( 1920 ) 
SMILAX HERBACEA. HeErBaceous SMILAXx. 
HIS abot deaeege 
Class and Order. 
Diecia Hexanpria. 
Generic Character. sae 
Mase. Cal. 6-phyllus. Cor. 0. 
Fem. Cal. 6-phyllus. Cor.0. Styli 3. Bacca 3-locularis. 
Sem. 2. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
SmiLax herbacea; caule inermi angulato, foliis ovatis acu- 
minatis septemnerviis, pedunculo communi umbelle folio 
longiore. Willd. Sp. Pl. 4. p. 782. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 
3. p. 390. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 619. 
Smiiax herbacea; caule inermi angulato, foliis inermibus 
ovatis septemnerviis. Sp. Pl. 1460, rejecto synonymo 
_ Plukenetii. - 
Sminax herbacea ; caule angulato erecto simplici, foliis longe 
petiolatis ovalibus septemnervibus, umbellis longissime 
pedunculatis, pedunculo compresso, baccis depresso glo- 
bosis. Pursh Flor. Amer. Sept.1.251. 
Smizax herbacea ; caule herbaceo, erecto, simplici; foliis 
longe petiolatis, ovalibus, septemnerviis ; umbellulis lon- 
gissime pedunculatis ; pedunculo compresso ;_baccis 
depresso-globosis. Michaux Flor. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 238. 
Smitax levis marilandica, foliis hedere nervosis prelongis 
pediculis insidentibus, flosculis minimis in umbellam 
parvam congestis. Raj. Suppl. 345 ? 
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The number of nerves in the leaves of this species is not 
to be entirely depended upon, as affording a specific difference ; 
we have observed seven and nine on the same plant; and 
thence we are inclined to doubt, whether S. herbacea and 
peduncularis 
