316 OLVI, LILIACEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Asparagus. 
or 2-nate very short, perianth segments reflexed. Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xiv. 614. A. asiaticus, Wight, Ic. t. 2053 (not of Linn.) A Curillus, 
Wall. Cat. 5155, B. 
Nenn HILLS, Wight, Schmidt. 
A small erect or tall aud variable bush, densely branched; branches flexuous ; 
upper internodes very short. Spines 4-} in. Cladodes ascending, spreading and 
curved, rather stout, variable in breadth. Pedicels jointed above the middle. 
Perianth segments oblong-lanceolate ; anthers oblong. Berries $ in. diam. 
7. A. Jacquemontii, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 615; stem 
terete smooth, branches angled ribbed and grooved, leaves spinescent, 
cladodes 2-5-nate 4 in. slender 3-gonous curved acuminate, flowers solitary 
or in axillary pairs on a short peduncle, pedicels very short jointed under 
the minute perianth. 
The Concan ; between Poona and Carli, Jacquemont. . eil 
Tall, much branched, branches spreading and decurved ; spines 1-13 in. conica 
Cladodes much longer than the internodes, Flowers j in. diam., pedicels many 
times shorter than the cladodes, 
8. A. asiaticus, Linn. Sp. Pl. 409; stem scandent terete smooth, 
branches grooved, cladodes 6—o0-nate 4-1 in. very slender acicular terete 
acuminate, flowers axillary solitary or umbelled, pedicels almost equalling 
the cladodes, jointed in the middle. ` 
DECCAN PENINSULA; Herb. Rottler ; Bellary Beddome.—DisTRIB. Afr, trop. 
Stem slender, branches deflexed, Flowers } in. diam. 
** Flowers racemed. 
+ Cladodes subulate, terete or triquetrous, somewhat flattened in A. 
Curillus. 
9. A. nepalensis, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 622; subscandent, 
stem robust smooth, branches angled not grooved, spines stout recurved, 
cladodes 3-6-nate 4 in. acicular spreading or ascending triquetrous acute, 
racemes short 1—3-nate sometimes branched below, perianth campanulate. 
A. Curillus, Wall. Cat. 5155, C. 
NEPAL, Wallich. 
An excessively branched undershrub. Spines 3-} in., conical. Cladodes 
nearly straight. Racemes } in.; bracts minute, lanceolate ; pedicels jointed abo": 
the middle. Perianth à in. diam.; anthers very minute, oblong, purple. ruit 
l in. diam, 
10. A. racemosus, Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. 159; stem scandent woody 
terete, branches triquetrous striate, lower spines long, cladodes 2-6-nate 
1-1 in. slender finely acuminate falcate divaricate, racemes solitary 0" 
fascicled simple or branched, pedicels very slender, bracts minute, perian 1 
segments spreading. Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xiv. 623; Roxb. Fi. Ind. 
ii. 151; Wall. Cat. 5153; Wight Ic. t. 2056; Thwaites Enum. 337. A. 
volubilis, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 5754 (excl. D, K). A. acerosus, Wall. Oat; 
9152 A, B, F (not of Roch), A. sarmentosus, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 5154, | 
(not of Linn.) A. fasciculatus, Br. Prodr. (in part). A. dubius, Decne 1^ 
Nov. Ann. Mus. iii. 363. Asparagopsis Hohenackeri, abyssinica 8? 
Brownei (in part), Kunth Enum. v. 100, 101. A. Decaisnei and floribunda, 
Kunth l. c. 98,103; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 560, 562. 
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