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10. Aspalathus Nigraj Black Aspalathus. Leaves fisct- 

 cled, linear, rather obtuse ; flowers headed, spiked, pubes- 

 cent ; bractes in pairs, narrow. 



11. Aspalathus Carnosa; Flethy Aspalathus. Leaves fas- 

 cicled, almost columnar, obtuse ; calices subpubescent, sharp; 

 corollas smooth ; flowers yellow, terminal, umbelled. 



12. Aspalathus Ciliaris ; Ciliate-leaved Aspaluthus. Leaves 

 fascicled, filiform, scabrous; flowers terminal, sessile; banners 

 pubescent ; corolla yellow, with an ash-coloured banner. 



13. Aspalathus Genistoides ; Broom-like Aspahithus. 

 Leaves fascicled, filiform, polished ; calices subracemed, 

 pendulous ; they and the corollas smooth, and yellow. 



14. Aspalathus Hystrix ; Porcupine Aspalathus. Leaves 

 fascicled, filiform, rigid, spiny, silky; flowers lateral, sessile, 

 solitary ; corollas villose. 



15. Aspalathus Galioides. Leaves fascicled, linear, polish- 

 ed j peduncles two-flowered, elongate, leafy at the end. 



16. Aspalathus Retroflexa. Leaves fascicled, subulate, 

 smooth, very small ; branches filiform,very spreading ; flow- 

 ers solitary, terminal ; keel of the corolla tomentose. 



17- Aspalathus Uniflora ; One-flowered Aspalathus. Leaves 

 fascicled, linear, unarmed, smooth ; stipules sharp, perma- 

 nent j flowers solitary ; divisions of the calices boat-shaped. 



18. Aspalathus Araneosa. Leaves fascicled, bristle- 

 Shaped, unarmed, hispid ; flowers headed ; banner hairy 

 on the outside. 



19. Aspalathus Asparagoides. Leaves fascicled, seta- 

 ceous, rather hairy ; calices leaf-shaped, the length of the 

 corolla, solitary ; banner scarcely pubescent. 



20. Aspalathus Sericea ; Silky Aspalathus. Leaves fasci- 

 cled, lanceolate, silky ; peduncles terminal, two-flowered ; 

 banner almost naked ; flowers large, smooth. 



21. Aspalathus Canescens; Hoary Aspalathus. Leaves 

 fascicled, subulate, tomentose, silky ; flowers lateral; banners 

 pubescent ; corolla yellow, with a hoary pubescent banner. 



22. Aspalathus Heterophylla ; Various-leaved Aspalathus. 

 Leaves of the branches fascicled, of the branchlets ternate, 

 linear, hairy ; spikes terminal ; calix and corollas villose ; 

 flowers yellow. All natives of the Cape. 



23. Aspalathus Indica ; Small-flowered Aspalathus. Leaves 

 quinate, sessile ; peduncles one-flowered ; flowers pale red. 

 Native of the East Indies. 



24. Aspalathus Cretica; Evergreen Aspalathus. Leaves 

 trinate, wedge-shaped, smooth, the lateral ones shorter ; 

 stipules obsolete ; flowers headed, very small, yellow. 



25. Aspalathus Quinquefolia ; Five-leaved Aspalathus. 

 Leaves in fives, sessile ; leaflets lanceolate ; peduncles 

 spiked 5 corollas tomentose. 



26. Aspalathus Tridentata ; Three-toothed Aspalathus. 

 Leaves trine, lanceolate, smooth ; stipules three-toothed, 

 mucronate ; flowers headed. 



27. Aspalathus Pilosa ; Hairy Aspalathus. Leaves tern, 

 lirtear, viflose; heads terminal, very hairy; corollaspubescent. 



28. Aspalathus Authylloides. Leaves trine, lanceolate, 

 equal, subpubescent ; stipules none ; heads terminal. 



29. Aspalathus Laxata ; laose-leaved Aspalathus. Leaves 

 tern, linear, villose ; flowers in bunches of five ; calices 

 woolly ; stems prostrate, round ; corolla smooth and yellow. 



30. Aspalathus Argentea ; Silvery Aspalathus. Leaves 

 trine, linear, silky ; stipules simple, mucronate ; flowers 

 scattered, tomentose, purple. 



