Refugium Botanicum.] fAugust, 1868. 
TAB. 47. 
Natural Order Lintace2. 
Tribe ASPARAGER. 
Genus Myrsrenyitiuum, Willd. 
M. Fraucirorme (Kunth, Monocot. v. p. 107). Caulibus volubilibus, 
ramis ramulisque divaricatis glabris angulatis, cladodiis sessilibus 
ovato-oblongis vel oblongis utrinque attenuatis, pedunculis solitaris 
axillaribus floribus duplo vel triplo longioribus. 
A native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Climbing indefinitely and copiously branched; the stems slen- 
der, firm, bright green, spreading at right angles or nearly so, 
angular, quite naked. Leaves (stipule-like) minute, scariose, 
lanceolate-acuminate. Cladodia (leaf-like) ovate or oblong, quite 
sessile, nine to eighteen lines long, five or six lines broad, nar- 
rowed to both ends from the middle or a little rounded at the 
base, firm in texture and often falcately curved, bright green, 
quite naked, conspicuously parallel-veined, the edges thickened 
and a little rough. Peduncles solitary or very rarely geminate, 
four or five lines long, from the axils of the leaves, very slender, 
cernuous. Perianth a quarter of an inch deep, with a distinct 
neck, the divisions equal, lgulate-oblong, white with a green 
keel, reaching three-quarters of the way down, recurved when the 
flower expands. Stamens six, equal, shghtly shorter than the 
flower, inserted near its base. Ovary sessile, oblong, naked, 
slightly exceeding the erect style. Fruit a globose naked three- 
celled finally black berry a quarter of an inch in diameter.— 
SAC Ra of 
Mr. Thos. Cooper sent me this elegant climbing plant from 
South Africa. I have grown it several years; and when in full 
vigour, and its small whitish flowers, which are produced pro- 
fusely, show among the bright green foliage, it is a most charming 
object. It grows very freely, making an annual shoot of many 
feet, and climbing beautifully up a cord or among slender 
branches. It thrives in a mixture of turfy loam and leaf-mould, 
requiring plenty of water while growing.—W. W. S. 
