Smilaz. | CXL. LILIACEZ (BAKER). ` 425 
Whyte! Nyika Plateau, 6000—7000 ft., Whyte! and without precise locality, 
Buchanan, 95! 
Also in Natal. 
2. ASPARAGUS, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl, iii. 765. 
Flowers hermaphrodite in the Tropical African species. Perianth 
campanulate, cut down to the base into 6 subequal biseriate segments. 
Stamens 6, hypogynous or attached to the base of the segments ; 
filaments short, filiform or slightly flattened ; anthers oblong, dorsifixed, 
dehiscing introrsely. Ovary ovoid, 3-celled; ovules 2-8 in a cell; style 
short ; stigmas 3, recurved. Fruit a globose berry. Seeds often reduced 
to 1; embryo cylindrical; albumen horny.—Stem herbaceous or wooay, 
often climbing. Leaves minute, bract-like, often spinose. Cladodia 
usually fascicled, subterete or flat. Flowers usually axillary, rarely 
racemose. 
E Species 100, spread throughout the Tropical and Temperate regions of /she Old 
orld, > 
Cladodia subulate. Spur not pungent. Flowers 1—2-nate. j 
Cladodia 4—4 in. long. 
4 
Cladodia 1-3-nate . 1. A. virgo; B 
Cladodia 2—6-nate 2. AÁ. exuvicl yr. 
Cladodia densely fascicled 3. A. petersiip us. 
Cladodia 4—2 in. long. 
Stem erect . : : : : 4. A. psilurus. 
Stem decumbent, subscandent : 4 : . 5. A. bencuellensis. 
Cladodia subulate. Spur not pungent. Flowers umbellate. ` 
Cladodia obsolete > : : i 6. A. shirensis. 
Cladodia 4—4 in. long ; S - . 7. A. pilosus. 
Cladodia 4 in. long . : ‘ ‘ ; e . 8. A. conglomeratus. 
9.Ay hereroensis. 
Cladodia 1 in. long . e : . : 
Cladodia subulate. Spur pungent. Flowers 1-2-nate. 
Cladodia obsolete or solitary. 
Branchlets very long . Z : : i . 10. A. equisetoides. 
Branchlets not very long. : cC - . 11. A. nudicaulis. 
Cladodia few in a cluster. 
Cladodia very short. GER 
Spine uncinate l A . 12. A. Pauli-Gulielmi. 
Spine straight, cor‘al - : : í ..13. A. bechuanicus. 
Spine straight, subulate . S A z . 14. A. Judtii. 
Cladodia 9-15 lin. long ; $ e S . 15. A. Schweinfurthit. 
Cladodia many in a cluster. 
Cladodia very short. 
Cladodia very slender. 
Branches not flexuose. 
Spines straight . 
Spines uncinate 
Branches flexuose . : 
Cladodia moderately stout. 
Branches glabrous 
Branches pubescent 
Cladodia 3-3 in. long. 
Branchlets glabrous . 
. 16. 4. namaensis. 
. 17. A. flagellaris. 
. 18. A. plumosus. 
. 19. A. zanzibaricus. 
. 20. A. pubescens. 
. 21. A. deflexus. 
