Asparagus. ] LILIACE# (Baker). 269 
at the base into a distinct prickle ; phyllocladia in clusters of 3 to 8, 
linear, subpatent, falcate, 1-nerved, 3-2 in. long; flowers solitary 
from the tips of the branchlets; pedicels cernuous, }- in. long, 
articulated above the middle; perianth campanulate, ;; in. long ; 
segments oblong, obtuse, spreading horizontally ; stamens but little 
shorter than the perianth-segments ; anthers oblong; style distinctly 
tricuspidate at the tip. 
Sours Arrica: without locality. 
Described from a living plant in the garden of the late Mr. Wilson Saunders at 
Reigate, introduced by Mr. Thos. Cooper. : 
$2. A. racemosus (Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 152) var. tetragonus, 
(Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 624); main stems woody, sarmen- 
tose, terete, stramineous ; prickles large, pungent; branchlets copious, 
slender, glabrous, acutely angled, spreading or ascending, not zigzag ; 
cladodia tetragonous, rigid, mucronate, bright green, 4~8-nate, 3-2 in. 
long ; racemes copious, produced from the woody branches, spreading, 
2-4 in. long; pedicels 1-2-nate, the lower 3-1 in. long, articulated 
about the middle; bracts minute, deltoid, scariose; perianth 
campanulate, ~, in. long; segments oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse; 
stamens nearly as long as the perianth; anthers minute, subglobose ; 
ovules 4-6 in a cell; berry globose, } in. diam., pulpy, 1-seeded. 
Asparagus tetragonus, Bresl. Diss. No. 15. Asparagus stachyoides, 
Sprengel ex Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 624. Asparagopsis 
krebsiana and subguadrangularis, Kunth, Enum. v. 93-94. 
VaR, 8, decipiens (Baker) ; racemes more elongated and laxer, with cladodia 
produced from some of the nodes instead of flowers. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Drége, 3489b! 
Coast Reaion: Uitenhage Div.; Coega Valley, Cooper, 3255! Albany 
Div., Cooper, 1511! Stockenstrom, Scully, 44! : 
CENTRAL Reoion: Somerset Div.; between Little Fish River and Comma- 
dagga, Burchell, 3281! and at the foot of Bosch Berg, 2500-2800 ft., MacOwan, 
1773! 1808! Graaff Reinet Div.; by the Sunday River near Monkey Ford, 
Burchell, 2889! Vur. 8, Alexandria Div.; on the rocks of Zwartwater Poort, 
Burchell, 3403 ! 
Eastern ReoGton: Pondoland, Bachmann, 257! Griqualand East; Shaw- 
bury, 1800 ft., Baur, 228! 
The type of the species is spread through Tropical Africa and Tropical Asia. 
33. A. Saundersie (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1889, 42) : stems slender, 
sarmentose, woody, terete, stramineous, glabrous; prickles small, 
spreading, pungent; branchlets spreading or ascending, very slender, 
acutely angled, not zigzag; cladodia 3-4-nate, subterete, rigid, 
ascending, about 3 in. long, rounded on the back, flat or rather 
channelled down the face ; racemes spreading from the main woody 
branches, lax, about an inch long; pedicels very slender, solitary, 
articulated above the middle, the lower } in. long; bracts minute, 
ovate white; perianth .; in. long; segments oblanceolate-oblong, 
obtuse, spreading horizontally; stamens nearly as long aa the 
