Asparagus.] LILIACER (Baker). 261 
Cuntrat Recion : Calvinia Div. ; limestone hills and karoo-like depressions 
near Bitter Fontein, 3000-4000 ft., Zeyher, 1675! : f 
Western Region: Little Namaqualand ; stony places near Klip Fontein, 
8000 ft., Bolus, 6589 ! 
9. A. declinatus (Linn. Sp. Plant. 313); stems sarmentose, 
slender, woody, terete, glabrous; main leaves produced into a hard 
spreading deltoid spur; branches decompound, with numerous 
slender straight spreading or deflexed branchlets; cladodia slender, 
subulate, bright green, 3-2 in. long, 6-10 in the lateral clusters, up 
to 20 in those at the tip and base of the branchlets ; pedicels 2-3- 
nate, }—1 in, long, articulated at the middle ; perianth campanulate, 
vs in. long; segments obtuse; stamens nearly as long as the 
perianth ; berry small, globose, 1-seeded. Miller, Dict. edit. vi. No. 7; 
Lam, Eneye. i. 294; Brest. Diss. No. 32; Thunb. Prodr. 66 ; Fi. 
Cap. edit. Schult. 333; Kunth, Enum. v.59; Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soe. xiv. 609. Asparagopsis setacea, Kunth, Enum, v. 82. 
Coast Reaion: George Div.; Outeniqua, in woods, Thunberg! Knysna 
Div. ; Koratra, under 1000 ft., Drége, 8584b! Uitenhage Div., Zeyher, Asparag. 
No. 3! Alexandria Div. 3 Enon, in Olyvenhout Kloof and Olifants Kloof, under 
1009 ft., Drége, 8584c! 
CzNnTRAL Recon: Somerset Div. ; in woods on the sides of Boseh Berg, 3000- 
4000 ft., MacOwan, 1917! 
EasteRn Beaion: Pondoland, Bachmann, 262! Natal, Cooper, 1127! 
10. A. Macowani (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xiv. 609, ex parte) ; 
stems slender, erect, glabrous; largest leaves not produced into a 
spur at the base; braneblets straight, slender, ascending, angled ; 
cladodia very stender, densely fascicled, often 20 or more in & 
cluster, subulate, bright green, curved, moderately firm in texture, 
about 3 in. long; pedicels 1-2-nate, axillary, t_in. long, articulated 
near the base; perianth campanulate, y; in. long; segments 
oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse ; stamens nearly as long as the perianth- 
segments ; anthers minute, globose. 
Coast Recion: Albany Div., Zeyher, 879! 
Allied to A. deelinatus, 
Il. A. multiflorus (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 610); stem 
woody, terete, pale green, slender, finely pubescent ; main — 
with only a small deltoid basal spur; branchlets straight, me er, 
rigid, woody, deflexed ; cladodia subulate, rigid, mucronate, 6-12 in 
a cluster, about } in. long ; flowers densely clustered ; pedicels 3 in. 
long, articulated below the middle; perianth campanulate, § ae 
long; segments oblanceolate-oblong ; stamens § the length ot t 
perianth-segments; anthers minute, subglobose. 
CrnrraL Reeron: Somerset Div.? Bowker! 
12. A. Burkei (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 607); stem 
i ; hlets long 
woody, slender, pale green, glabrous, rather zigzag ; branc : 
slender, wala woody; main leaves only produced at the base 
