Asparagtts.] cxl. liliace^ (baker). 427 



3. A. petersianus, Kunth, Enum. v. 72. Steins erect, glabrous, 

 smooth, terete, very much branched ; branches crowded, spreading ; 

 branchlets spreading, 4-5 in. long. Leaves not produced into a basal 

 spur. Cladodia in dense crowded fascicles, capillary, curved, angled, 

 \-\ in. long. Flowers and fruit unknown. — Garcke in Peters, Reise 

 Mossamb. Bot. 520 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 014, partly. 



IMEozaxub. Blst. Portuguese East Africa : Cape Cabeceira, Peters. 

 No specimen at Kew. 



4. A. psiluniSy Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. aer. 2, Bot. 

 i. 253. An erect herb, 2-3 ft. long, with the habit of A. officinalis. 

 Branchlets copious, slender, ascending, J-1 ft. long. Leaves without a 

 spiny spur. Cladodia 6-8 in a cluster, subulate, ascending, ^-| in. 

 long. Flowers solitary or in pairs, often produced from leafless nodes ; 

 pedicels ^-\ in. long, articulated at the middle. Perianth \-\ in. long ; 

 segments spreading very little. Anthers minute, oblong. Berry when 

 dried ^ in. diam. 



Jaovrer Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; frequent in thickets at Cuanza, 

 Welwitsch, 3868 ! 3869 ! 3870 ! 3871 ! 



5. A. benguellensis. Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 253. 

 A decumbent glabrous subscandent shrub. Branches copiously pinnate ; 

 branchlets ascending or spreading, 4-6 in. long, with short internodes. 

 Spur of lower leaves not spinous. Cladodia 3-6 in a cluster, slender, 

 subulate, ascending, ^-| in. long. Flowers usually 1-2, rarely 3-4 in a 

 cluster; pedicels \-^ in. long, articulated at the middle. Perianth 

 funnel-shaped, \ in. long. Anthers oblong, minute, much shorter than 

 the filaments. 



ItO-VTer Guinea, Angola : Mossamedes and Huilla ; in thickets at Mumpullo, 

 Welwitsch, 3872 ! 3873 ! 



6. A. shirensis. Baker. A climbing shrub. Branches long, 

 slender, terete, densely pubescent, whiplike, with a few short (J- J in. 

 long) branchlets spreading from them at right angles and ending in a 

 cluster of flowers. Leaves without any spinous spur. Cladodia entirely 

 obsolete. Flowers several in a cluster; pedicels very slender, J in. 

 long, articulated a little above the base. Perianth ^^2^ in. long ; segments 

 scarcely spreading. Anthers oblong, minute, much shorter than the 

 filaments. 



nXozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland, Buchanan, 1003 ! 



7. A, pilosus. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 610. A climbing 

 shrub, with slender white densely pilose subterete branchlets, with lower 

 internodes J-| in. long. Leaves without a pungent spur. Cladodia 

 3-8 in a cluster, ascending, subulate, rigid, \-\ in. long. Flowers 2-6 

 to a node ; pedicels ^-J in. long, articulated at the middle. Perianth 

 yV in. long ; segments scarcely spreading. Anthers minute, oblong, 

 much shorter than the filaments. 



BKozamb. Slst. British Central Africa : Ngarailand ; near Lake Nganii, 

 McCahe 15! 



