428 CXL. LiLiACE^ (baker). [Asparogus 



8. A. conglomeratiiSy Baker. Stems much-branched ; branches 

 long, virgate, erecto-patent, pale green, pubescent ; internodes long ; 

 leaves without a pungent spur. Clusters of cladodia 1 in. diam. ; cladodia 

 very numerous, slender, setaceous, rigid. Flowers many to a cluster, 

 hermaphrodite ; pedicels J in. long, articulated near the base. Perianth 

 white, J in. long ; segments oblanceolate, reflexing. Stamens a little 

 shorter than the perianth ; anthers minute, oblong ; filaments subulate. 

 Ovary turbinate. 



Mozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Ngamiland ; Kwebe, Lugardt 52 ! 



i). A, hereroensiSy Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 43. 

 An erect very much branched undershrub ; branches woody, terete, 

 red-brown, glabrous, patent. Leaves spurred at the base. Cladodia 

 fascicled, ascending, subulate, straight or curved, reaching more than 

 1 in. in length. Berries solitary in the axils of the leaves. 



lao^vrer Culnea. German South-west Africa : Hereroland, Fleck^ 549. 



No specimen iii the Kew Herharium. 



Also in Great Namaqualand. 



10. A, equisetoideSy Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 

 Bot. i. 253. A much-branched shrub, with erecto-patent pinnate main 

 branches and slender erecto-patent branchlets J-1 ft. long. Leaves with 

 a small deflexed pungent spur. Cladodia usually absent, rarely solitary, 

 subulate, \-\ in. long, appressed to the branchlets. Flowers not seen, 

 probably axillary. 



iMO'weT Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; in sandy ground on the banks of 

 the River Cuanza, Wehoitsch, 3846 ! 3847 ! 



11. A. nudicauliSy Baker. An erect undershrub 3-4 ft. high, 

 with stout main stems armed at the nodes with short deflexed pungent 

 spines ; branches and branchlets many, ascending, tough, striated, pale- 

 green, glabrous, the latter slender, distant, 2-0 in. long, with long inter- 

 nodes. Cladodia entirely absent. Flowers solitary, axillary; pedicels 

 decurved, finally \ in. long, articulated at the middle. Berry the size 

 of a small pea, bright red. 



AXozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; on steppes near Lake Chala, 

 3000 ft., Volkens, 1806 ! 

 No specimen at Kew. 

 Nearly allied to the Cape A. denudatus. Baker. 



12. A. Paoli-Gulielmi, Solms in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. jEthiop. 

 2()3. A much -branched erect undershrub, 4-5 ft. high. Main stems 

 woody ; branchlets long, slender, terete, glabrous or pubescent, ascending. 

 Leaves of the main stem and branchlets furnished with a pungent 

 uncinate woody spur. Cladodia 1-5 from a node, subulate, very slender, 

 ascending, \-\ in. long. Flowers solitary or in pairs, axillary ; pedicels 

 ^\ in. long, ascending or deflexed, articulated above the base. 

 Perianth Xtt-yV ^^- ^°^g 5 segments spreading. Anthers minute, oblong. 



