( 1846 ) 



Smilax Glauca. Glaucous-leaved 

 Smilax. 



Class and Order. 

 Dicecia Hexandria. 



Generic Character. 

 Masc. Cal. 6-phyllus. Cor. 0. 



Pem. Cal. 6-phyllus. Cor. 0. Stt/li 3. Bacca 3-IocuIaris. 

 oem. 2. 



Specific Character. 



Smilax glauca ; (caulis teres aculeatus) foliis inermihus 

 rotundato-ovatis mucronulatis subseptemnerviis subtus 

 glaucis, pedunculis brevibus bifloris. 



We cannot find that this species of Smilax, a native of 

 North-America, communicated by John Walker, Esq. of 

 Arno's-Grove, has been any where described. It approaches 

 to rotundifolia, but has much smaller leaves, less cordate at 

 the base, and quite glaucous on the under side ; they have 

 generally seven longitudinal nerves, but the outer ones are 

 soon lost in the margin, and all of them are much less con- 

 spicuous in the dried than in the fresh leaf: the petiole 

 is shorter than the lamina, and is generally furnished with 

 a pair of tendrils. Peduncles not longer than the petioles, 

 and for the most part two-flowered. Our plant was a male. 

 It is hardy, and of easy culture 



