LILIACEAE. 
Determined by Jesse Baker Norton. 
SMILAX L. 
Smilax herbacea Linnaeus, Spec. 1030 (1752). — A. De Candolle, 
Monog. Phaner. Y. 50 (1878). 
Coprosmanthus herbaceus Kunth, Enum. V. 265 (1850). 
The type of the species is confined to North America. 
Smilax herbacea, var. acuminata Wright in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. 
97 (1903). 
Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1300-2000 m., June 
2, 1907 (No. 3246, in part; climber 2-2.6 m., flowers greenish); Patung 
Hsien, woodland, alt. 1600 m., June 1907 (No. 3246, in part; climber 
2.6-3 m., flowers greenish); Hsing-shan Hsien, woodland, alt. 1300- 
2000 m., July 1907 (No. 3246, in part; climber 2-2.6 m., flowers 
greenish). 
Smilax herbacea, var. oblonga Wright in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. 
98 (1903). 
Kiangsi: Kuling, thickets, common, alt. 1300 m., July 28, 1907 
(No. 1729; climber 1 m.). Western Hupeh: north and south of 
Ichang, woodland, alt. 1300-2000 m., October 1907 (No. 3245; sub- 
shrubby climber, fruit greenish). Szech'uan: E. Faber ('* probably 
No. 274"). Mandshuria: Western Shengking, E. Faber. 
A robust unbranched form with pulverulent pubescence on the underside of 
the leaves. 
Smilax glabra Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. ed. 2, III. 792 (1832). — Wallich, 
Cat. No. 5114 B (1830). — Hooker & Arnott, Bot. Voy. Beechey, 218 
(1841). — Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald, 420, t. 100 (1852-57). — Ben- 
tham, Fl. Hongk. 369 (1861). — A. De Candolle, Monog. Phaner. I. 
60 (1878). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 302 (1892). — Wright in 
Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. 97 (1903). 
Smilaz Hookeri Kunth, Enum. V. 162 (1850). 
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