316 OLVI. LILIAOB^!. (J. D. Hooker.; [Asparagus. 



or 2-nate very short, perianth segments re flexed. Baker in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xiv. 614. A. asiaticus, Wight, Ic. t. 2053 (not of Linn.}. A Curillus, 

 Wall. Cat. 5155, B. 



NILGHIBI HILLS, Wight, Schmidt. 



A small erect or tall and variable bush, densely branched ; branches flexuous ; 

 upper internodes very short. Spines -f in. Cladodes ascending, spreading and 

 curved, rather stout, variable in breadth. Pedicels jointed above the middle. 

 Perianth segments oblong-lanceolate ; anthers oblong. Berries % in. diam. 



7. A. Jacquemontii, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 615; stem 

 terete smooth, branches angled ribbed and grooved, leaves spinescent, 

 cladodes 2-5-nate in. slender 3-gonous curved acuminate, flowers solitary 

 or in axillary pairs on a short peduncle, pedicels very short jointed under 

 the minute perianth. 



The CONCAN ; between Poona and Carli, Jacquemont. 



Tall, much branched, branches spreading and decurved ; spines -! in. conical. 

 Cladodes much longer than the internodes. Flowers % in. diam., pedicels many 

 times shorter than the cladodes. 



8. A. asiaticus, Linn. Sp. PI. 409 ; stem scandent terete smooth, 

 branches grooved, cladodes 6-00 -nate - in. very slender auicular terete 

 acuminate, flowers axillary solitary or umbelled, pedicels almost equalling 

 the cladodes, jointed in the middle. 



DECCAN PENINSULA; 'Herb. Rottler ; Bellary Beddome. DISTBIB. Afr. trop. 

 Stem slender, branches deflexed. Flowers ^ in. diam. 



** Flowers racemed. 



f Cladodes subulate, terete or triquetrous, somewhat flattened in A. 

 Curillus. 



9. A. nepalensis, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 622 ; subscandent, 

 stem robust smooth, branches angled not grooved, spines stout recurved, 

 cladodes 3-6-nate in. acicular spreading or ascending triquetrous acute, 

 racemes short 1-3-nate sometimes branched below, perianth campanulate. 

 A. Curillus, Wall. Cat. 5155, C. 



NEPAL, Wallich. 



An excessively branched undershrub. Spines |- in., conical. Cladodes 

 nearly straight. Racemes % in. ; bracts minute, lanceolate j pedicels jointed above 

 the middle. Perianth % in. diam. ; anthers very minute, oblong, purple. Fruit 

 in. diam. 



10. A. racemosus, Willd. Sp. PI. ii. 152 ; stem scandent woody 

 terete, branches triquetrous striate, lower spines long, cladodes 2-6-nate 

 f-1 in. slender finely acuminate falcate divaricate, racemes solitary or 

 fascicled simple or branched, pedicels very slender, bracts minute, perianth- 

 segments spreading. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 623 ; RoJcb. Fl. Ind. 

 ii. 151 ; Wall. Cat. 5153 ; Wight Ic. t. 2056 ; Thwaites Enum. 337. A. 

 volubilis, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 5754 (excl. D, K). A. acerosus, Wall. Cat. 

 5152 A, B, F (not of Roxb.}. A. sarmentosus, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 5154, 2 

 (not of Linn.} A. fasciculatus, Br. Prodr. (in part}. A. dubius, Decne in 

 Nov. Ann. Mus. iii. 363. Asparagopsis Hohenackeri, abyssinica and 

 Brownei (in part], Kunth Enum. v. 100, 101. A. Decaisnei and floribunda, 

 KuntH I. c. 98, 103 ; Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 560, 562. 



Throughout TROPICAL and SUBTEOPICAL INDIA and CESTLON ascending the 



