430 CXL, LILIACEE (BAKER). [ Asparagus. 
Leaves produced at the base into short straight spines. Cladodia very 
slender, setaceous, fascicled at the tips of the branchlets, ;4,—} in. long. 
Flowers hermaphrodite. 
Lower Guinea. (German South-west Africa: Great Namaqualand; without 
precise locality, Fleck, 3074. 
No specimen at Kew; it may be an extra-tropical species. 
17. A. flagellaris, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 614. A much- 
branched shrub. Branches smooth, terete; branchlets nearly straight, 
angled towards the tip. Leaves produced at the base into curved spines. 
Cladodia very slender, subulate, } in. long. Pedicels axillary, geminate, 
in. long, articulated below the middle. Perianth campanulate. 
Anthers } the length of the filaments.—A sparagopsis flagellaris, Kunth, 
Enum. v. 103. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia : near Richard Toll, Lelievre. 
I have not seen an authenticated specimen of this species. 
18. A. plumosus, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 613. A shrubby 
climber, Stems slender, terete, very flexuose; branches copiously 
pinnate, with spreading branchlets. Leaves with a small pungent spur. 
Cladodia 6-12 in a cluster, setaceous, very slender, 4-} in. long. 
Flowers axillary, usually solitary ; pedicels } in. long, articulated at the 
middle. Perianth 4; in. long; segments spreading widely. Berry the 
size of a small pea, usually 1-seeded.—Fl. Cap. vi. 260; Flore des Serres, 
t. 2413-4; Ill. Hort. xxvii. t. 394; Gard.Chron. 1880, xiii. 749, fig. 129; 
Le Jardin, 1887, 187, fig. 85; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 168. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Nyika country, near Mombasa, Wakefield ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 2000-3000 ft., Johnston ! 
at Kwa Kinabo, 4500 ft., Volkens, 1955! at Usere, 4500 ft., Volkens, 1970! and on 
the banks of the Quare Brook, 3500 ft., Volkens, 2039! Usambara; Maschewa, Holst, 
8559! Usagara Mountains, Kirk ! Portuguese East Africa: Makua; Namuli Hills, 
Last! British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Nyika Plateau, 6600-7500 ft., Whyte! 
and without precise locality, Buchanan, 750! 1470! 
Also in South Africa. 
19. A. zanzibaricus, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 614. A 
scandent shrub. Main stems terete, glabrous, woody; branchlets 
copiously and regularly pinnate, spreading. Leaves produced at the 
base into stout pungent spines. Cladodia 3—8-nate on the branchlets, 
densely congested at their tips, subulate, moderately stout, 4—4 in. long. 
Pedicels geminate, } in. long, articulated below the middle. Perianth 
not seen. Fruit the size of a pea. 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar: near Kokotoni, Hildebrandt, 1048! German East 
Africa: Kilimanjaro, 3000 ft., Johnston, 188! 
20. A. pubescens, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 254. 
A much-branched climbing shrub. Branchlets pubescent, woody, 
whitish, 4—1 ft. long. Leaves of the branches with a short deflexed 
pungent spur. Cladodia 4-8 in a cluster, subulate, rigid, not very 
slender, }-} in. long. Pedicels axillary, 1-2-nate, 4-4 in. long, often 
