Asparagits.] cxl. liliace^ (baker). 433 



Stamens as long as the perianth ; anthers globose, minute. Berry tho 

 size of a pea. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 1G9. 



]bower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; in the subtemperate region, 3800-5500 ft., 

 Welwitsch, 3879 ! 



29. A. africanuSy Lam. Encyc. i. 295. A much-branched tall 

 shrub, glabrous in all its parts. Main stems terete, woody ; branchlets 

 straight, virgate. Leaves produced at the base into pungent spines. 

 Cladodia densely fascicled, subulate^ not very slender, ^-1 in. long. 

 Flowers umbellate from the sides and tips of the branchlets ; pedicels 

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

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

 anthers small, oblong. Berry ^ in. diam., usually 1-seeded. — Baker in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 619 ; and in Fl. Cap. vi. 205 ; Schweinf. in Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 77. A. ahyssinicus, Hochst. in Schimp. PI. Abyss. 

 No. 2216 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 319 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 

 Afr. 169 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 76. A. retrofractius, 

 Forsk. PL yEgypt. Arab. 73, non Linn. Asparagopsis Lamarckli, Kunth, 

 Enum. V. 87. 



Upper Crulnea. Senegambia: Mbidjem, Thierry, 204! and without precise 

 locality, Heudelot, 462 ! Togoland : Krakje (Kratshi), on the River Volta, Krause ! 

 Niger Territory : Nupe ; on sandy plains. Barter, 1516 ! 



srile Itand. Eritrea : Keren, 4500 ft., Beccari ! Lalamba Mountain, near Keren, 



5800 ft., Schweinfurth, 844 ! near Araba Tokhan, Schweinfurth Sf Riva, 619 ! Abyssinia : 

 Tacazze Valley, at the foot of mountains, near Gurrsarfa, Schimper, 48 ! 2216 ! and 

 without precise locality, Schimper, 926 ! White Nile, Petherick ! Schweinfurth, 1099 ! 

 Gazelle River, at Meshra, Schweinfurth, 1275 ! Kordofan : Mulbes, Pfund, 861 ! 

 Somaliland : Boobi, James Sf Thrupp ! Haramar,Mm Edith Cole ! Mrs. Lort- Phillips ! 

 between Ospoli and Karanle, Riva, 1059. British East Africa : Jur ; Jur Ghattas, 

 Schweinfurth, 2390 ! Ruwenzori ; in forest, 7000-8000 ft., Scolt-Elliot, 7846 ! 

 Uganda, Scott-miiot, 7181 ! 7275 ! Ukamba, 5000-6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6490 ! 

 Mombasa, Wakefield ! Rabai Hills, near Mombasa, Taylor. 



Xower Guinea. Lower Congo, Smith I Laurent. French Congo : Brazza- 

 ville, Byhowski 1 Angola : Pungo Andongo, in woods, Welwitsch, 3851 ! 3852 ! 3856 

 3875 ! 3876 ! Cbella Mountains, Johnston ! 



Mozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 4000-8000 ft., Volkens, 

 1912! 1971! British Central Africa: Urungu ; Fwambo, 5200 ft., Nutt '. Nyasa- 

 land; Mount Zomba, Whyte ! Northern Zambesia ; Boruma, on the River Zambesi, 

 Menyharth, 917 ! 



Also Arabia, Socotra, and South Africa. 



30. A. laricinusy Burch. Trav. i. 537. A tall much-branched 

 shrub. Branches whitish, woody, terete, glabrous, slightly flexuose ; 

 branchlets many, ascending. Leaves produced into a small detlexed 

 pungent spur. Cladodia rigid, subulate, |-1 in. long, densely fascicled, 

 not very slender. Flowers densely umbellate ; pedicels J-J in. long, 

 articulated below the middle. Perianth | in. long; segments not 

 spreading. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth. — Kunth, Enum. 

 V. 75 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 620, and in Fl. Cap. vi. 2G7. 

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