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angled: leaf-blades dominantly ovate or broadly RC at least in pen 
more or less i is often deltoid or hastate, 3—14 cm. long, p r less 
Td erose spiny-margined, glabrous, sometimes pum ekly the veins 
beneath, mostly Pune to eordate at the base: sepals and pis of the sta ami- 
3d flowers mee nearly 5 mm. long: ber 
ck: seed m ; 
Pseudo-China ; amnoides (Chapm. F1)] — yd CHINABRIER. 
LE. S ie 
nd fence-r va ’ : 
—The dilation of the leaf-bases resulting in a deltoid or hastate blade is a 
mark to distinguish this from the next Dedi. speci 
4. S. rotundifolia L. Stem and branches diffuse and often high-climbing, 
often armed with remote firm pri sae cue or less four-angled: leaf-blades 
ovate varying z eit ovate, or suborbicular (or peau ovate ys lanceo- 
late and no edges in P Pi ta),t labrous, 
ruptly n hus to su ubcordate at the base, or cordate in 2g very broad leaves 
of vigor aie shoots bier and petals of staminate d —6 mm. long: 
ron dad n diameter, reddish-brown.— (GREENBRIER. CA ATBRIER. 
HORSEBRIER. ) — ts Wo cna "thickets, fence-rows, and stream- ea various prov- 
inces, "Fla. to Tex. Minn., Ont., and N. 8. —Spr 
5. S. auriculata Walt. Stem and branches diffuse or high-climbing, sometimes 
armed with very small priekles, more or less 4-angled, jo ipiis zigzag: 
leaf-blades ovate, oval, or elliptie, at ok in outline, r less hastate, 
pandurate or rhombic, or pes d on shoots, 2-12 em. ju. Ee a. 
or abruptly pointed at the apex, re dedere thiek-margined, glabrous: sepals 
and pn of the ons flowers e -elliptic or linear-oblaneeolate, 4—5 
mm. long: berry globular, 6-18 mm. in diameter, or rarely rou black, but 
sometimes glaucous until maturity: EH about 5 mm. in diameter, brown. 
Beyrichit Kunth S. lata Sm wa rr rie ig idi pinelands, 
sandhills, and ud m rt to Miss. and N. C.—(W. I.)—8Spr.- 
um. or all year 
b pi 
growth and o difusy on pos pase nd or cover brush. In hammocks t 
plants are larger, vigorous and high- eae and when in flower fill a 
air with ae a “he leaves are evergre 
6. S. lanceolata L. Stem and branches high-climbing, unarmed, often glau- 
cous, terete or nearly so: leaf blades elliptic-lanceolate : ovate, 4-10 em. lo ong, 
firm-coriaceous, glabrous, smooth-edged, shining above, acute to truncate at the 
base: sepals aang petals of the staminate flowers linear- PN te, 4-5 mm. long, 
yellowish-green: stamens nearly as actos as d Sume m E r, 5-8 mm. 
in diameter, due seed abou : dia. bro 8. ae 
Moron S. cinnamomifolia om all|l— Br rusticum RI E. irc —Ri oh woods, 
mocks, roadsides, oe other aa puit from fire, Coastal Plain and EU 
provinees, N Fla. ex., , and. Va.—Spr.-sum.—iIn the Coastal Plain en 
plants, although vigorous, pude leaves with blades of a rather narrow 
(elliptic-laneeolate), in or near the adja en o s ]oaf-blades 
he le M 
aves are evergre uc for winter 
e broader, often bis 
decorations ‘large und um being shipped from the Gulf States, 
7. S. Walteri Pursh. Stem and branches diffusely climbing, sometimes with 
scattered prickles near the base, obscurely 4- -angled: leaf-blades ovate, ovate- 
lanceolate, or broadly lanceolate, em. long, thin- Pared ins often erose, 
5-veined, glabrous, abruptly narrowed to subcordate at the base: sepals and 
petals of the sta minate flowers linear or nearly et a o 05 ish: 
5-6 mm. long: berry globular, 6—8 mm. in Be ees bright coral-red: 
deg fas -6 mm. in diameter, dark- brown.—(SARS SAPARILLA. Cora L-GREENBRIER. 
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