pyreniica, Linn. Height 2-3 in.: lvs. inversely wedge • shaped, 3-lobed at apes; fls. white at first, changing to rosy pink. May. Pyrenees. 713. —Said to be easily prop, by cuttings. viol^cea, DC. Lvs. obovate-oblong, obtuse, equally woolly on both sides : scapes leafy: petals obovate, dark purple. Andes of Equador at elevations of 13,000- 15,000 ft. 5650. -yp. jj[_ DBACS^NA {female dragon; the dried juice supposed to resemble dragon's blood). Lili^cea^. A genus of tropical plants of which but few are in cultivation. They are all woody, often arborescent, with sword-shaped or broad lvs., mostly crowded at the summit of the stem: fls. clustered in panicles or heads, greenish white or yel- lowish ; perianth salver-form or companulate ; lobes spreading; stamens 6: fr. a 3-oelled berry. Differs from Cordyline in having larger fls., and solitary instead of many ovules in each cell of the ovary. All ornamental stove plants, frequently with variegated lvs. See Baker, Journ. Li
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