Smílaz.] CLVI. LILIACEE. (J.D. Hooker.) 305 
$. S. vaginata, Decne. in Jaquem. Voy. Bot. 169, t. 169; leaves 
Hd In, elliptic-ovate or cordate obtuse acute or mucronate 5-7-nerved, 
petiole 3-3 in. very slender narrowly sheathing for } to 4 its length, sepals 
and petals subsimilar oblong much longer than the stamens. A.DC. 
Monogr, Smilax, 109. 
Western HIMALAYAS; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 6-9000 ft., Falconer, 
Jacquemont, Thomson. UPPER Assam; Naga hills, alt. 9000 ft., Clarke. 
A slender diffuse unarmed shrub, branches white, smooth, terete. Leaves mem- 
e ous, cuneate or subcordate at the base ; petiole jointed below the top. Peduncles 
br pedicels very slender; male umbel many-fid., fem. 1-fld.; flowers purplish ; 
Kee 0.—De Candolle says of this manifestly allied to S. parvifolia (his 8. 
m differing in the petiole articulate below the limb without cirrhi, and stami- 
v 6. The habitats he gives of Hyderabad, alt. 4000 to 6500 ft., cannot apply 
e city of that name in the Deccan. 
ut S. longebracteolata, Hook. f.; stems slender, branches terete, 
deri In. ovate-cordate acuminate 5-costate, petiole 1 in. narrowly 
vik Ke for half its length, tips of sheaths acute, umbels long peduncled, 
ee ës subulate rigid 1-2 as long as the pedicels, sepals and rather 
ui ower petals of male linear oblong, stamens very short. S. elegans, 
‘major, A.DC. Monogr. Smilax, 107. 
SE Hiris; at Myrung, alt. 5-6000 ft., J. D. H. & T. T. . 
iole a terete, quite smooth, ratherslender. Leaves thin, finely reticulated ; 
Cüspida rticulate at the top ?, sheathing portion coriaceous, margins recurved, tips 
shortly vi curved, cirrhi inserted above the cusps. Male umbels small, few-fld., 
k. peduncled, pedicels 3 in.; bracteoles shorter than in the fem., subulate; 
the leaf. m.; fem. peduncles naked at the base, inserted a little above the axil of 
very hoi, e dicels i-i in.; sepals lanceolate, acuminate ; petals narrower; stigmas 
tinguish aoe larger leaves and long rigid bracteoles of the fem. umbels dis- 
us from S. parvifolia and minutiflora. 
inn Dr minutiflora, A. DC. Monogr. Smilax, 109; branches slender 
tegen ee leaves 21—44 by 3-11 in. ovate-lanceolate or linear-oblong 
H in ? n membranous 3-5-costate base obtuse rounded or subacute, petiole 
ny-fid, eath oblong i of its length narrowed upwards, male umbels 
Stamens, f Sepals and petals subequal lanceolate 3-4 times longer than the 
& 5 lem. umbels very few.fld., peduncle very long slender. 
X Hruazaya, alt. 6-9000 ft., J. D. H. Kuasta Hiris, Grififh. —— 
bran * strict, woody, unarmed, smooth; scales at the base of the flowering 
articulate a mM. long. Leaves pale beneath, nervules laxly reticulate ; petiole 
in, ; à ow the limb, cirrhi 0, Peduncle of male umbel slender; pedicels 
the more ae S globose. Berries 4 in, diam., black.—** Differs from S. vaginata in 
Tves of the or acuminate leaves, and shorter petiole ; from S. parvifolia in the 
doubt its ? leaf descending into the petiole before reaching the joint," 4.DC.; I 
"ng anything but parvifolia. 
e elegans, Wall. Cat. 5117 A; branches slender terete, leaves 
in, ne or ovate-cordate acute or acuminate thin 5-costate, petiole 
ie], s athing half way up or more, male and fem. peduncles aud 
ütherg her's illary, umbels few-fld., sepals ovate-oblong, petals obovate, 
Bmilaz, 108 Sessile, ovary globose. S. menispermoidea, A.DC. Monogr. 
Tung 
i», H., trade Hataya ; Kumaon and Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 7-11,000 ft., 
VoL. "i ; branches and branchlets quite smooth, unarmed. Leoves variable 
