Asparagus. } CXL, LILIACER (BAKER). 435 
long; segments spreading. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth, 
Berry } in. diam., usually 1-seeded.— Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 153; Baker 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv.626, and in Fl.Cap. vi. 271; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 
Trop. Afr. 169. Asparagopsis ethiopica, Kunth, Enum. v. 95. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Kikuyu; Ndoro, at the foot of Mount Kenia, 
6000 ít., Héhnel, 67! Rabai Hills, near Mombasa, Taylor. 
No specimen from Tropical Africa at Kew, 
Also in South Africa. 
34. A. drepanophyllus, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. 
ser. 2, Bot.i. 254. A much-climbing shrub, Branches slender, flexnose, 
glabrous ; branchlets numerous, spreading. Leaves of the stout woody 
stems produced into a pungent spur. Cladodia usually 3-nate, unequal, 
spreading, linear, curved, bright green, distinctly 1-nerved, the larger 
#-1 in. long. Racemes sessile, long, 3-6 in. long; pedicels 38-6-nate, 
eh in. long, articulated at the middle. Perianth campanulate, A in. 
long; segments oblong. Stamens shorter than the perianth. 
South Central. Lunda: near the Lulua River, at Kavango, Pogge ! 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: in forests, Laurent, 76. Angola: Golungo 
Alto; in dense woods, Welwitsch, 3858! 3859! Bangala; Kitamba, on the River 
Kuango, Buchner. 
35. A. falcatus, Linn. Sp. Plant. ed. 1, 313. A climbing shrub. 
Branches flexuose, glabrous; branchlets spreading. Leaves of the 
main branches produced into a large pungent spur. Cladodia 1-3 to 
the lateral nodes, sometimes 6—8-nate at the tips of the branchlets, 
linear, moderately firm, dark green, curved, 14-3 in. long. Flowers in 
lax racemes; pedicels 2—3-nate, articulated at the middle. Perianth 
white, sweet-scented, ;4, in. long; segments spreading. Stamens rather 
shorter than the perianth. Berry 4 in. diam., usually 1-seeded.— 
Kunth, Enum. v. 71; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 626, and in FI. 
Cap. vi. 271. A. ethiopicus, var. ternifolius, Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. 
t. 261. 
Upper Guinea. Yoruba, Millson, 25! 
Nile Land. Somaliland, Miss Edith Cole! Mrs. Lort-Phillips! British East 
Africa: Lake Victoria Nyanza, at Berkeley Bay, Scott-Elliot, 7064! 
Lower Guinea. Angola, Welwitsch, 3857! Lower Congo, Smith. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Mafia Island, Bartle Frere ! Bagamoyo, 
Kirk! Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., Johnston ! Karagwe; near Kagera River, Scott-Elliot, 
$146! Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi; near Shupanga, Kirk ! Morambala 
Mountain, 1500 ft., Kirk ! 
Also in South Africa and Tropical Asia. 
36. A. medeoloides, Zhunb. Prodr. 66. Stems wide-climbing. 
Branches and branchlets flexuose, glabrous. Leaves not produced at 
the base into a pungent spur. Cladodia solitary, ovate, acute, sub- 
coriaceous, #-14 in. long. Flowers usually in pairs from the axils of 
the leaves; pedicels 4—4 in. long, articulated above the middle. Perianth 
4-} in. long ; segments spreading from the middle. Anthers minute, 
ovules 5-6 in a cell. Berry globose, }-} in. long.—Baker in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xiv. 627, and in PL Cap. vi. 272. Dracena medeoloides, 
