432 CXL. LiLiACEiE (baker). [Asparagus. 



long, often absent from the floriferous nodes. Flowers umbellate, often 

 produced from the tip of short branchlets ; pedicels J in. long, articu- 

 lated at the middle. Perianth very small ; segments not spreading. 

 Stamens nearly as long as the perianth. 



IkXozamb. I>lst> British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Manganja Hills, nt 

 Magomero, Meller ! 



26. A. irregxilarisj Baker in Jowm. Linn, Soc. xiv. 620, A 

 climbing shrub. Branches slender, flexuose, terete, glabrous ; branch- 

 lets many, ascending. Leaves produced at the base into a small pungent 

 spur. Cladodia subulate, slender, J-J in. long, 3-6 in a pluster from 

 the nodes, more numerous at the top of the branchlets, absent altogether 

 from many of the flowering nodes. Flowers often several in a cluster ; 

 pedicels J- J in. long, articulated below the middle. Perianth yV in. 

 long ; segments not spreading. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth. 



Mozamb. ]>lst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Shire Highlands, at the 

 foot of Mount Chirudzulu, Kirk ! 



27. A, asiaticuSy Linn. Sp. Plant, ed. 1, 313 ; Mant. 366. A 

 much-branched climbing shrub. Main stems woody ; branches copiously 

 pinnate ; branchlets short. Leaves produced at the base into a deflexed 

 pungent spine. Cladodia 6-15 in a cluster, subulate, not very slender, 

 \-^2 i^* long. Flowers often several in an axillary cluster; pedicels 

 ^\ in. long, articulated below the middle. Perianth ^ in. long ; seg- 

 ments permanently ascending. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth. 

 Ovules several in a cell. Berry the size of a pea, usually 1 -seeded. — 

 Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 618, and in Fl. Cap. vi. 265 ; Engl. 

 Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 168 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. 

 App. ii. 77. A. mitis, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 319. A. scaberulus, 

 A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 320. A. Steudneri, Schweinf. in PL 

 Cent. Afr. Exsic. No. 309. Asparagopsis Willdenowii, Kunth, Enum. 

 v. 86. 



XrUe Kand. Nubia : Mount Erkowit, near Suakin, Schweinfurth, 309 ! 

 Eritrea : Keren, Beccari, 36 ! Abyssinia : Ankober, Soth ! Doka Keit, Soth, 549 ! 

 near Adowa, Schimper, 296 ! and without precise locality, Schimper, 181 ! 240 ! 728 ! 

 14311 Somaliland, Mrs. Lort- Phillips ! British East Africa: Wanderol;o; near 

 Lake Nakuru, 6000 ft., Scott-Mliot, 6840 ! east side of Lake Albert Edward, Scott- 

 Elliot, 8071 ! 



Mozamba Blst. Lake Tanganyika, Cameron ! Portuguese East Africa : 

 Quilimane, Stuhhnann, 613 ! 614 ! Zambesi River ; Lupata, Kirk ! near Tete, Kirk ! 



Also in South Afrrca, Arabia, and Tropical Asia. 



^8. A. angolensis. Baker in Trans. Linn. /Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 254. 

 A much-branched subscandent shrub. Branches pubescent, flexuose ; 

 branchlets numerous, erecto-patent. Leaves of the branches with a 

 large deflexed pungent spur. Cladodia densely fascicled, very slender, 

 rigid, subulate, -J-f in. long. Flowers many in a fascicle ; pedicels J in. 

 long, articulated near the base. Perianth funnel-shaped, | in. long. 



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