318 CLVI. LILIAOE^!. (J. D. Hooker.) [Asparagus. 



spreading, anthers medium-sized. A. volubilis, Wall. Cat. 5154 D 

 (in part). Asparagopsis adscendens, Kunfh Enum. v. 102. 



ROHILKTJND, the WESTERN HIMALAYA, and the PANJAB, from Murree eastwards 

 to Kumaon ; ascending to 5300 ft. DISTEIB. Affghanistan. 



Stem excessively branched, flexuous, and primary branches ashy white ; internodes 

 very short. Spines --f in., stout, straight. Cladodes densely crowded, soft. 

 Racemes copious, 1-2 in., often branched at the top and bearing cladodes ; pedicels 

 T J ^-i in., jointed above or below the middle; flowers % in. diam. Ovules many in 

 each cell. Berry \-\ in. diam., 1-seeded, 



15. A. Curillus, Sam. in Roxl. Fl. Ind. ii. 152; stem tall smooth 

 subscandent and branches angled, spines long straight, cladodes very 

 small 3-6-nate -J in. spreading or ascending linear flattened or subtri- 

 quetrous acute, racemes corymbiform, bracts minute, perianth-segments 

 spreading. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 627 ; 'Wall. Cat. 5155 D. A. 

 volubilis, Wall. Cat. 5154 D (in part}. Asparagopsis Curilla, Kunth 

 Enum. v. 102. 



SUBTEOPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 2-4000 ft., from Kumaon to Nepal, Hamilton, 

 &c. 



An excessively branched undershrub; branches spreading, angles obscurely 

 scaberulous. Spines i- in., pungent curved. Cladodes obtusely 3-gonous, 

 Racemes |-1^ in., few-fld. ; pedicels in., jointed below the middle j bracts lanceo- 

 late; flowers | in. diam. Berry 3-lobed (fioxb.). 



ft Cladodes linear, flattened. 



16. A. falcatus, Linn. Sp. PI. 313 ; stem subscandent and branches 

 terete smooth, spines short,cladodes solitary and 3-6-nate 4-6 in. longlinear- 

 ensiform falcate flat acuminate costate, racemes very short laxly few-fld., 

 bracts cymbiform, perianth-segments reflexed. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xiv. 626 ; Kunth Enum. v. 71 ; Bresl Diss. Asparag. No. 2 ; Burm. Fl. Zeyl. 

 36, t. 13, f. 2 (bad) ; Thwaites Enum. 337. A. aethiopicus, var. ternifolia, 

 Baker in Saunders Refug. Bot. t. 261, and in Gard. Chron. 1872, 1587, with 

 woodcut. ? A. sarmentosus, Thwaites Enum. 337 (not of Linn.}. 



CEXLON ; common in the warmer parts. DISTEIB. Trop. and S. Africa. 



Stem tall ; branchlets very slender, flexuous. Spines i_ in. Cladodes -^~~b m - 

 broad, narrowed at the spinescent tip. Racemes |-f in.; pedicels - in., jointed 

 below the middle. Flowers f in. diam., white, sweet scented. Anthers minute, 

 subglobose. Berry % in. diam., 1-seeded. 



17. A. gronoclados, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 627 ; stem sub- 

 scandent terete smooth, branches green curved angled 3-quetrous, spines 

 short, cladodes 2-6-nate f-1 in. ensiform flat falcate snbcostate, racemes 

 elongate lax-fld., bracts short cymbiform, perianth-segments spreading. 

 A. Curillus, Wall. Cat. 5155 A. 



The DECCAN PENINSULA; from the Concan southwards. CEYLON, Thwaites 

 (Cp. 737). 



An excessively branched undershrub ; branchlets curved, green, strongly angled. 

 Spines \-% in. Cladodes % in. diam., narrowed to the acuminate tip, green. 

 Racemes 1-3 in., often fascicled, sometimes connate ; pedicels aV^ra ^ n< > jointed 

 below the middle ; flowers T x in. diam. ; anthers small. 



IMPEEFECTLY KNOWN SPECIES. 



A. ETJBEICAULIS, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 616 ; subscandent, branches 

 flexuous smooth purplish, spines conical, cladodes densely fascicled setaceous terete 