31. Aspalathus CaUosa ; Callous Aspalathus. Leaves trine, 

 subulate, equal ; stipules roundish ; callous ; flowers spiked, 

 smooth, yellow. The eight last species are natives of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



32. Aspalathus Orientalis; Levant Aspalathus. Leaves 

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ternate, lanceolate, pubescent ; flowers in bunches of five ; 

 corollas yellow ; calices pubescent ; stems erect, angular. 

 Found in the Levant. 



33. Aspalathus Murronata. Leaves tern, polished ; 

 branches acuminate ; flowers in racemes ; stem smooth. 



34. Agpalathus Pinnata ; Pinnate-leaved Aspalathus. 

 Leaves pinnate-quinate, obcordate ; peduncles headed. 



35. Aspalathus Pedunculate ; Small-leared Aspitlathus. 

 Leaves fascicled, subulate, smooth ; peduncles filiform, 

 twice the length of the leaf. It flowers in August. 



36. Aspalathus Candicans ; Fair Aspalathus. Leaves 

 trine and fascicled, filiform, silky ; flowers sublateral ; ban- 

 ners naked. 



37. Aspalathus Arborea ; Tree Aspalathus. Leaves pin- 

 nate-quinate ; racemes terminating. It is a middling-sized 

 tree. The five last, natives of the Cape. 



Asparagus; a genus of the class Hexandria, order Mono- 

 gynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix : none. Corolla : 

 petals six, cohering by the claws, oblong, erected into a tube ; 

 three alternately interior, reflex at the end, permanent. 

 Stamina : filamenta six, filiform, inserted into the petals, 

 erect, shorter than the corolla ; an therae roundish. Pistil: 

 germen turbinate, three cornered ; style very short ; stigma 

 a prominent point. Pericarp ; berry globular, umbilicated 

 with a point, three celled. Seeds : two, round, angular on 

 the inside, smooth. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Corolla . 

 six parted, erect, equal. Calix : none ; style very short ; 

 stigmas three ; berry superior, three celled, two seeded. 

 The species are, 



1 . Asparagus Officinalis ; Common Asparagus, or Sperage. 

 Stem herbaceous, round, erect ; leaves setaceous ; stipules 

 uniform, subsolitary. It is propagated by seeds, sown broad- 

 cast, but not too thick, on a level bed of good rich earth, in 

 the beginning of March : the bed must be afterwards trodden 

 all over, to bury the seed. Keep it clear of weeds during the 

 following summer, and towards the latter end of October, 

 when the haulm is quite withered, you may spread a little 

 rotten dung, about two inches deep, over the surface of the 

 ground, which will preserve the young buds from being in- 

 jured by the frost. In the following spring the young plants 

 will be fit to remove. Prepare the ground by trenching, and 

 burying therein a good quantity of rotten dung at the bottom of 

 each trench , that it may lie at least sixinches above the ground, 

 and level the whole, after taking out all the large stones. 

 In the beginning of April, with a narrow T pronged dung-fork, 

 carefullyfork up the roots, shaking them 'out of the earth, and 

 separating them from each other, observing to lay their heads 

 even, then range a very tight line across the plot of ground, 

 throwing out by it a trench six inches deep, into which trench 

 you may lay your roots, spreading them with your fingers, and 

 placing them upright against the back of the trench, that the 

 buds may stand forward, and be about two inches below the 

 surface of the ground, and at twelve inches distance from each 

 other; then with a rake draw the earth into the trench again, 

 laying it very level, which will preserve the roots in their 

 right position. Then remo-ve your line a foot farther back, 

 and proceed as before. A small crop of Onions may be sown at 

 the same time, treading in the seeds, and raking the ground le- 

 vel. Six weeks after planting, you must cut up the weeds with 

 a small hoe, and thin the Onions wherever they rise in bunches, 

 cutting up those Onions which grow near to the Asparagus 

 shoots. This must be three times repeated, until the Onions 

 are tit to be pulled up, which is commonly in August, and is 

 known by the falling down and withering of their greens. 

 Sonic persons cut their Asparagus foruse, in the second spring 

 after planting, but it ia better to defer it till the third year. 

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