LILIACEA, 367 
31. Smilax Wwageneriana, A. DC. in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. i. p. 143 
Panama, Chiriqui (Wagener), without locality (hb. Forsyth). Hb. Kew. 
Tribe II. ASPARAGEA. 
Asparagee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 751. 
Four genera, including Asparagus, with 100 species, belong to this tribe, which is 
restricted to the Old World. 
Tribe II]. LUZURIAGEA. 
Luzuriagee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 751. 
Of this tribe there are seven genera, mostly monotypic or ditypic, and comprising 
_ altogether only about a dozen species. Three of the genera are endemic in extratropical 
South America, and all of them are exclusively inhabitants of the temperate regions of 
the southern hemisphere. 
Tribe IV. POLYGONATE. 
Polygonatee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 752. _ 
This tribe is confined to the northern hemisphere, and comprises six genera, including 
Disporopsis, Hance, from China, founded since the publication of the ‘ Genera Plan- 
tarum,’ and about fifty species. 
2. SMILACINA. 
Smilacina, Desf. in Ann. Mus. Par. ix. p. 51, t. 9; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 770. 
Tovaria, Neck. Elem. ii. p. 190, non aliorum. 
About twenty species are known, inhabiting North and Central America and 
temperate regions of Asia. 
1. Smilacina flexuosa, Bertol. in Nov. Com. Acad. Bonon. iv. p. 411, t. 39, et 
Fl. Guat. p. 11, t. 4. 
Smilacina bertolonit, Kunth, Enum. v. p. 151. 
Smilax flecuosa, Hook. Ic. Pl. vi. t. 529? 
Tovaria flexuosa, Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 567, pro parte. 
GuaTEMALA (Skinner). Hb. Kew. | 
Bertoloni’s original figure of this species represents the leaves with seven primary 
longitudinal nerves, and the blade narrowed at the base into a distinct petiole, whereas 
the plant figured by Hooker has rotundate, 5-nerved, sessile leaves ; but Bertoloni’s is 
a very rude drawing of a dried specimen in fruit, and may be incorrect in some par- 
ticulars. We have seen only one specimen, and that was cultivated in this country, 
and is the type of Hooker’s figure; therefore we are unable to say whether more than 
one species is concerned. 
