LILIACEAE. — SMILAX T 
Caules rugulosi, teretes, sed alis duobus angustis a basi petiolorum 
decurrentibus instructi; aculei parvi, recurvi; rami angulo obtuso, 
100°-130°, divergentibus. Folia opaca et supra leviter scabrida, sub- 
tus pallidiora et plus minusve lucida. Ramuli floriferi valde reducti, ut 
videtur nulli; pedunculi breves, plerumque bracteis basalibus obtecti; 
baeca monosperma, nigra, 6 mm. diam. 
Western Hupeh: without precise locality, A. Henry (No. 3327, 
type, in U. S. Nat. Mus.); Chang-yang Hsien, alt. 1300-1600 m., April 
and Dec. 1907 (No. 678; climber 1.6-2.6 m., flowers greenish yellow, 
fruits black). 
Smilax cocculoides Warburg in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 257 (1900). 
Smilax stans Wright in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXV1. 101 (in part) (1903). 
Smilax vaginata Wright in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. 101 (1903). 
Western Hupeh: Ichang, ravines, alt. 30-300 m., March 20, 1907 
(No. 3252; small climber, flowers dull yellow). Yunnan: Mengtsze, 
forests, alt. 2000 m., A. Henry (No. 11239; large climber, red fruit). 
KEY TO THE CHINESE AND KOREAN SPECIES OF SMILAX. 
Shoots strictly herbaceous, never spiny; leaves thin, mucronate-pointed; perianth- 
segments of the staminate flowers more than 3 mm. long, widely reflexed. 
Shoots short, usually erect; tendrils absent from leaves at flower bearing nodes; 
ledvesovatd Unl . — 1. a a eri ete V I 1. S. Oldhamii. 
Shoots usually more than one m. tall, scandent, with tendrils at flower-bearing 
HORN 00 2 au EIU ECIAM a pues ue. m 2. S. herbacea. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate. 
Leaves pulverulent beneath; peduncles usually 8-12 cm. long. 
var. acuminata. 
Leaves glabrous; peduncles usually 5-8 cm. long. 
Leaves cordate at base; perianth segments 5 or more mm. long. 
var. angustata. 
Leaves not cordate at base; perianth segments less than 5 mm. long. 
var. nipponica. 
Leaves oblong. . . |: . v2 40.5.04 72 O1. E var. oblonga. 
Shoots woody; leaves thicker, often coriaceous or evergreen. 
Flowers appearing with the leaves; peduncles single in the axil of a leaf, not arising 
from a cluster of scale-like bracts. 
deere segments of the staminate flowers incurved, usually less than 3 mm. 
lon, 
Peldunde much longer than the petiole; receptacle not strongly developed 
at With few hratte 25.1 u ovs ie. 3. S. riparia. 
Peduncle shorter than the petiole, receptacle often nearly sessile, well de- 
veloped and with numerous, bracts. 
Leaves glaucous beneath, turning red-brown when wilted; fruit thick- 
walled, over 6 mm. in diam. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate; ĝ flower buds normal . . 4. S. hypoglauca. 
