316 OLVi. LiLiAOE^!. (J. D. Hooker.^ ^Asparagus. 



or 2-nate very short, perianth segments reflexed. BaJcer in Journ. Linn. 

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

 Wall. Gat. 5155, B. 



NiLGHiBi Hills, Wight, Schmidt. 



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

 upper internodes very short. Spines i— } in. Cladoies ascending, spreading and 

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

 Ferianth segments oblong-lanceolate ; anthers oblong. Berries J in. diam. 



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

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

 cladodes 2-5-nate ^ in. slender 3-gonou8 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, Jaequemont. 



Tall, much branched, branches spreading and deeurved ; spines i-\i in. conical. 

 Oladodes much longer than the internodes. Flowers i in. diam,, pedicels many 

 times shorter than the cladodes. 



8. A. asiaticus, Linn. 8p. PL 409 ; stem scaudent terete smooth, 

 branches grooved, cladodes 6-oo -nate ^-i in. very slender acicular terete 

 acuminate, flowers axillary solitary or umbelled, pedicels almost equalling 

 the cladodes, jointed in the middle. 



Decoak Peninsula; Herh. Bottler ; Bellary Beddome.— Disteib. Afr. trop. 

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



** Flowers raoemed. 



t Cladodes sululate, 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, 

 oladodes 3-6-nate i in. acioula.r spreading or ascending triquetrous acute, 

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

 A. Curillus, Wall. Gat. 5155, C. 



Nepal, Wallich. 



An excessively branched undershrub. Spines J-i in., conical. Cladodes 

 nearly straight. Rauemes i in. ; bracts minute, lanceolate j pedicels jointed above 

 the middle. Perianth J in. diam. ; anthers very minute, oblong, Durple. Fruit 

 i in. diam. 



10. A. racemosus, Willd. 8p. PI. ii. 162; stem scandent woody 

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

 f-l 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 ; BK)Job. Fl Ind 

 ii. 151 ; Wall. Cat. 5153 ; Wight Ic. t. 2066 ; Thwaites Envm. 337. a'. 

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

 5162 A, B, F (notofBoxb.). A. sarmentosus, Heyne in Wall. Gat. 5154,2 

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

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

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

 Kunth I. c. 98, 103 ; Miguel Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 560, 562. ' 



Throughout Tropical and Suetkopioal India and Ceilon ascending the 



