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This species is closely allied to No. 1 and resembles it except 
in the following particulars: 
Stem simple, low, erect, without tendrils or with only a few in 
the uppermost axils, 6’-12’ high, or sometimes twice that height. 
Leaves often verticillately massed at the top of the stem. Stipu- 
lar sheaths none, or rarely there is a mere thin-edged enlarge- 
ment of the base of the petiole, erose-denticulate on the margins. 
Blade usually pubescent beneath, more or Jess pubescent-ciliate on 
the margins, mucronate at the apex. Peduncles springing from 
oblong scales below the leaves, or from the lowest axils. An- 
thers from one-half to nearly as long as the filaments. 
Virginia to Florida, west to Ohio and Minnesota. May-June. 
3. SMILAX TAMNIFOLIA Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 238 (1803). 
Coprosmanthus tamnifolius Kunth, Enum. 5: 267 (1850). 
Glabrous. Stem terete or obtusely angular, Leaves and tent” 
drils numerous. Petioles 6-114’ long; sheaths none or only ! 
long, not winged. Blades for the greater part _ovate-hastate, 
with broad, obtuse lobes at the base, slightly constricted in the 
middle, varying to ovate-lanceolate, truncate or subcordate at 
base, acute or obtuse and cuspidate, sometimes acuminate at the 
apex, smooth on the margins, 5—7-nerved, 15’’—3’ long and me 
broad at the base. The leaves are green on both sides, eine 
monly copiously lineolate, the nerves prominent in both sides, an 
the 3 midnerves often close together and nearly parallel. Pe- 
duncles nearly filiform, 1-3 from the same axils, terete OF 
angled, often flattening in drying, usually much longer than ie 
petioles, 1/4’ long, 10-30-flowered. Perianth-segments of maic 
flowers ovate, obtuse, 34""-1%"" long, slightly pubescent on eh 
tips, a little longer that the stamens, obscurely 3-nerved- 
Stamens 6; anthers as long as the filaments or not more than ae 
half as long. Pedicels 2-3” in length. Pistillate flowers n° 
seen. Berries black, globose, 2/3’ in diameter, 1-3-seeded. 
Dry pine barrens, New Jersey and Pennsylvania to South Caro- 
lina and Tennessee. May-July. 
* Stems perennial, woody, more or less prickly. 
+ Berries black or bluish-black. 
} Fruit ripening the first year. 
4. SMILAX GLauca Walt. Fl. Car. 245 (1787). 
Smilax spinulosa J. E. Smith, Rees’ Cyc. 33: (1819)- mere 
Rootstock running deep into the ground, conspicuously ne ee 
_ and tuberous. Tubers large, ovoid, often 1/-114’ long an@ ) 
