SMILACACEAE 283 
times 2-lobed at the base, acute or cuspidate at the apex, green on both sides, lineolate, 
commonly bristly-toothed on the margins and nerves beneath, 7-9-nerved, or in the case of 
broad leaves 11-nerved, obtuse or cordate at the base : peduncles 2.5-8 cm. long, flattened : 
pedicels 12-40, 6-8 mm. long: receptacle irregular, 2-4 mm. in diameter: sepals and petals 
dark green, various, those of staminate flowers about 5 mm. long, those of pistillate flowers 
much shorter: berries globose, 4-6 mm. in diameter, often 8-16 together, black, 1-3- 
seeded. 
In dry soil, Maryland to Nebraska, Florida and Texas. Spring to fall. BAMBOO. CHINA-BRIER. 
6. Smilax Bóna-nóx L. Stems high-climbing ; branches angled, often square, like 
the stem, armed with stout or slender spines, or naked : leaves various ; stipular sheath 
4-3 as long as the petiole, with usually denticulate margins ; blades often persistent, mostly 
leathery, broadly ovate to hastate or fiddle-shaped, 3-12 cm. long, acute or cuspidate at the 
apex, pellucid-punctate and lineolate, 5-9-nerved, smooth or erose-spiny on the margins 
and nerves beneath, obtuse, truncate or cordate at the base: peduncles slender, 1.5-3 cm. 
long, flattened : pedicels 15-45, 4-8 mm. long: receptacle subglobose, 2-2.5 min. in diam- 
eter: sepals and petals deep green, various, those of staminate flowers 4-5 mm. long, about 
twice as long as those of pistillate flowers : berries subglobose, 4-6 mm. in diameter, 8-20 
together, black, 1-seeded. , 
In thickets, Massachusetts to Kansas, Florida and Texas. Spring and summer. STRETCHBERRY. 
7. Smilax rotundifdlia L. Stems 2-6 m. long, like the more or less sharply angled 
branches, armed with sharp prickles: leaves various; blades ovate to suborbicular, 3-15 
em. long, mostly acute or cuspidate at the apex, entire or nearly so, more or less roughened 
on the nerves beneath, panded or cordate at the base, leathery in age, punctate: pedun- 
cles 6-12 mm. long, flattened : pedicels 6-25, 2-8 mm. long: sepals and petals greenish 
yellow, 3-4 mm. long or 5 mm. in pistillate flowers, oblong, acute, often pubescent at the 
ae sometimes ciliolate : berries subglobose, about 6 mm. in diameter, 1—3-seeded, bluish 
ack. 
In thickets and woods, Ontario to Minnesota, Floridaand Texas. Spring. Fruit ripening the first 
year.—A more slender state with dark green foliage, thinnish lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, acumi- 
nate, conspicuously erose-denticulate, mainly 3-nerved, lustrous leaf-blades 6-10 cm. long, and subglo- 
bose berries 5-6 mm. in diameter, S. rotundifolia crenuldta Small & Heller, occurs in mountain woods, 
Virginia to Georgia and Alabama. Spring and summer. 
8. Smilax Wálteri Pursh. Stems trailing or climbing over shrubs, angled, armed 
near the base ; branches usually unarmed, often square : leaves alternate: stipular sheath 
1-3 as long as the petiole, often with denticulate margins ; blades ovate to lanceolate, 5-12 
cm. long, cuspidate at the apex, smooth-margined, 5-7-nerved, sparingly lineolate, cor- 
date, rounded or abruptly pointed at the base : peduncles flattened, 4-10 mm. long: pedi- 
cels 6-15, 4-6 mm. long: receptacle depressed-globose, 3 mm. broad : bractlets acuminate : 
sepals and petals greenish, linear or linear-lanceolate, those of staminate flowers 6-8 mm. 
long, about twice as long as those of the pistillate flowers: berries globose, 6-8 mm. in 
diameter, coral-red, 2-3-seeded. 
In swamps and pine lands, New Jersey and Tennessee, to Florida and Louisiana. Spring. 
, 9. Smilax Smállii Morong. Stems prostrate, or high-climbing, 2-8 m. long, terete, 
striate, glaucous, usually, like the branches, unarmed, sometimes with few short spines be- 
low: leaves evergreen, uniform; petioles 4-10 mm. long, the stipular sheath about 3 as 
long, with membranous, smooth-edged margins ; blades light green, ovate to oblong-ovate, 
2.5-5 cm. long, abruptly narrowed into obtuse tips, lustrous above, glaucous beneath, 
sparsely lineolate, 5-nerved : peduncles barely surpassing the petioles, twisted, stout, pedi- 
cels 2-8 mm. long, very unequal : receptacle subglobose, 2-2.5 mm. in diameter : bractlets 
triangular: sepals and petals yellowish green, recurving, those of the staminate flowers 
narrowly lanceolate, about 4 mm: long: mature fruit not seen. 
On granite slopes or in sandy woods, Stone Mountain, Georgia. Summer. 
10. Smilax lanceolata L. Stems often 10 m. long, high-climbing, like the branches, 
terete, usually unarmed except near the base; branchlets slightly angled, spreading: 
leaves numerous, bright green ; petioles 2-4 mm. long, their sheaths about 3 as long, with 
entire or ciliolate margins ; blades thinnish, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 5-8 cm. long, 
acute or acuminate, lustrous above, lineolate, 5-7-nerved, smooth-margined, acute at the 
base, dull green beneath: peduncles 6-16 mm. long, stout-angled : pedicels 8-40, 4-14 
mm. long: Pr rags subglobose or conic, 2-4 mm. long: sepals and petals (staminate) 
light green, slightly broadened upward, about 4 mm. long, acute: filaments longer than 
oe i berries subglobose, 4-6 mm. in diameter, often 4-10 together, dark red, mostly 
-seeded. 
In pine lands and d i ida and Texas. Spring and summer. 
Fruit ripening the firat META Virginia and Arkansas to Florida pring 
