LILIACEAE, — HETEROSMILAX 13 
ocreata of A. De Candolle. S. gracillima (p. 26) is described as a monoecious plant 
and is probably not a Smilaz. 
Hayata in Jour. Coll. Sci. Tokio, XXX. 1-471, Mat. Fl. Formosa (1911) pub- 
lishes several new species, but until more Formosan material is available for study 
little can be said as to the value of these names. 
HETEROSMILAX Kunth 
Heterosmilax Gaudichaudiana Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. Sci. n 
Pétersbourg, XVII. 176 (1872); in Mél. Biol. VIII. 415 (1872). — 
De Candolle, Monog. Phaner. 1. 44 (1878). — Wright in Jour. At 
Soc. XXXVI. 95 (in part) (1903). 
Smilax Gaudichaudiana Kunth, Enum. V. 252 (1850). 
Oligosmilaz Gaudichaudiana Seemann in Jour. Bot. VI. 258, t. 83 (1868). 
Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, thickets, alt. 1300 m., June 1907 
(No. 674, in part; climber 3-4 m.); north and south of Ichang, ravines, 
common, alt. 300-1150 m., June and December 1907 (No. 674, in part; 
climber 2-4 m., fruits blue-black.) 
To complete the enumeration of the Chinese Smilaceae two other Heterosmilaz 
native to eastern China and Formosa may be added here. 
Heterosmilax Gaudichaudiana, var. hongkongensis A. De Candolle, Monog. 
Phaner. 1. 45 (1878). 
Heterosmilax Gaudichaudiana Bentham, Fl. Hongk. 370 (1861). — Wright in 
Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. 95 (in part), (1903). 
Smilax hongkongensis Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald, 420 (1852-57). 
Hongkong: C. Ford. 
Heterosmilax japonica Kunth, Enum. Pl. V. 270 (1850). — Maximowicz in 
Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, XVII. 175 (1872); in Mél. Biol. VILI. 415 (1872).— 
A. De Candolle, Monog. Phaner. 1. 43 (1878). — Franchet & Savatier, Enum. Pl. 
Jap. II. 50 (1879). — Wright in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. 96 (1903). 
Formosa: Bankinsing, A. Henry (No. 74; fruit); Tchow, A. Henry; South 
Cape, A. Henry (No. 1302; fruit). 
