Asparagus. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 153 
about two years, the plants blossomed in July for the 
first time, and continue so to do, and to ripen their seeds 
in January. 
Root perennial. Stems weak, diffuse, leaning much, 
er scandent in a favorable soil and supported ; flexuose, 
round and smooth, very ramous. Branches expanding, 
angular, Thorns solitary, recurved, acute, Leaves tern, 
three-sided, incurvate, acute, smooth, tapering toward 
both sides. Racemes lateral, and generally one on each 
side of a small branchlet, short, bearing a few, remote, 
long-pedicelled, small white flowers. Pedicels jointed, 
swelled, and bracted at the middle. Bractes tapering, 
_membranaceous, two at the base of each pedicel, and 
one at or near the middle. Filaments inserted on the pe- 
tals above the base, incurved. Germ turbinate. Style, 
short. Stigma of three, recurved lobes, Berry, size of a 
pea, three-lobed, when ripe red, 
5. A. adscendens. R. 
. Herbaceous, erect. Thorns solitary, straight. Leaves 
fascicled, cylindric, straight. Racemes lateral, simple or 
compound. Berries pendulous. i 
This very elegant species, is a native of Rohilkhund ; 
from thence Mr. A. Gott sent seeds to the Botanic Gar- 
den at Calcutta in 1804; and in November 1807, the 
Plants began to blossom, and ripened their seeds in Fe- 
bruary. 
Root perennial. Stems round, and slender, yet in ge- 
neral nearly straight and erect. Bark smooth, ash-co- 
loured. Branches round, diverging, with their extremi- 
ties ascending. Thorns solitary, straight, slender, and 
acute. Leaves numerous, fascicled, cylindric, filiform, 
Smooth, permanent. Racemes lateral, at the insertions of 
the branches and branchlets, solitary, or one on each 
Side, the former, often compound. Flowers small, pure 
white, supported on diverging, slender, jointed pedicels. 
