Asparaffus."] clvi. LiLiACBa. (J. D. Hooker.) 316 



Var. BRivipOLiA, Baker 1. c. ; internodes very short, cladodes 4-i in.— Khasia 

 hills, at Syong, J. D. B. Sf T. T. 



Var. LYCOPODINEA, Baker I.e.; eladodea solitary or 3-nate J-Jin., ^ig-i in. 

 broad. A lycopodineus, Wall. mss. A. CariWas, Wall. Oat.5155E. (nntof Hoxb.) 

 — Mishmi, Qriffith. Burma, WalUch, Parish. — In Chinese specimens the pedicels are 

 nearly 1 in. 



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

 points. — Assam, Masters ; Munnipore, Watt ; Shan hills, Collett. 



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

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

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

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



The PuiTJAE ; at Rotas, Vicary ; Kawul Pindi, Aitchison, — Disteib. Belu- 

 chistan. 



A slender nndershrub, branches divaricate, lower rigid striate deflexed. ClaAodes 

 ^-i in.jterete, erect, ascending, cuspidate. Pedicels in subcapitate clusters y^Tre '°-> 

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

 minute. 



3. A. capitatus, Baker in Journ. Linn. 8oc, 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 Westeen Himalaya, alt. 1-3000 ft. ; Black Mt., Buthie. Nil&hiei 

 Hills ; Wight. 



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

 upper internodes very short. CZoiioiJes J-f in., cuspidate. Pedicels ^^-^'ya. ,jomtei 

 about or below the middle. Perianth -jV !"• long. Anthers very minute, oblong. — 

 A variety ? from Lahore (Thomson) has softer capillary cladodes 4-| in. long. 

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



4. A. duiuosus, Baker in Journ. Linn. 8oc. 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. 



SciNEE ; at Kurrachee, Stoclcs, Dalzell. 



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

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

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

 minute, subglobose. Berry ^ in diam. 



5. A. Ztottleri, Baker in Journ. Linn. Sao. 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. Bottler. 



Decoan Peninsula ; Sottler. 



Tall, shrubby branches, terete, branchlets decurved; upper internodes J— J in. 

 Cladodes variable in length. PedAaels i in., jointed below the middle. Pericmth 

 i-i in. diam., spreading ; anthers much shorter than the filaments. — The specimens 

 of this very distinct species are fragmentary. 



++ 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 i—^ in. acicular triquetrous acuminate, pedicels solitary 



