ASPARAGINEAE kunth. (Asparagopsis) 85 



Thunbergianus Schttlt. Sysf. 7. 333. ? Asparagus asialicus Schlech- 

 iend. in llerb. reg\ Berol. (specimen capense a Bergio missum.) 

 Asparagus aethiopus Bergius in Ilerb. reg. Berol. (cerlissime eadem 

 planta ac Dregeana.) — Cap. bonac spci. "Js — Rami obsolete 

 trigoni, lacvcs, flexuosi, glabri, spinosi ; spinis conico-subulalis, 

 patenii-subrecurvatis ; ramuli altcrni, solitarii, padili, 1-li-pol- 

 licares, plerique sterilcs. Folia squamaeformia ; ramea niagua, 

 ovato-lanceolaia , mcmbranacca, navicularia, glabra, basi calca- 

 rato-spinosa, 2| lin. longa ; ramulca inimita, bvalina, ccalcara(a. 

 Cladodia fasciculata (circifer 16), setacea, acutato-miicronulata, 

 terctiuscula, lcvi(cr curvata, glabra, inacqualia, 2^-3^ lin. longa, 

 mternodiis duplo (riplovc longiora. Pedunculi cladodiis in(cr- 

 mixti soli(arii iisquc paulo brcviores, tenues, infra mcdium ar- 

 (iculali, glabri, uniflori. Plores fere magnitudinc A. albae. Pe- 

 rigonium 6-pbyllum ; foliolis oblongis, obtusis, uniiicrviis, nervo 

 superne evancscen(e, basi couna(is, subacqualibus, campanolato- 

 couniventibus. Stamina 6, basi folioloruin inserta iisque paulo brc- 

 viora. Filamenta lincaria. Antherae biloculares, ellipticae, apicc 

 rotundatae et cmarginatac, basi bifido - cordatae, dorso affixac, 

 llavac, filamciito duplo (riplove breviorcs. Ovarium libcrum, 

 obovatum, glabrum, triloculare; ovula 5 in quolibct loculo, an- 

 gulo in(crno pcr duas scrics insidentia, subrotunda. Coliinina 

 stylina ovario dimidio brevior. Sligma trifidum; laciniis lineari- 

 bus, pa(ulo-subrccurva(is. (Descr. juxta specimcn Drcg. in Hcrb. 

 Luc.) 



14. A. TiiUNBERGll. Frutcsccns; aculcata ; ramis angulatis, 

 ficxuosis ; aculeis recurvis; foliis fasciculatis, (rigonis, muticis. 

 Schnlt. Asparagus albus Thunb. Prod. 66. Ej. Flor. (ap. ed. 

 Schull. 133. Asparagus Thunbergianus Schid/. Sysl. 7. 333. — 

 Cap. b. spei. ~^y — Caulis angulatus, sulcatus, glabcr, bipedalis 

 et ul(ra; rainis aKernis, coinpresso-angulatis, divarieato-pafcri- 

 (ibus, brcvibus. Folia acuta, glabra , lincam longa. Stipulae 

 scariosae, ovatae. Flores axillarcs, peduncuIaCi. (Tbunb.) Bres- 

 ler cum Asparago albo lAnn. conjungif, scd distincta. (Scbult.) 



15. A. JUNIPERINA. Fruticosa; ramosissima y ramis angu- 

 latis, laevibus, rectiusculis ; ramulis solitariis, tcrelibus, striatis, 

 birtillis ; spinis reetiusculis, dcflexis ; cladodiis fasciculatis (cir- 

 citer 18), setiformibus, acutato-mucroiiulatis, teretiusculis, le- 

 viter curvatis, glabris ; pedunculis 4-6 in fasciculis cladodiorum 

 cosque subaequantibus, infernc articulatis; ovarii loculis 4-, in- 

 (erdum 5-ovulatis. Asparagus dependens (Thienb.?) Schlechtend. 

 in Ilerb. reg. Berol. Asparagus no. 8576. et 8577. Drege in 

 Ilerb. Luc. — Cap. bonac spei. +j — Fruticosa ; ramnsissima ; 

 ramis elongatis, 'angulatis, laevibus, cinereis, rectiusculis; raniu- 

 lis teretiusculis, solitariis, birlcllis. Folia squamacformia, ovato- 

 lanccolata , membranacca, marccscendo-lacerata , basi spinoso- 

 ralcarata; spina conico-siibulata, rectiuscula, parum rctrorsa, 

 ferruginea. Cladodia crebra (circitcr 18), fasciculata, setiformia, 



