Asparagus. | CXL. LILIACEA (BAKER). 433 
Stamens as long as the perianth; anthers globose, minute. Berry the 
size of a pea.—Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 169. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in the subtemperate region, 3800-5500 ft., 
Welwitsch, 3879 ! 
29. A. africanus, Zam. Encyc. i. 295. A much-branched tall 
shrub, glabrous in all its parts. Main stems terete, woody ; branchlets 
straight, virgate. Leaves produced at the base into pungent spines, 
Cladodia densely fascicled, subulate, not very slender, 4-1 in. long. 
Flowers umbellate from the sides and tips of the branchlets; pedicels 
ġ-ł in. long, articulated below the middle. Perianth AA in. long; 
segments not spreading. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth; 
anthers small, oblong. Berry E in. diam., usually 1-seeded.—Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 619; and in Fl. Cap. vi. 265; Schweinf. in Bull. 
Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 77. A. abyssinicus, Hochst. in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. 
No. 2216; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 319; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 
Afr. 169; Schweinf, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 76. A. retrofractus, 
Forsk. Pl. Ægypt. Arab. 73, non Linn. Asparagopsis Lamarckii, Kunth, 
Enum. v. 87. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia: Mbidjem, Thierry, 204! and without precise 
locality, Heudelot, 462! Togoland: Krakje (Kratshi), on the River Volta, Krause ! 
Niger Territory: Nupe; on sandy plains, Barter, 1516! 
Nile Land, Eritrea: Keren, 4500 ft., Beccari! Lalamba Mountain, near Keren, 
5800 ft., Schweinfurth, 844! near Amba Tokhan, Schweinfurth & Riva, 619! Abyssinia : 
Tacazze Valley, at the foot of mountains, near Gurrsarfa, Schimper, 48! 2216! and 
without precise locality, Schimper, 926! White Nile, Petherick ! Schweinfurth, 1099! 
Gazelle River, at Meshra, Schweinfurth, 1275! Kordofan: Mulbes, Pfund, 861! 
Somaliland: Boobi, James § Thrupp ! Hammar,Miss Edith Cole ! Mrs.Lort-Phillips ! 
between Ospoli and Karanle, Riva, 1059. British East Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, 
Schweinfurth, 2390! Ruwenzori; in forest, 7000-8000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 7846 ! 
Uganda, Scott-Elliot, 7181! 7275! Ukamba, 5000-6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6490! 
Mombasa, Wakefield ! Rabai Hills, near Mombasa, Taylor. 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo, Smith! Laurent. French Congo: Brazza- 
ville, Dybowski ! Angola : Pungo Andongo, in woods, Welwitsch, 3851! 3852! 3856 
3875! 3876! Chella Mountains, Johnston ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa; Kilimanjaro, 4000-8000 ft., Volkens, 
1912! 1971! British Central Africa: Urungu; Fwambo, 5200 ft., Nutt! Nyasa- 
land; Mount Zomba, Whyte! Northern Zambesia ; Boruma, on the River Zambesi, 
Menyharth, 917! 
Also Arabia, Socotra, and South Africa, 
30. A. laricinus, Burch. Trav. i. 537, A tall much-branched 
shrub. Branches whitish, woody, terete, glabrous, slightly flexuose ; 
branchlets many, ascending. Leaves produced into a small deflexed 
pungent spur. Cladodia rigid, subulate, ł}—1 in. long, densely fascicled, 
not very slender, Flowers densely umbellate; pedicels 4} in. long, 
articulated below the middle. Perianth 4 in. long; segments not 
spreading. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth.—Kunth, Enum, 
v. 75; Baker in Journ, Linn, Soc. xiv, 620, and in Fl. Cap. vi. 267. 
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