Asparagus^] CLVI. LILJACEJ;. (J. D. Hooker,) 315 



Var. BREVIFOLIA, Baker 1. c. ; internodes very short, cladodes |- in, Khasia 

 hills, at Syong, /. D. H. Sf T. T. 



Var. LYCOPODINEA, B;iker I.e.; cladodes solitary or 3-nate \-\ in., y^-i in. 

 broad. A lycopodineus, Wall. mss. A. Curillus, Wall. Cat.5~Lo51&.(notofRoxb.) 

 Mishmi, Griffith. Burma, Wallich, Parish. 1 lu Chinese specimens the pedicels are 

 nearly 1 in. 



Var. MICEOCLADA ; cladodes very small -J- T V in. subulate tapering to the acicular 

 points. Assam, Masters ; Munnipore, Watt; Shan hills, Colldt. 



2. A. gracilis, Royle III. i. 393 ; tall, much branched, lower leaves 

 subspinescent, cladodes 3-6-nate or lower 8-nate acicular or setaceous 

 strict, pedicels axillary or subterminal 2-4-nate, perianth segments 

 spreading. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 607. 



The PUNJAB ; at Rotas, Vicary ; Kawul Pindi, Aitchison. DISTRIB. Belu- 

 chistan. 



A slender undershrub, branches divaricate, lower rigid striate deflexed. Cladodes 

 yWl in., terete, erect, ascending, cuspidate. Pedicels in subcapitate clusters yWo ^ n -> 

 jointed below the middle. Perianth ^ in. Stamens half its length j anther very 

 minute. 



3. A. capitatus, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 607; slender, much 

 branched, subscandent ; branches smooth, leaves subspinescent, cladodes 

 solitary or 2-3-nate acicular or setaceous firm, flowers terminating short 

 branchlets, pedicels very short, perianth segments spreading. 



Foot of the WESTERN HIMALAYA, alt. 1-3000 ft. ; Black Mt., Dathie. NILQHIRI 

 HILLS ; Wight. 



A tall uudershrub, branches slender, terete, smooth, lower divaricate or deflexed, 

 upper internodes very short. Cladodes -f in., cuspidate. Pedicels ^-^ in., jointed 

 about or below the middle. Perianth -^ in. long. Anthers very minute, oblong. 

 A variety ? from Lahore (Thomson) has softer capillary cladodes -f in. long. 

 " Possibly a form of A. gracilis" (Baker). 



4. A. dumosus. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 609 ; stem woody 

 below strongly grooved, branches stout rigid, young leaves spinescent, 

 cladodes i-| in. 3-8-nate linear stout mucronate channelled, flowers 

 axillary and terminal 1-4-nate, perianth-segments oblanceolate. 



SCINDE ; at Kurrachee, Stocks, Dalzell. 



An excessively branched undershrub, 2 ft. high ; branches pale, flexuous, divaricate 

 or reflexed, ridges scaberulous ; upper internodes % in. Leaves deltoidly cuspidate. 

 Pedicels ^ in., jointed below the middle. Perianth funnel-shaped. Anthers very 

 minute, subglobose. Perry i in diam. 



5. A. Rottleri, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 611 ; tall, branches 

 scaberulous furrowed, leaves not spinescent, cladodes 3-6-na,te f-lf in. 

 slender ascending curved channelled, pedicels densely umbelled. A 

 floribundus, Herb. Rottler. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; Rottler. 



Tall, shrubby branches, terete, branchlets decurved; upper internodes $-$ in. 

 Cladodes variable in length. Pedicels 1 in., jointed below the middle. Perianth, 

 4--J- in. diara., spreading ; anthers much shorter than the filaments. The specimens 

 of this very distinct species are fragmentary. 



ft Leaves strongly spinescent. 



6. A. subulatus, Steudel in Hohen. PI. Nilgiri exsicc., No. 1303 ; 

 erect or subscandent, branches grooved smooth, spines long straight, 

 cladodes 6-12-nate -|- in. acicular triquetrous acuminate, pedicels solitary 



