318 CLVI. LILIACER. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Asparagus. 
spreading, anthers medium-sized. A. volubilis, Wall. Cat. 5154 D 
(in part). Asparagopsis adscendens, Kunth Enum. v. 102. 
RoRILKUND, the WESTERN HIMALAYA, and the PANJAB, from Murree eastwards 
to Kumaon ; ascending to 5300 ft.—DisTRIB. Affghanistan. . 
Stem excessively branched, flexuous, and primary branches ashy white ; internodes 
very short. Spines 4-3 in., stout, straight. Cladodes densely crowded, soft. 
Racemes copious, 1-2 in., often branched at the top and bearing cladodes ; pedicels 
15-1 in., jointed above or below the middle; flowers 1 in. diam. Ovules many m 
each cell. Berry 1-1 in. diam., 1-seeded. 
15. A. Curillus, Ham. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 152; stem tall smooth 
subscandent and branches angled, spines long straight, cladodes very 
small 3-6-nate 3-} in. spreading or ascending linear flattened or subir 
quetrous acute, racemes corymbiform, bracts minute, perianth-segments 
spreading. Baker im Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 627 ; Wall. Cat. 5195 D. A 
volubilis, Wall. Cat. 5154 D (in part) Asparagopsis Curilla, Kunth 
Enum. v. 102. 
SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 2-4000 ft., from Kumaon to Nepal, Hamilton, 
&c. 
An excessively branched undershrub; branches spreading, angles obscurely 
scaberulous. Spines 4-1 in., pungent curved, ^ Cladodes obtusely 3-gonous, 
Racemes 4-1} in., few-fld. ; pedicels } in., jointed below the middle; bracts lanceo- 
late; flowers 4 in. diam, Berry 3-lobed (Aozb.). 
tt Cladodes linear, flattened, 
16. A. falcatus, Linn. Sp. Pl. 313; stem subscandent and branches 
terete smooth, spines short,cladodes solitary and 3-6-nate 4-6 in. long linear- 
ensiform falcate flat acuminate costate, racemes very short laxly few-fl M 
bracts cymbiform, perianth-segments reflexed. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xiv. 626; Kunth Enum. v. 71; Bresl. Diss. Asparag. No. 2; Burm. Fi. Zeyl. 
36, t. 13, f. 2 (bad); Thwaites Enum. 337. A. ethiopicus, var. ternifolia, 
Baker in Saunders Refug. Bot. t. 261, and in Gard. Chron. 1872, 1587, with 
woodcut. P A. sarmentosus, Thwaites Enum. 337 (not of Linn.). l 
CEYLON ; common in the warmer parts.—DISTRIB. Trop. and S. Africa. —.. 
Stem tall; branchlets very slender, lexuous. Spines i-ilin. Cladodes ig. 
broad, narrowed at the spinescent tip. Racemes 4-3 in.; pedicels 4—4 in., Jo!” 
below the middle. Flowers i in. diam., white, sweet scented. Anthers minu 
subglobose. Berry iin. diam., 1-seeded. 
17. A. gonoclados, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 627; stem sub- 
scandent terete smooth, branches green curved angled 3-quetrous, spines 
short, cladodes 2-6-nate 3-1 in. ensiform flat falcate subcostate, racemes 
elongate lax-fld., bracts short cymbiform, perianth-segments spre® ing. 
A. Curillus, Wall. Cat. 5155 A. 
(C an PENINSULA; from the Concan southwards. Crxrox, Thwaites 
p. 737). 
An excessively branched undershrub ; branchlets curved, green, strongly 2? 
Spines 4- in.  Cladodes $ in. diam., narrowed to the acuminate tip, ET 
Racemes 1-3 in., often fascicled, sometimes connate ; pedicels Aude in., Jom 
below the middle; flowers 4'; in. diam. ; anthers small. 
te, 
gled. 
een. 
IMPERFECTLY KNOWN SPECIES. 
A. RUBRICAULIS, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 616 ; subscandent, 
flexuous smooth purplish, spines conical, cladodes densely fascicled setaceoU 
branches 
$ terete 
