262 LILIACEZ (Baker). [Asparagus 
into a small deltoid spur; cladodia slender, subulate, j—} in. long, 
3-12 in acluster; flowers 2-6 in a cluster ; pedicels ~,—} in. long, 
articulated at the middle; perianth eampanulate, 2; in. long; seg- 
ments oblanceolate, obtuse ; stamens nearly as long as the perianth ; 
berry small, globose. 
Cxentrat Recion: Prince Albert Div. ; Gamka River, Burke! 
Katanaat Reaion: Transvaal; Crocodile River, Burke / 
13. A. subulatus (Thunb, Prodr. 66); main stem slender, terete, 
woody, pale green, glabrous, very flexuose ; main leaves produced at 
the base into a deltoid pungent spur; branchlets slender, firm in 
texture, very zigzag ; cladodia 2—3-nate, subulate, rigid, $1 in. long ; 
flowers many in an umbel ; pedicels 2 in. long, articulated below 
the middle; perianth campanulate, 31 in. long; segments 
oblanceolate-oblong, reflexing from below the middle; stamens 
much shorter than the perianth-segments ; anthers minute, oblong. 
Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 333; Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 154; Roem. et 
Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 826 ; Kunth, Enum. v. 74 ; Baker in Journ, 
Linn, Soc. xiv. 612. 
South Arica: without locality, Thunberg ! Gill! 
Coast Recion: Uitenhage, Zeyher, 250! Bolus, 1644! 
Centrat Reeion: Bruintjes Hoogte, upper part, Burchell, 3063! 
EasteRn ReEcion: Natal, Gerrard, 228! 
14, A. stellatus (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 612); main stem 
suberect, woody, terete, glabrous; prickles woody, pungent, patent, 
3-j in, long; branches crowded, decompound, erecto-patent, straight, 
prickly, internodes very short ; cladodia 5-10 in a eluster, stellate, 
elliptical, distinctly mucronate, ; in. long; flowers not seen. 
CentraL Reaion: Albert Div., Cooper, 622! Aliwal North Div. ; on the 
Witte Bergen, 5000-6000 ft., Drége, 8589 ! 
15. A. microrhaphis (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 612) ; main 
stem woody, suberect, multisulcate, glabrous, } in. diam.: prickles 
woody, pungent, patent, + in. long; branches woody, pale, patent, 
decompound, but little flexuose; internodes very short; cladodia 
4-10 in a cluster, terete, rigid, mucronate, 1-1 in. long; flowers 
axillary, 1-2-nate; pedicels spreading, 3-1 in. long, articulated 
below the middle; perianth campanulate, }, in. long; segments 
oblong, obtuse ; stamens nearly as long as the perianth-segments 5 
ovules 7-9 in a cell. Asparagus microrhaphis, Kunth, Enum. v. 83. 
Be ay ReGion : Queenstown Div.; Table Mountain, 6000-7000 ft., Drége, 
CentRaL Re@ion: Colesberg Div. ; Naauw Poort, Burchell, 2781! 
16, A. thunbergianus (Schult. fil. Syst. Veg. vii. 333) ; stems pale 
or dark brown, woody, terete, glabrous; prickles spreading, woody, 
pungent, uncinate, 3~} in. long; branchlets slightly flexuose, 
copiously pinnate; internodes very short; cladodia 10-15 ina® ~ 
cluster, stout, terete, subulate, ascending, mucronate, }-} in. long; 
