Asparagus,] CXL. liliacea (baker). 435 



long; segments spreading. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth. 

 Berry J in. diam., usually 1 -seeded. — Willd. Sp. Plant, ii. 153; Baker 

 in Journ. liinn. Soc. xiv.G26, and in Fl.Cap. vi. 271 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 

 Trop. Afr. 169. Asparagopsis cethiopica, Kunth, Enum. v. 95. 



larile l^and. British East Africa : Kikuyu ; Ndoro, at the foot of Mount Kenia, 

 6000 ft., Hohnel, 67 ! Rabai Hills, near Mombasa, Taylor. 



No specimen from Tropical Africa at Kew. 



Also in South Africa. 



34. A. drepanophyllus, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 ser. 2, Bot. i. 254. A much-climbing shrub. Branches slender, flexuose, 

 glabrous ; branchlets numerous, spreading. Leaves of the stout woody 

 stems produced into a pungent spur. Cladodia usually 3-nate, unequal, 

 spreading, linear, curved, bright green, distinctly 1 -nerved, the larger 

 |-1 in. long. Racemes sessile, long, 3-6 in. long ; pedicels 3-6-nate, 

 -Y2-\ in. long, articulated at the middle. Perianth campanulate, -f- in. 

 long ; segments oblong. Stamens shorter than the perianth. 



Soutb Central. Lunda : near the Lulua River, at Kavango, Pogge ! 



Ziower Guinea. Lower Congo : in forests, Laurent, 76. Angola : Golungo 

 Alto ; in dense woods, Welwitsch, 3858 ! 3859 ! Bangala ; Kitamba, on the River 

 Kuango, Buchner. 



35. A. falcatus, Linn. Sp. Plant, ed. 1, 313. A climbing shrub. 

 Branches flexuose, glabrous ; branchlets spreading. Leaves of the 

 main branches produced into a large pungent spur. Cladodia 1-3 to 

 the lateral nodes, sometimes 6-8-nate at the tips of the branchlots, 

 linear, moderately firm, dark green, curved, 1 J-3 in. long. Flowers in 

 lax racemes ; pedicels 2-3-nate, articulated at the middle. Perianth 

 %vhite, sweet-scented, ^ in. long ; segments spreading. Stamens rather 

 shorter than the perianth. Berry \ in. diam., usually 1-seeded. — 

 Kunth, Enum. v. 71 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 626, and in Fl. 

 Cap. vi. 271. A. cethiopicus, var. terni/olius, Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. 

 t. 261. 



Upper Guinea. Yoruba, Millson, 25 ! 



nrile Xiand. Somaliland, Miss Edith Cole ! Mrs. Lort- Phillips ! British East 

 Africa : Lake Victoria Nyanza, at Berkeley Bay, Scott-Elliot, 7064 ! 



3Lo\iirer Guinea. Angola, Welwitsch, 3857 ! Lower Congo, Smith. 



Mozamb. I>lst. German East Africa : Mafia Island, Bartle Frere ! Bagamoyo, 

 Kirk ! Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft., Johnston ! Karagwe ; near Kagera River, Scott-Elliot, 

 8146 ! Portuguese East Africa : Lower Zambesi ; near Shupanga, Kirk ! Morambala 

 Mountain, 1500 ft.. Kirk ! 



Also in South Africa and Tropical Asia. 



36. A. medeoloides, Thunh. Prodr. ^^^. Stems wide-climbing. 

 Branches and branchlets llexuose, glabrous. Leaves not produced at 

 the base into a pungent spur. Cladodia solitary, ovate, acute, sub- 

 coriaceous, f-1 J in. long. Flowers usually in pairs from the axils of 

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

 1-1 in. long ; segments spreading from the middle. Anthers minute, 

 ovules 5-6 in a cell. Berry globose, \-\ in. long. — Baker in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xiv. 627, and in Fl. Cap. vi. 272. Draccena medeoloideSf 



