antennae 
Asparagus. | LILIACEE (Baker). 273 
484; Mant. alt. 370 ; Red. Lil. t. 442. Myrsiphyllum asparagoides, 
Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. Mag. ii. 25; Kunth, Enum. v. 105; 
Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 5584. Ruscus volubilis, Thunb. Prodr.13; Fl. 
Cap. edit. Schult. 38 ; Kunth, Enum. v. 276. 
VaR. 8, angustifolius (Buker) ; phyllocladia 3-1 in. long, twice as long as 
broad, Myrsiphyllum angustifolium, Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. Mag. ii. 
25; Kunth, Enum. v.106. Medeola angustifolia, Miller, Dict. edit. viii. No. 2. 
Var. +, falciformis (Baker); phyllocladia ovate-lanceolate, 14-2 in. long, 
thinner than in the type. Myrsiphyllum falciforme, Kunth, Enum. v. 107 ; 
Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t, 47. 
Fe Arrica: without locality, Thunberg! Var. 8, Hort. Fothergill. year 
9! 
Coast ReGion: Knysna Div.; near Goukamma River, Burchell, 5570! 
Uitenhage, Zeyher, 972! Bathurst Div.; at the mouth of the Kowie River, 
MacOwan, 1920! near Port Alfred, Burchell, 3801! and at Kaffir Drift Military 
Post, Burchell, 3769! Albany Div.; Cooper, 14! Hutton! Queenstown Div. ; 
Shiloh, 3500-4000 ft., Baur, 1143! and without precise locality, Couper, 328! 
British Kaffraria, Cooper, 188 ! 
CenTRat Reaion: Tulbagh Div.; by the Ongeluks River, Burchell, 1230! 
Somerset Div.; at Commadagga, Burchell, 83310! near Somerset East, 2500 ft., 
MacOwan, 1802! 1862! Graaff Reinet Div.; along the Sunday River, near 
Monkey Ford, Burchell, 2886! : 
Western Recion: Little Namaqualand, Silver Fontein near Ookiep, 2000- 
3000 ft., Drége, 2704b! Var. y, Little Namaqualand near Mieren Kasteel, 1000- 
2000 ft., Drege, 2704a ! : 
Katanapi Reoion: Transvaal; Houtbosch, Rehmann, 5785! and Umvoti 
Creek, Barberton, Galpin, 857 ! | 
Eastgen Reeion: Pondoland, Sutherland / Griqualand East ; around Clydes- 
dale, 3000 ft., Tyson, 2544! Natal; Inanda, Wood ! aud without precise locality, 
Cooper, 32571 Var. 8, Natal, Gerrard, 1523! 
43. A. undulatus (Thunb. Prodr. 66); stem suberect, a foot or 
more long, simple towards the base, copiously branched from the 
middle upwards ; prickles none; branchlets stout, acutely angled ; 
phyllocladia ovate, solitary unless at the tip of the branchlets, }—I in. 
long, rigid in texture, often complicate, with a distinct midrib and 
close unequal ribs, scabrous on the margin and stronger ribs beneath ; 
pedicels axillary, 1-3-nate, cernuous, {-j in. long, articulated near 
the tip; perianth campanulate, greenish, } in. long; segments 
lirear-oblong, falcate from above the base ; stamens nearly as long 
as the perianth ; anthers minute. FI. Cap. edit. Schult. 332 ; Baker 
tn Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 628. Dracena undulata, Linn. fil. Suppl. 
203 ; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 346. Myrsiphyllum undulatum, 
Schlechtend. ex Kunth, Enum. v. 109. 
Var. 8, rugosus (Baker, loc, cit.) ; dwarf form, with phyllocladia only 3-4 in. 
long, very scabrous on the edge and ribs. 
SourH Arrica : without locality! Thunberg! Oldenburg! Harvey! B, Olden- 
eae Rxreion: Malmesbury Div. ; near Hopefield, Bachmann, 812! 813! 
near Cape Town, Bolus, 3690! 
44. A. juniperoides (Engl. in Jahrb. x. 3); stem erect, sulcate, 
8-16 in. cae branches short ; internodes not above 7;—} in. long; 
leaves scariose, deltoid acuminate, }-} in. long; phyllocladia linear, 
