306 CLVI. LILIACER. (J. D. Hooker.) [Smilaz. 
in breadth ; sheath of petioles of old leaves 3-1 in., axillary branches with a recurved 
basal scale, cirrhi slender. Peduncles 1-1} in. long; male flowers 4-6, 4-} in. diam.; 
bracteoles minute, subulate; fruiting peduncles strict, slender, 1-1} in. ; receptacle 
minute, pedicels 4-$ in, ; ovary with 2 (? 2-3) stigmas recurved from the base. 
Berries } in. diam., blue-black ; seeds 2-3, small, obtusely angled.—The broad thio 
leaves and long sheaths of the petioles best distinguish this from parvifolia. 
** Flowers large or small; sepals rarely less than 3 in. long. Stamens 
equalling or longer than the sepals; rarely } shorter. 
t Umbels many spicate on an axillary peduncle. 
19. S. aspera, Linn. Sp. Pl. 1098; leaves 11-6 in. ovate deltoid or 
lanceolate base hastate or cordate, sepals linear-oblong, petals rather nar- 
rower, anthers linear shorter than the filaments. Reich. Je, Fl. Germ. 
x. t. 428; A.DC. Monogr. Smilax, 163 (vars. genuina, Perrottetiana wei 
maculata). S. maculata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 796; Wall. Cat. 5113; Ww 
Ill. 384; Kunth Enum. v. 218; Wight Ic. t. 2059; Thwaites Enum. S 
(excl. syn. Villandia). Boiss. Fl. Orient. v. 343. S. fulgens, Wall. Cat. 
5122. S. nilagarensis, Steud. Pl. E«sicc. Hohen. n. 952. 
Throughout India, from KasuMiR, alt, 4-7000 ft., to the Ent HILLS, and 
southward to TRAVANCORE, alt. 4-7000 ft., and CEYLON; ascending to 5000 ft.— 
DISTRIB. Syria, S. Europe, N. Africa. . ste, 5-9- 
A large shrub, branches armed or not. Leaves usually blotched with white, 
nerved, acute or acuminate, basal lobes rounded or oblong; petiole in ee 
nerves beneath often prickly ; cirrhi usually long. Spikes 2-6 in.; rachis slon 
smooth, umbels many-fid., bracteoles minute; flowers white, sweet scented, ren 
longer than the pedicels; male sepals A in. long, fem. rather smaller; stam!» 
6; stigmas oblong, recurved. Berries 1—1 in., blueish, usually 8-seeded . 
Tf Umbels solitary binate or panicled on a common peduncle. 
§ Branches rough hispid or granulate. 
13. S. aspericaulis, Wall. Cat.5129; branches terete scabrid, bar 
2-8 by 2-3 in. oblong or linear-oblong thin 3-costate from above the, berg 
tip rounded or clawed, petiole 2-1 in, narrowly sheathing below the mi j 
male sepals 3 in. linear-oblong, petals very narrow, stamens as long Ton 
sepals. 4A.DC. Monogr. Smilae, 195. S. Roxburghiana, Wall. Cat. , 
in part. PS, odoratissima, Blume. 
A 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 1-3000 ft., J. D. H. (6000 ft., King). The Er! 
Hints and Burma, Wallich, &c. ANDAMAN IsLANDS, Kurz. PERAK, 
Collector. cuneate 
Branches unarmed or aculeate, sometimes closely. Leaves rounded 2, longs 
at the bases. Umbels many-fld., solitary or 2-3 on a common peduncle jam 
partial peduncle as long; buds clavate } in. long; bracteoles obsolete; 
globose; pedicels j in. ; fem. fl. not seen. Berries nearly 4 in. diam.— 
Blume’s S. odoratissima that is the earliest name. 
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14. S. barbata, Wall. Cat. 5195 ; branches very stout terete der 
bristly, leaves 6-10 in. long and broad elliptic or orbicular-cordate 
ceous cuspidate 7-costate from above the base, petiole very ston onog: 
sheathing and bristly, umbels very long-peduncled. A.DC. 
Smilax, 196. 8. setosa, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 610. 
SINGAPORE, Wallich, Hullett.—D1sTRIB. Banca. 
Leaves coarsely reticulate, white beneath ; petiole 1-14 in.; male umbels ve 
