430 cxL. LiLiACE^E (baker). [Asparogtis. 



Leaves produced at the base into short straight spines. Cladodia very- 

 slender, setaceous, fascicled at the tips of the branchlets, y\-J in. long. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite. 



iMO-wer Guinea. German South-west Africa : Great Namaqualand ; without 

 precise locality. Fleck, 307a. 



No specimen at Kew ; it may be an extra-tropical species. 



17. A. flagellariS) Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 614. A much- 

 branched shrub. Branches smooth, terete ; branchlets nearly straight, 

 angled towards the tip. Leaves produced at the base into curved spines. 

 Cladodia very slender, subulate, -J in. long. Pedicels axillary, geminate, 

 J in. long, articulated below the middle. Perianth campanulate. 

 Anthers J the length of the filaments. — Asparagopsis Jlagellaris, Kunth, 

 Enum. V. 108. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia : near Richard Toll, Lelievre. 

 I have not seen an authenticated specimen of this species. 



18. A. •pYMOLOSxiSy Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xiv. 613. A shrubby- 

 climber. Stems slender, terete, very flexuose ; branches copiously- 

 pinnate, with spreading branchlets. Leaves with a small pungent spur. 

 Cladodia 6-12 in a cluster, setaceous, very slender, \-\ in. long. 

 Flowers axillary, usually solitary ; pedicels \ in. long, articulated at the 

 middle. Perianth ^^ in. long ; segments spreading widely. Berry the 

 size of a small pea, usually 1-seeded. — Fl. Cap. vi. 260; Flore des Serres, 

 t. 2413-4 ; lU. Hort. xxvii. t. 394 : Gard.Chron. 1880, xiii. 749, fig. 129 ; 

 Le Jardin, 1887, 187, fig. 85; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 168. 



IVlle Iiand. British East Africa : Nyika country, near Mombasa, Wakefield ! 



Mozamb. Sist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 2000-3000 ft., Johnston ! 

 at Kwa Kinabo, 4500 ft., Volkens, 1955 ! at Usere, 4500 ft., VolJcens, 1970 ! and on 

 the banks of the Quare Brook, 3500 ft., Volkens, 2039 ! Usambara; Maschewa, Hoist, 

 8559 ! Usagara Mountains, Kirk ! Portuguese East Africa : Makua ; Namuli Hills, 

 Last! British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Nyika Plateau, 6600-7500 ft., Whytel' 

 and without precise locality, Buchanan, 750 \ 1470 ! 



Also in South Africa. 



19. A. zanzibaricus. Baker in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. xiv. 614. A 

 scandent shrub. Main stems terete, glabrous, woody; branchlets 

 copiously and regularly pinnate, spreading. Leaves produced at the 

 base into stout pungent spines. Cladodia 3-8-nate on the branchlets, 

 densely congested at their tips, subulate, moderately stout, J-J in. long. 

 Pedicels geminate, J in. long, articulated below the middle. Perianth 

 not seen. Fruit the size of a pea. 



IWEozamb. X>lst. .. Zanzibar : near Kokotoni, Hildebrandt, 1048 ! German East 

 Africa : Kilimanjaro, 3000 ft., Johnston, 188 ! 



20. A. pubescens. Baker in Ti'ans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Boi. i. 254. 

 A much-branched climbing shrub. Branchlets pubescent, woody, 

 whitish, J-1 ft. long. Leaves of the branches with a short deflexed 

 pungent spur. Cladodia 4-8 in a cluster, subulate, rigid, not very 

 slender, |— | in. long. Pedicels axillary, 1-2-nate, J-J in. long, often 



