308 CLVI. LILIAOEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [Smilaz. 
18. S. levis, Wall. Cat. 5116; unarmed, leaves 4-6 by 1-2 in. 
lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate acuminate 3-5-costate from or above the 
acuminate or cuspidate base, petiole j-2 in. shortly sheathing, umbe 
solitary; peduncle bracteate below the middle much longer than Fo 
petiole. A.DO. Monogr. Smilax, 56. S. oxyphylla, Kunth Enum, v.? 
(the Penang plant of Wallich). 
PrwaxG, Wallich, Curtis, Ze, MaArACOA; Mt. Ophir, Griffith, PERAK, alt, 
3—4000 ft., King’s Collector.—DisTRIB. China. ed 
Branches slender, terete, smooth. Leaves jointed suddenly at the narrow 
base, finely reticulate. Pedunele 3-1 in.; pedicels of male fl. very short; bracteo a 
obsolete; flowers 2 in. diam. ; sepals linear-oblong; petals very narrow ; stam T 
nearly as long as the sepals ; staminodes 3; stigmas large recurved. Berries sma , 
i in. diam., fruiting pedicels 4 in., very slender.— The Mt. Ophir specimens (var. 
ophirense, A.DC.) have very strongly reticulated leaves. 
19. S. lancewfolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 792; leaves 4-6 by 13-3 im 
orbicular- oblong- or oblong-lanceolate acuminate 3-costate base 307^ 
petiole 1-3 in., sheath obscure, male umbels subsessile very many DC. 
peduncles naked shorter than the petioles. Wall. Cat. 5192; AY 
Monogr. Smilax, 57. S. micropoda, A.DC. l. c. 58. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 4-7000 ft. The Knasia, NAGA and MuNNIPOBE Hips, 
Clarke, Are, BURMA, in the Shan States.—DisTRI 2. China. udate 
Branches slender, subterete, prickles few or 0. Leaves membranous, ger? 
intra-marginal nerves very slender, punctulate and lineolate. Male umbe" se 
fid., pedicels j in., filiform, bracteoles ovate, acute; flowers i !n. diam. 5 Fem. 
and petals linear, subequal ; anthers oblong, much shorter than the filaments. | te or 
umbels subsimilar ; peduncle stout, flattened; bracteoles very minute, subu deg 
0; staminodes 3, ovary short, obtusely trigonous; stigmas short, obtuse, ae rigid 
Berry about 4 in. diam.—The Chinese plant (var. opaca, A.DC.) has mo cimen, 
epunctate leaves. The leaves are subcordate in the Burmese specimens. A m ovate 
apparently of this from the Duphla hills has leaves 5-6 by 34~4 in., broadly 
deeply cordate, and fruiting peduncle 14 in., with pedicels 1 in. 
20. S. oxyphylla, Wall. Cat. 5128; branches very slender, leaves 
21-5 by 4-1} in. narrowly oblong-lanceolate acuminate umbel 
acuminate, petiole }-} in., sheath obscure, peduncle of male nake 
equalling or rather longer than the petiole ebracteate very slender 
u . 
pedicels capillary. nth Enum. v. 238 (excl. syn.); A. 
Smilax, 59. 
Star, the Kuasa HILLS, and Currragone, Wallich, Griffith, &c. branous 
Branches terete, with a very few short prickles or 0. Leaves MOM ripa 
sometimes caudate, very finely reticulate, lineolate, hardly punctulate, intra ls and 
nerves very slender. Male umbel 15-30-fld., bracteoles very minute; $e much 
petals obovate-oblong, rather longer than the stamens; anthers oblong rol 
shorter than the very slender filaments,—Hardly distinguishable from marmo 
specimens of S. lanceefolía. I have seen no fem. fl. 
b in 
B. Umbels 2-3 on a common peduncle. Staminodes 3- Excep 
S. zeylanica. 
t Costæ of leaves free from the base, or connate in S. quadrata. 
Jed 
21. S. quadrata, A.DC. Monogr. Smilaz, 183; branches oe te 
zigzag, leaves 4-6 by 15-21 in. oblong or elliptic-oblong broadly ° id i» 
membranous 3-costate from the rounded base or above it, peto j on * 
narrowly sheathing for half its length, fem. umbels solitary 9T 
