Smilax.) OLVI, LILIACER. (J. D. Hooker.) 309 
short common peduncle very many-fld. pedicels rigid, flowers small, 
spe Tinear-oblong, petals narrowly linear. S. zeylanica, Wall. Cat. 
Kuasia Hints, Griffith; alt. 4-6000 ft. J. D. H. & T. T. MUNNIPORE, alt. 
5500 ft., Clarke. BURMA; Tavoy and Prome, Wallich. 
À very remarkable species, at once recognized by the square unarmed almost 
+winged sparsely prickly zigzag branches, and oblong thin leaves with callous-tipped 
cusps; the peduncles i in. long are very rigid, as are the pedicels which radiate 
ing a globe 1 in, diam. or less. Fem. ji. very small, } in. diam. ; staminodes 
-3; ovary contracted into a stout style with suberect stigmas, Male jl. peduncle 
der; pedicels capillary, shorter than the buds; sepals 4 in. long; petals very 
marrow; filaments very slender.—I found only 1-3 staminodes, A. DC, in a solitary 
‘uperfect flower though there were probably 6. 
2. S. Helferi, A.DC. Monogr. Smilax, 176; branches slender 
sparingly prickly, leaves 3-5 by 1-3 in. oblong rounded at both ends 
tostate from the base membranous tip clawed, petiole 4—4 in. sheathing 
above its middle, male umbels many-fld., sepals linear-oblong, petals 
re narrower, costa thick, stamens nearly as long as the sepals. 
8. Wonensis, Pres] Rel, Hænk. i. 131. 
Zeg ; MeLelland, TENASSERIM, Helfer, Falconer; MALACOA, Griffith, Maingay. 
"vi EI, ? Philippines, 
Branches as thick as a crow-quill, terete, grooved ; prickles small, nearly straight. 
ves retuse, or tipped with a fleshy nail-like process, rarely acuminate; cortæ 
abo ; cìrrhi O or short. Male umbels usually solitary, peduncle j-1 in., bracteate 
seis Middle or lower; fruiting peduncles stout; receptacle globose, pitte $ 
^ D minute, ovate 3 pedicels 3 in., slender ; staminodes 3. Berries very smal ’ 
With i m, diam.; seeds small.—De Candolle makes of Maingay’s plant a varie Y 
il to ; Costæ hardly separate above the base, and immature berries smaller, u I 
pian nd these differences, I have seen no specimens of Helfer’s and Fa coner : 
ing, A£ Other berries than Maingay’s. Ritchie has collected a very similar plan 
Nerless state at Kasarleh in Canara. 
KA s. extensa, Wall. Cat. 5196 B; branches terete, leaves 3-6 
Vegas, a: elliptic or oblong-lanceolate acute or _cuspidate coriaceons 
theat te from the cuneate or acuminate base, petiole j-$ 1n. narrowly 
^ Ing to the middle, male umbels solitary or 2-3 on a short bracteate 
Peta on pe uncle many-fid., pedicels very short, sepals linear obtuse, 
Zeie 179, narrower, stamens as long as the sepals. ADC. Monogr. 
Pey í 
vm Wallich, Curtis, 1244. 
5 striate, unarmed, ribs slender. Leaves shining, not margined, very 
A the Del at the base into the stout petiole; some of the largest are rounded 
ie nih a broad cusp; cirrhi stout. Peduncle of umbels bracteate at t he 
Let Was minute, ovate; pedicels 2 in.; sepals } in.; staminodes 3. 
> Wall, 5126, A. is S. myosotijlora of A. De Candolle. 
of leaves more or less connate at the base (see also B. 
A S, z les 
tang] ' zeylanica, Linn, Sp. Pl. 1029; branches slender more or Jess 
"uris Bëss 2-7 by 21-4 in. elliptio or broadly oblong or ovate-oblong 
: : 3-5-costate f tiole 3-1 in. very shortly 
rom above the base, pe 9 duncle 
E at the base, umbels solitary or 2-3 on a common pecu 
