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Smilax herbacea, var. nipponica Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Péters- 
bourg, XVII. 174 (1872). — A. De Candolle, Monog. Phaner. I. 52 (1878). — Wright 
in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. 98 (1903). 
Smilaz nipponica Miquel in Versl. Med. Kon. Akad. Weten. ser. 2, 11. 87 (1868); 
in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. III. 150 (1868). 
Korea: Quelpaert, “in sepibus Hongno," July 1908, Taquet (No. 1598); “in 
sylvis Nokan,” alt. 600 m., September 7, 1908, Taquet (No. 1601). 
Smilax herbacea, var. oblonga Wright. See p. 1. 
Smilax herbacea with its many forms extending over temperate North America 
and Eastern Asia needs a careful revision, but the number of good specimens in the 
larger herbaria in this country is still very inadequate. The open land and the forest 
forms of the same variety often look so different that the collector assumes them to 
be entirely different species. 
Sect. II. COILANTHUS A. De C. 
3. Smilax riparia A. De Candolle, Monog. Phaner. 1. 55 (1878). — Wright in 
Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. 100 (1903). 
Central Fokien: Dunn’s Exped., April-June = (Hongk. Herb. Nos. 3570, 
3576). 
De Candolle described this species as herbaceous; ‘the above numbers were partly 
identified on the original label as S. herbacea, and a similar specimen by Wright in 
the U.S. Nat. Mus. is labeled S. consanguinea, a supposed synonym of S. herbacea ; 
yet all the specimens seen have perennial shoots from which the apparently her- . ; 
baceous growth arises. The flowers in this Wright specimen reveal the Coilanthus 
affinities of this species. 
4. Smilax hypoglauca Bentham, Fl. Hongk. 369 (1861). — A. De Candolle, 
Monog. Phaner. I. 61 (1878). — Wright in Jour. Linn. Soc. XX XVI. 98 (1903). 
Yunnan: Szemao, mountains south, alt. 1500 m., A. Henry (Nos. 12115, 12115*; 
climber; black fruit). Hongkong: January 19, 1893, C. Ford. 
5. Smilax glabra Roxburgh. See p. 1. 
6. Smilax trigona Warburg in Bot. Jahrb. X XIX. 258 (1900). 
Yunnan: Mengtsze, exposed mountains, alt. 1800 m., A. Henry (No. 9330; 
large climber); same locality, rocky mountains, alt. 1800 m. A. Henry "No. 
9330*; large climber, reddish flowers). 
7. Smilax microphylla Wright. See p. 2. 
Sect. III. EUSMILAX A. De C. 
8. Smilax Sieboldii Miquel in Versl. Med. Kon. Akad. Weten. ser. 2, II. 87 
(1868); in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. III. 150 (1868). — Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. — 
Sci. St. Pétersbourg, XVII. 169 (1872); in Mél. Biol. VIII. 406 (1872). — A. De 
Candolle, Monog. Phaner. I. 48 (1878). — Wright in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. 
100 (1903). 
Korea: Seoul, September 21-24 1905, J. G. Jack. Korean Archipelago: 
Quelpaert, “in sepibus Gylungen (?),” June 11, 1910, Taguet (No. 4061; same 
island, “ in sylvis Nokayi," July 1908, Taquet (Nos. 1602, 1603); same island, “ in 
sepibus Hallaisan," June 1909, Taquet (Nos. 3303, 3304, 3305). 
Smilaz Sieboldii and S. scobinicaulis Wright are very closely related to Smilaz 
Lem Muhlenberg and have been removed from Nemexia to their proper place in 
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