266 Litiacez (Baker). [ Asparagus. 
branched, sarmentose ; main prickles large, spreading, pungent; 
branchlets slender, woody, glabrous or pubescent, slightly zigzag; 
cladodia densely clustered, rigid, subulate, about } in. long; flowers 
generally umbellate, sometimes only 1—-2-nate ; pedicels 1} in. long, 
articulated below the middle; perianth eampanulate, ,—4 in. long; 
segments oblong, obtuse; stamens nearly as long as the perianth- 
segments; anthers oblong, 3 the length of the filaments; ovules 4-6 
in a cell; berry globose, + in. diam., l-seeded. Bresl. Diss. No. 9; 
Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 331; Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. 
xiv. 619, Asparagopsis Lamarckii, Kunth, Enum. v. 87. A. 
juniperina, Kunth, Enum. v. 85. A. néiveniana, Kunth, Enum. 
v. 88. 
Var. 8, A. dependens (Thunb. Prodr. 66) ; branches deflexed, often pubescent ; 
cladodia shorter and stouter than in the type. Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 333; 
Willd. Sp Plant. ii. 154; Bresl. Diss. No. 7; Kunth, Enum. v.74. A, rub 
cundus, Berg. Cap. 88. 
Moe: y, A. microphyllus (Burch. MSS.) ; cladodia short, stout, pale green, 
curv 
Var. 8, concinnus (Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xiv. 619); stems slender; 
branches ascending; cl:dodia rigid, ascending, 3 in. long. 
Var. ¢, Wrightii (Baker, loc, cit.) ; cladodia very stout, angled, with a groove 
down each face; berries larger. 
SoutH A¥FRIcA: without locality, Var. 8, Thunberg ! Zeyher, 4158! 
Coast Recion: Malmesbury Div. ; near Hopeficld, Bachmann, 815! 816! 
821! Cape Div. ; Kloof between the Lion’s Head and Table Mountain, Burchell, 
243! Cuape Flats near Rondebosch, Burchell, 719! Camps Bay, Bwrchell, 389! 
Paarl Div.; Simons Berg, near the waterfall, 2000 ft., Drége, 8577! Swellen- 
dam Div.; at Groot Vadersbosch, Burchell, 7221! Uitenhage Div. ; Zwartkops 
River, under 100 ft., Drége, 8576! Uitenhage, Zeyher, 178! Alexandria Div. ; 
between Rautenbachs Drift and Addo Drift, Burchell, 4269! Albany Div., 
Cooper, 3250! British Kaffraria, Cooper, 191! Var. B, Uitenhage, Zeyher, 
236! Fort Beaufort Div., Cooper, 523! British Kaffraria, Cooper, 404! Var. ¢, 
Simons Bay, Wright, 454! 
CenTraL Region: near Graaff Reinet, 2500 ft,, Bolus, 132! Somerset Div. ; 
by the Blyde River, Burchell, 2984! Var. 8, Somerset Div.; lower part of 
Bruintjes Hoogte, Burchell, 3020! 
Karanart Reoion: Hopetown Div,; between “ Puff-adder Halt and Bare — 
Station,” Burchell, 2677! Transvaal; Berea Hill, near Barberton, Galpin, 
622! Bechuanaland; at Hamapery, near Kuruman, Burchell, 2443! Var. 7% 
Bechuanaland ; Kosi Fontein, Burchell, 2572! 
Eastern Reoion: Pondoland, Bachmann, 258! Natal; near Umlazi River, 
Krauss, 413! Inanda, Wood, 989; Colenso, Wood, 4089! and without precise 
locality, Gerrard, 126! 
Also Angola. 
26. A. retrofractus (Linn. Sp. Plant. 313); stems much- 
branched, slender, woody, terete; main prickles small, pungent, 
uncinate ; branchlets slender, woody, very zigzag; cladodia densely — 
clustered, subulate, curved, ascending, 2-1 in. long ; flowers axillary, — 
umbellate; pedicels } in. long, articulated below the middle; — 
perianth campanulate, 4 in. long ; segments oblong, obtuse ; stamens 
nearly as long as the perianth ; anthers oblong, }—+ the length of the 
filament ; ovules 5-6 in a cell; berry small, globose, 1-seeded. — 
Miller, Dict. edit. viii. No.5; Lam. Encye. i, 295 ; Ait. Hort. Kew. 
