LILIACEAE, — SMILAX 3 
Western Szech’uan: west and near Wén-ch’uan Hsien, alt. 
2000-2600 m., October 1908 (No. 1019; 1.3-2 m., fruits black); Mupin, 
thickets, alt. 1000-1600 m., June 1908 (No. 3249; climber 3 m., flowers 
brownish yellow). Shensi: La-hua-shan, shady places, alt. 1300 m., 
December 29, 1913, F. N. Meyer (No. 1390; shrub, deciduous, green 
branches, 1-1.6 m. in height, seeds under No. 21009). Western 
Yunnan: Tali range, alt. 3300-3600 m., lat. 25? 40' N., June 1906. 
G. Forrest (No. 4779). 
Smilax trachypoda Norton, n. sp. 
Smilax stans Wright in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. 101 (in part), not Maxi- 
mowicz) (1903). 
Frutex ramosus, erectus v. subscandens, 1-4-metralis; caules iner- 
mes, teretes, leviter striati, virides, in sicco flavescentes, internodiis 
4-6 cm. longis; rami erecto-ascendentes, angulo 10-45? divergentes, 
leviter zig-zag, non penduli v. flexuosi. Folia disticha, ovata, cordata, 
acuminata, integra v. leviter crenulato-erosa, 7-10 cm. longa et 4-6 
cm. lata, ad basin venarum subtus ut petioli papilloso-pubescentia 
pilis persistentibus rigidis 1 mm. longis v. brevioribus fulvescentibus 
v. albidis, venis 5 interdum in foliis majoribus pari marginali irregu- 
lari addito subtus prominentibus supra fere planis; petioli striato- 
costati, basi 2$ vaginati et tumidi, apicem versus tenuiora, 1.5-3 em. 
longi, ecirrhosi, vetusti persistentes, cicatricibus semiamplexicaulibus. 
Inflorescentiae axillares, plerumque una tantum ad basinrami cujusque; 
pedunculi initio graciles, in fructu validiusculi, saepe per annos per- 
sistantes, 3-5 em. longi; receptaculum non manifeste evolutum; brac- 
teae paucae, deciduae, anguste lanceolatae, rubescentes, circiter 3 mm. 
longae; pedicelli masculi 8-10, graciles, glauci, 10-15 mm. longi, 
feminei 3-10 mm. longi, in fructu crassiusculi; alabastra floris masculi 
- obovata, 3 mm. longa; sepala gracilia, lanceolata, recurva, luteo- 
viridia, 4-5 mm. longa; stamina 6, 24 perianthii aequantia; filamenta 
antheris multo longiora; flos femineus masculo minor, sepalis 2-3 mm. 
longis; ovarium obovatum, glaucum; stigmata brevia, recurva. Bac- 
cae 1-6, globosae, 1-2-spermae, coeruleo-nigrae, pruinosae, 6-8 mm. 
diam.; semina aurantiaco-rubra, 3-4 mm. diam. 
Wetéri Hupeh: Fang Hsien, thickets, alt. 1600 m., May 1907 
(No. 3242; semi-scandent bush 1.3-1.6 m., flowers geek). Western 
Szech'uan: west and near Wén-ch'uan Hsien, thickets, alt. 2300 
m., June and October 1908 (No. 1065, type; 2-3 m., fruits blue-black) ; 
same locality, alt. 2000 m., July 1908 (No. 3251, in part; 2 m.); same 
