Asparagus.'] cxl. liliaceje (baker). 431 



produced from sterile nodes, articulated below the middle. Perianth 

 J in. long. Anthers oblong, much shorter than the filaments. Berry 

 the size of a small pea. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 1 (IH. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; temperate region, in dry uastures at 

 Catumba, Welwitsch, 3878 ! 



21. A. deflexuSy Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2^ Bot. i. 254. A 

 much-branched climbing shrub. Branches slender, glabrous, the 

 lower deflexed ; branchlets many, short. Leaves with a short deflexed 

 pungent spur. Cladodia fi-lO in a cluster, subulate, very slender, ]-?, in. 

 long. Flowers 1-2 axillary or 4-6 from the tip of the branchlets; 

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

 segments oblong-spathulate. Stamens distinctly shorter than the 

 perianth ; anthers oblong, minute. 



£ower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, 3874 ! 



22. A. Nelsii, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 44. A 

 much-branched undershrub. Branches woody, terete ; branchlets rigid, 

 clothed with whitish pubescence ; upper internodes J in. long. Leaves 

 produced at the base into hard deflexed brown spines. Cladodia 

 fascicled, subulate, ^-| in. long. Flowers unknown. 



IdOvrer Guinea. German South-west Africa : Hereroland, Nels, 70. 

 No specimen at Kew. 



23. A. mozambicus, Kunth, Enum. v. 72. Stems erect, much- 

 branched, glabrous. Branches spreading ; branchlets angled, glabrous. 

 Leaves of the main branches produced into a short pungent spur at the 

 base. Cladodia 6-7 or more in a cluster, capillary, curved, ^-J in. long, 

 2-3 times longer than the internodes. Flowers and fruit unknown. — 

 Grarcke in Peters, Beise Mossamb. Bot. 520; Baker in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xiv. 629. 



Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa : Mozambique, Peters ! 

 No specimen at Kew. 



24. A. Lugardiy Baker. A climbing shrub. Branches long, 

 spreading, slender, green ; branchlets distant, spreading, pubescent. 

 Leaves produced into a pungent spur at the base. Cladodia many to 

 a node, setaceous, very slender, J in. long. Flowers hermaphrodite, 

 1-2 to a node ; pedicels \ in. long, articulated below the middle. 

 Perianth white, J in. long ; segments oblanceolate, obtuse, keeled with 

 brown. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth ; anthers minute, oblong, 

 bright yellow. Ovary turbinate ; styles reaching up to the anthers. 



MCozamb. Bist. British Central Africa: Ngamiland, near Luke Ngami, 

 Lugard, 31 ! 



25. A. puberuluSy Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 618. A much- 

 branched climbing shrub. Branches long, flexuose, terete, pubescent ; 

 branchlets long, spreading, curved. Leaves produced at the base into 

 pungent subulate deflexed spines. Cladodia 3-6 in a cluster, J-J in. 



