Agaragus.] OLVI. LinicEx, (J. D. Hooker.) 317 
men to 4000 ft, from Kashmir eastwards,—DrstTRIB. Tropical Africa, Java and 
18, 
A tall climbing excessively branched undershrub ; roots tuberous. Spines t-tin., 
straight or subrecurved. Cladodes 1 in., channelled beneath. Racemes 1-2 in. ; 
cels A in., jointed in the middle. Perianth 15-5 in. diam. ; anthers minute, 
oblong, purplish. Ovules 6-8 in each cell Berry 4-4 in. diam.—Thwaites observes 
ine leaves are wide on specimens growing on the hills. Baker has the following 
varieties ;— 
Var. javanica, Baker 1. c. 624; cladodes 4-1 in., very slender erect flexuous, 
racemes narrow with terminal tufts of cladodes, perianth segments narrower. As- 
paragopsis javanica, Miquel Fl, Ind. Bat. iii. 562. A. sarmentosa, Dalz. $^ Gibs. 
Bomb. Fl, 246 (not of Kunth).—Deccan Peninsula, Java. 
Var, subacerosa, Baker 1. c. ; cladodes strict 4—4 in. stout, racemes small few-fid., 
T " and pedicels capillary.—Sikkim, alt. 1-4000 ft., J. D. H.—A form approaching 
« Werosus, 
ll. A. zeylanicus, Hook. f; stem stout smooth obscurely angled, 
branches acutely angled, cladodes 3-5-nate 4 in. stout falcate triquetrous 
ee to both ends tips subspinescent, racemes 3-5 in. very stout, bracts 
ah te, flowers large, anthers large. A. acerosus, var. zeylanicus, 
aker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xiv. 623. 
Drog, alt. 6000 ft., Walker; at Newera Elia, Gardner, Thwaites (Cp. 2299). 
© Stout triquetrous cladodes thickened in the middle, stout racemes, large 
owers $ in, diam., and large anthers seem to distinguish this from A. racemosus. 
TR A. levissimus, Steud. in Hohen. Pl. exsice. Nilgh. Nos. 1304, 
sing, Stem Subscandent terete smooth, branches very slender triquetrous, 
pees short strong, cladodes 3-6-nate } in. spreading stont triquetrous 
n nate, racemes dens e-fld., pedicels very short, bracts large cymbiform, 
Perianth-segmentg widely spreading, anthers minute. Baker in Journ. 
"^ Soc. xiv. 623. A, volubilis, Wall. Cat. 5154 K. 
WzsTERN Guats, from the Concan southwards. 
wars from 4 racemosu i it is little more than a variety, 
iefly ; . s, of which Baker says it is little more 
meaty in the longer cladodes, and large bracts, which sometimes exceed the 
IS. A, acerosus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 150 ; stem tall subscandent smooth, 
danchlets very slender stiff ascending angled, spines short recurved, 
sh deg ?-nate 1-23 in. suberect strict triquetrous acuminate, racemes 
vida solitary or 2-nate, bracts lanceolate concave, perianth-segments 
C T spreading. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 624; Wall. Cat. 52 
and pre tt fasciculatus, Br. Prodr. 281 (in part). Asparagopsis acero 
townei (in part), Kunth Enum. v. 102, 103. 
i BAT, Rosburgh, Clarke, Ze, CHITTAGONG (cult.), J. D. H. § T. T. PEGU, 
siland. Burma, Wallich, &e.—DistTx1B. N. Australia. vd 
8 eg excessively branched under-shrub; roots tuberous, branchlets „greom . 
pedicel iti, slightly curved. Cladodes shining, persistent. Racemes Pot D 
eg in., jointed in the middle. Flowers pure white, fragran de 
"tt, subglobose. Ovules many in each cell. Berry 3-1 in. diam., l-seecec. 
14, A adsc T . tall stout suberect 
. endens, Roch, Fl. Ind. ii. 153; stem ta 
€ smooth white, branchlets grooved ascending angled, angles rete ped 
get Spines long, cladodes 6-20-nate 1-8 in. slender filiform rere e ents 
Or curved, racemes many-fid., bracts minute, perian -segm 
