272 LiLtacEsz (Baker). [ Asparagus. 
Var. 8, natalensis (Baker); woody stems not ribbed; phyllocladia larger, 
_ less rigid, darker green, 3-6-nate at the sides, densely clustered at the tips of the 
branchlets; flowers laxly panicled. 
Sours Arica: without locality, Thunberg / Villette! Nelson! Hort. Upsal.! 
Eastegn ReGion; Var. 8, Natal; Inanda, Wood, 1351! 
Also in Tropical Africa. 
40. A. Krausii (Baker in Journ. Linn.. Soc. xiv. 628); stems 
very slender, climbing indefinitely; prickles none; branchlets very 
slender, subterete; phyllocladia solitary unless at the tip of the 
branchlets, lanceolate, moderately firm in texture, }—-2 in. long, }-} 
in. broad, finely and equally 7-11-nerved ; flowers axillary, generally 
solitary; pedicels cernuous, 3-3 in. long, articulated above the 
middle; perianth campanulate, greenish, 2 in. long ; segments linear- 
oblong, reflexing above the base; stamens nearly as long as the 
perianth; anthers minute; ovules 5-6 in a cell. Myrsiphyllum 
krausianum and gramineum, Kunth, Enum. vy. 107-8. 
Sourn Arica: without locality, Mund! Hutton! 
Coast RrGion: Malmesbury Div.; near Hupefield, Bachmann, 820! 1835! 
2235! Cape Div. ; near Constantia, Krauss, 1883! Worcester Div.; valley of 
the Breede River, near Bains Kloof, Bolus, 2845! Batharst Div.; near Kaffir 
Drift, Burchell, 3861 ! : 
Centeat Recion: Somerset Div.; between Little Fish River and Comma- 
dagga, Burchell, 3282! and on the mountain above the spring of Commadagga, 
Burchell, 3348! 
41. A. volubilis (Thunb. Prodr. 66); stems very slender, green, 
glabrous, many-ribbed, climbing indefinitely; prickles none ; branch- 
lets slender, square ; phyllocladia solitary, ovate-lanceolate, rigid in 
texture, bright green, acute, }—-] in. long, with a distinct midrib 
and thickened margin; pedicels axillary, 1-2-nate, 3 in. long; 
perianth campanulate, greenish, 1-1 in. long; segments linear- 
oblong, reflexing above the base; stamens nearly as long as the 
perianth ; anthers minute, Baker in Journ. Linn, Soe. xiv. 628. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Thunberg ! Masson ! 
Centrat Recion: Fraserburg Div.; between Kuilen Berg and Great Reed 
River, Burchell, 1361! 
I do not cite the synonym of Linn. fil. Suppl. 204, because the specimen in 
the Smithian herbarium is not this species, but 4. scandens. 
42. A. medeoloides (Thunb. Prodr. 66); stems very slender, 
much-branched, wide-climbing ; prickles none; branchlets slender, 
quadrangular; phyllocladia solitary, ovate, cordate or rounded at the 
base, moderately firm in texture, many-nerved, 3—2 in. long ; pedicels 
axillary, generally geminate and cernuons, }-} in. long, articulated 
near the apex ; perianth greenish, campanulate, 3 in. long; segments 
linear-oblong, reflexing above the base; stamens nearly as long a8 
the perianth ; filaments rather flattened; anthers minute, } the 
length of the filament; berry often 3-seeded. Thunb. Fl. Cup. edit. 
Schult. 333; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 627. Dracena medeo- 
loides, Linn. fil, Suppl. 203. Medeola asparagoides, Linn. Sp. Plant. 
