60 ASPARAGUS 



Asparagus Tourn. (inch Myrsiphyllum Willd.). Liliaceae (vn). 

 1 20 |-*, mostly in dry places. Rhiz. with aerial shoots; 



1. reduced to scales with linear green shoots in axils, usu. stem 

 in tufts. These are small condensed cymes, of the type i 

 shown in the diagram (figs, represent the branches of sue- 2 2 

 cessive orders). The number of shoots that develope 3 3 

 varies. In the infl. the same construction holds, the shoots 4 4 



2, 2 bearing the fls. In the sub-genus M. there are flat leaf 

 phylloclades (cf. Ruscus). Fr. a berry. A. officinalis L. 



cult., the young shoots being eaten. 



Aspasia Lindl. Ochidaceae (n. 19). 8 trop. Am. 



Aspen, Populus treniula L. 



Asper (Lat.), rough; -ifolius (Lat), rough-leaved. 



Asperella Humb. Gramineae (12). 2 As. (BH.), 4 N. Am , N. As., 

 N.Z. (EP.). 



Asperifoliae = Boraginaceae. 



Aspermous, seedless. 



Asperugo (Tourn.) L. Boraginaceae (iv. 2). i Eur., As. 



Asperula L. Rubiaceae (n. n). 80 Eur., As., Austr., esp. Medit. 

 A. odorata L. (woodruff) and A. cynanchica L. (squinancy-wort), Brit. 

 Fls. homogamous ; fr. of woodruff hooked. 



Asphodel, Asphodelus; bog-, Nartheciitm ossifragiun Huds.; Scottish-, 

 Tofiddia palnstris Huds. 



Asphodeline Rchb. Liliaceae (ill). 15 Medit. 



Asphodelus (Tourn.) L. Liliaceae (in). 12 Medit. (asphodel). L. isobil.; 

 fls. protog. 



Aspicarpa Rich. Malpighiaceae (i). 5 Texas to Argentina. 



Aspidandra Hassk. Euphorbiaceae (inc. sed.). i Java. 



Aspidistra Ker-Gawl. Liliaceae (vn). 5 E. As. The large flat style 

 forms a lid to the cavity made by the 8 P-leaves. Cult. orn. fl. 



Aspidium Sw. Synonymy: A. aemithtm Sw., cristatum Sw., dilatatum 

 Willd., Filix-mas Sw., Oreopteris Sw., rigidum Sw., spinulosum Sw., 

 Thelypteris Sw. = Dryopteris (same spec, names); A. Filix-foemina 

 Sw. = Athyrium F.-f. 



Polypodiaceae, 200 cosmop. A. nculeatiitn Sw. (prickly shield-fern) 

 and A. Lone hit is Sw. (holly-fern) in Brit. 



Aspidixia Van Tieghem ( Viscum p.p.). Loranthac. (n). 10 palaeotrop. 



Aspidocarya Hook. f. et Thorns. Menispermaceae. 5 Indomal. 



Aspidopterys A. Juss. Malpighiaceae (i). 20 trop. As. 



Aspidosperma Mart, et Zucc. Apocynac. (i. 3). 50 trop. and S. Am., 

 W.I. Wood useful; bark (quebracha) used for tanning. 



Aspilia Thou. Compositae (5). 90 Brazil to Madagascar. 



Aspiliopsis Greenman. Compositae (5). i Mex. 



Aspleniopsis Mett. Polypodiaceae. i Melanesia. 



Asplenium L. Polypodiaceae. 540 cosmop.; n in Brit., including 

 A. Filix-foemina Bernh. (lady-fern), A. Rnta-Diuraria L. (wall- 

 spleenwort), A. Trichomanes L. (spleenwort) and A. Adiantum- 

 nigruin (black spleenwort). The var. clarissima of the lady-fern 

 shows apogamy (see Filicineae, Lepto.). A. bulbiferum Forst. and 

 other sp. are 'viviparous,' producing young plants on their leaves by 

 vegetative budding (not to be confounded with apospory). A. Nidus 



