258 LiLtackEz& (Baker). [ Asparagus. 
Stems slender, sarmentose; phyllocladia not rigid: 
Pedicels long ... wis st 5 sa (30) scandens. 
Pedicels short... 9... see vss eves aes (31) Yamosissimus. 
7. Racemosi. Cladodia subulate. Flowers in racemes. 
Lower pedicels }—} in. long oe Foes Ts ... (32) racemosus. 
Lower pedicels } in. long ves tee ee ee | (33) Saundersioe. 
& Fatcart. Cladodia flattened (phyllocladia). Flowers in racemes. 
Phyllocladia generally solitary : 
Phyllocladia 4-lin. long ... =... sees vee |S (34) sarmentosus. 
Phyllocladia 1-2 in. long... aS sia ... (35) oxyacanthus. 
Phyllocladia 1—4-nate, 1-2 in. long : 
Phyllocladia {4 in. broad ... a sss .» (36) faleatus. 
Phyllocladia 3, in. broad... nea ocak ee il (a7 Sprengeri. - 
Phyllocladia 3-6-nate : 
Phyllocladia } lin. broad =, =. ws Sess (38) myriocladus, 
Phyllocladia 4-1 lin. broad ... wee ase ... (39) wthiopicus. 
9. Myasipuyexut Phyllocladia solitary, ovate or lanceolate. Flowers axillary, 
greenish, with segments reflexing from above the base. 
Stews and branchlets very slender, voluble: 
Phyllocladia lanceolate ae eee sie ... (40) Kraussii. 
Phyllociadia ovate-lanceola’ ae ave ws. (41) volubilis. 
Phyllocladia ovate... aa exe a + (42) medeoloides. 
Stems stiff, suberect; branchlets steut, acutely angled: 
Phyllocladia evate ... vie aa ine ... (48) undulatus. 
Phyllocladia linear ... 1 sss enw. = ene (44) jumiperoides. 
L A. denudatus (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 606) ; stems 
sarmentose, glabrous, strong in texture, very copiously compound ; 
main stem subterete, 1 in. diam.; spur of the leaves of the main 
stems small, deltoid ; final branchlets slender, angled, straight or 
arcuate, ascending ; cladodia entirely absent in the typical form; 
flowers 1—4-nate, produced almost solely from the tip of the branch- 
lets; pedicels 2, in. long, articulated at the middle; perianth 
campanulate, 5 in. long; segments oblong ; stamens nearly as long 
as the perianth ; anthers oblong; ovules 5-6 in a cell; berry small, 
globose, l-seeded. Asparagopsis denudata, Kunth, Enum. v. 82. 
Vaz. 8, fragilis (Baker, loc. cit.) ; branchlets with a few subulate 2-3-nate 
ia ,-¢ in. long ; internodes §—4in. long. Asparagus fragilis, Burch. MSS. 
CEenTmat ReGion: Queenstown Div.; Stormberg 5000-6000 ft., Drége, 3533! 
Var. 8, Graaff Reinet Div.; Sneeuw Berg Range, 3500 ft., Bolus, 791! Oolesberg 
Div.; Carolus Poort, Burchell, 2758! 
Katawagi Reeron: Orange Free State, Zeyher, Aspar, Wo. 29! 
2. A. Eckloni (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 615); stems 
woody, sarmentose, glabrous, with curved, slender, pale, moderately 
rigid branches ; main leaves not produced into a spur at the base; 
upper internodes }-} in, long; cladodia 1-6-nate, subulate, straight, 
very slender, j-} in. long; flowers axillary, usually 1—-2-nate, rarely 
3-4-nate ; pedicels cernuous, articulated at the middle, 2; in. long ; 
perianth very small, 
Sours Araica: without locality, Ecklon and Zeyher! (as “ A, stipularis?"’) 
(Dublin herbarium), mae miei 2 
