268 LILIACEZ (Baker). [Asparagus. 
long ; segments obtuse, falcate from above the base; stamens $ the 
length of the perianth; anthers very minute; berry globose, ¢ in. 
diam. Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 832; Baker in Journ. Linn Soe. 
xiv. 621. Dracena striata, Linn. fil. Suppl. 204; Willd. Sp. 
Plant. ii. 157. D. stricta, Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 346. 
Myrsiphyllum striatum, Schlechtend. ec Kunth, Enum. v. 110. 
Var. 8, linearifolius (Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xiv, 622); pbyllocladia 
linear, about +, in. broad, 5-ribbed. Asparagus erectus, herb. Thunberg, er 
parte, 
Var. y, Dregei (Baker, loc. cit.) ; branchlets spreading, zigzag; phyllocladia 
subterete, 3-nerved. 
Var. 5, Zeyheri (Baker) ; branches very zigzag, with numerous short deflexed 
final branchlets; phyllocladia subterete, 3-nerved, } in. long, 4 lin. broad. 
South AFRICA: without locality, Thunberg! Var. 8, Thunberg! 
Coast REGion : Queenstown Div., Cooper, 2464! Var. 8, Uitenhage Division, 
by the Zwartkops River, Drége, 8564a! Uitenhage, Zeyher, 480! Var. y, Cuth- 
eart Div.; between Windvogel Mountain and Zwart Kei River, Drége, 8565! 
Var. 5, Uitenhage Div., Zeyher, Asparagus No. 6! 
CrentRat Region: Somerset Div.; rocky places at the foot of Borch Berg, 
8000 ft., MacOwan, 1802! and by the Little Fish River at “ Otter Station,” 
Burchell, 3271/1! Graaff Reinet Div.; by the Sunday River near Granff Reinet, 
Drége, 8564c ! mountains on the 8,W. side of Graaff Reinet, Burchell, 2900! 
Var. 8, Carnarvon Div. ; near Carnarvon at the northern exit of Karee Bergen 
Poort, Burchell, 1570! Graaff Reinet Div.; Cave Mountain, 3300 ft., near 
Graaff Reinet, Bolus, 516! 
30. A. scandens (Thunb. Prodr. 66) ; stems slender, sarmentose ; 
leaves not produced at the base into distinct prickles; branchlets 
very slender, glabrous, acutely angled, not zigzag; internodes very 
short; phyllocladia ternate, linear, spreading, curved, moderately 
firm in texture, distinctly costate, bright green, 4-2 in. long ; flowers 
axillary, generally solitary ; pedicels 4-4 in. long, articulated above 
the middle; perianth campanulate, 4 in. long; segments oblong, 
obtuse; stamens nearly as long as the perianth; anthers oblong, 
3-4 the length of the filament; berry scarlet, l-seeded. F/. Cap. 
edit. Schult. 384; Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 152; Bresl. Diss. No. 5; 
Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 21; Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 622. A. 
pectinatus, Red. Lil. t, 407. Dracena volubilis, Linn. fil. Suppl. 204. 
Asparagopsis scandens, Kunth, Enum. v. 78. 
Var. 8, deflexus (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 622); branchlets very 
zigzag ; phyllocladia firmer in texture, only 3-3 in. long; flowers smaller. 
Coast Reeion: vicinity of Cape Town, Burchell, 434! Worcester Div. ; 
Drakenstein Mountains, 1000-2000 ft., Drége, 8570! Worcester, Zeyher! George 
Div. ; forest near Touw River, Burchell, 5729! Outeniqua, Thunberg! Knysna 
Div. ; woody ravine near Keurbooms River, Burchell, 5149! Stockenstrom 
Div., Scully, 267! 
Pa og ReGion : Somerset Div.; woods on Bosch Berg, 4000 ft., MacOwan, 
31. A ramosissimus (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 622); 
stems sarmentose, very much branched, with very slender, short, 
ascending or spreading final branchlets; main leaves not prod 
