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(1) A, SAEMENTOSA. (Kunfh.) 



Ident. Kunth Enum. pL v. p. 97. — Dalz. Bomb. for. p. 246. 



Syn. Asparagus sarmentosus, Linn. 



Engrm- E.heede Mai. x. t. 10. — Eed. Lil. t. 4*60. 



Spec Chae. Steins -woody, climMng, very mucli branched: 

 branches grooved, ribbed, branchlets rather rough : thorns sub- 

 ulate, straight, turned 'down'wards : leaves linear-mucronulate : 

 racemes many-flowered, flowers white, berries red. 



Guzarat. Deccan hills. Malabar, 



(2) A, ETTBEICAUXIS, (KunffiJ 



Ident. Kunth Enum. 1. c. p. 87. 



SyM. Asparagus asiaticus, WiUd. 



Engrao. Wight's loon. t. S055, 



'Spec. Chae. Pruticose : branches somewhat '3-comered,flexuose, 

 purplish, and with the branchlets smooth : IJioms spreading re- 

 curved : leaves fascicled ('25 — 30), slightly bristle-shaped, Sharply 

 inucronulate : -peduncles solitary, jointed in the middles cells of 

 the ovaries 6-ovuled. 



NeilgherrieB. Mysore. 



(3) A. FLOETBrDTrDA. fXunih.J 



Idmt. Kunth 1. c. p. 98. 



&yn. Asparagus racemosus, WiUd. — Jio3!&.Jlor. Ind. II, 151, — 

 A. volubiUs, JEam. Serh. 



Engrcm, "Wight's Icon. t. 2056. 



Spec. Chae. Fruticose, very much branched, climbing, younger 

 branches rough, branchlets furrowed, acute-angular: spines subulate, 

 straightish, reflexed : leaflets fascicled (3 — 6 or more), aciform, 

 triquetrous : racemes twin, meny-flowered :; 'cells of the •evaiy 4- 

 ovuied : styliae column 3-cleft at the apex. 



Coimbatore, climbing among bushes, and other parts «f the 

 Peninsula, flowering in the autumnal rains. 



(4) A. ASCENDEirs. (Kunth.') 



Ident. Eiunth 1. c. p. 102. 



Syn. Asparagus ascendens, Boxb.flor. Ind. II. 153. 



Spec. Chae. Herbaceous, erect : spines solitary, straight : leaves 



