Asparagus.] Liniacez (Baker), 267 
edit. 2, ii. 274; Bresl. Diss. No. 10; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 
330; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 621, non Forst. A. declinatus, 
Sieber, Herb. Cap. No. 84, non Linn. Asparagopsis retrofracta, 
Kunth, Enum, v. 88. 
Sour Ar¥Rica: without locality, Sieber, 84! Zeyher, 1674 ! 
Coast Recion: Tulbagh Div.; Mitchell’s Pass, Dickson in Herb. Bolus, 
5576! Albany Div.; in a wooded Kloof west of Grahamstown, Burchell, 
3599 ! 
CENTRAL Region: Somerset Div.; upper part of Bruintjes Hoogte, Burchell, 
8060! 
27. A. laricinus (Burchell, Trav. i.537); stems woody, subterete, 
much-branched ; main prickles large, pungent, spreading ; branches 
slender, ascending, pale, woody, zigzag; cladodia subulate, rigid, 
densely clustered, ascending, 2-1 in. long; flowers axillary, many in 
a cluster; pedicels 1~-} in, long, articulated below the middle ; 
perianth campanulate, ~,-} in. long; segments oblong, obtuse ; 
stamens nearly as long as the perianth; anthers oblong, 3~-} the 
length of the filament; ovules 5-6 in a cell; berry globose, 
l-seeded, 2 in. diam. Brest. Diss. No. 40; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. 
Veg. vii. 337 ; Kunth, Enum. v.75 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 
620. ; 
SourH Arrica: without locality, Zeyher, Asparagus No. 21! 
Coast ReGion: Malmesbury Div.; near Hopefield, Bachmann, 1937! Hex 
River Berg, Rehmann, 2676! 
Czntrat Reeion: Somerset Div.? Bowker! 
Katawari Recion: Griqualand West; between Griqua own and Witte 
Water, Burchel/, 1971! Bechuanaland; Pellat Plains, between “ Pintado 
Fontein and Thermometer Fontein,” Burchell, 2227! 
28. A. erectus (Thunb. Prodr. 65); stems woody, suberect, 
glabrous ; prickles indistinct; branchlets slender, ascending, terete, 
not zigzag; upper internodes }-} in. long; phyllocladia solitary, 
linear, acuminate, rigid in texture, 3-1 in. long, with about 5 distinct 
Tibs; flowers usually solitary, rarely 2—4-nate ; pedicels } in. long, 
articulated above the middle; perianth 3 in. long; segments obtuse, 
falcate from above the base ; stamens § the length of the perianth ; 
berry globose, } in. diam. Fi. Cap. edit. Schult. 332; Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 621. Dracena erecta, Linn. fil. Suppl. 204 ; 
Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 158; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 346. 
Myrsiphyllum erectum, Schlechtend. ex Kunth, Enum. v. 109. 
SottH ArFrica: without locality, Thunberg / 
Confused in Thunberg’s herbarium with a form of A. striatus. 
29. A. striatus (Thunb. Prodr. 65) ; main stem stout, woody, 
suberect, green, sulcate, glabrous; prickles small, brown, uncinate, 
deflexed ; branchlets ascending or spreading, slightly zigzag ; phyllo- 
cladia solitary at the sides, 2-3-nate at the tip of the branchlets, 
lanceolate, very rigid in texture, pungent, {-1 in. long, with 5-7 
distinct ribs; flowers axillary, generally umbellate ; pedicels } in. 
long, articulated below the middle; perianth campanulate, {-} in. 
