450 
Nantucket, Mass., to Florida and Texas, west to Missouri and _ 
Kansas. April—July. : 
10. SMILAx Beyricuit Kunth, Enum. 5: 207 (1850). 
Smilax ovata Ell. Bot. S. C. and Ga. 698 (1824), not Pursh. | 
Smilax auriculata Chapm. FI. S. States, 476 (1860), not Walt. (?)" 
The name here given is adopted by M. De Candolle on the 
ground of the uncertainty attending the S. auriculata of Walter, 
but is by no means certain that this is not Walter’s species, as his 
- description, so far as it goes, applies very well, except that it may 
be doubtful what he means by “purple” berries. zi 
Glabrous. Stem terete or obscurely angled below; branches 
angled, often square, flexuous. Spines rather stout, scattered, 
commonly wanting on the branches. Petioles 2/6’ long, us 
ally as long as or longer than the peduncles; stipular sheath with : 
straight, even or ciliolate edges, occupying 1% or even more of the 
petiole. Blade thick, coriaceous, shining on both sides, strongly 
reticulated, varying from ovate, oblong-ovate and lanceolate to 
bilobate or dilated below, nearly always cuneate or acute at Me 
base and acute and cuspidate at the apex, smooth on the margins 
and nerves, lineolate, the larger with 5-7 and the smaller with 3. : 
nerves, 10’’-414’ long, 4’’-2’ wide. The leaves are normally rc. 
riculate, but the lobes are often reduced to a basal dilatation Of — 
disappear altogether, leaving a lanceolate form. Peduncles stout, . 
angled, 2’"-5’” long, 7-40-flowered. Pedicels 3/’-5’’ long. Recep” 
tacle globose, 1/’-2/’ in diameter; bracteoles acuminate, ciliolate. 
Flower clusters numerous, fragrant. Segment of male pa 
oblong-lanceolate, 2//-214”” long; anthers usually % as long @ 
the filament, sometimes % as long. Segments of female perian e 
1%’ long; ovary 3-celled; 1 ovule in each cell; stigmas 3. 
ries black, globose, 2’/—3/’ in diameter, 1—3-seeded. 
M. De Candolle well notes that the scales of the lower brane 
are situated a little distance above the base of the branch, ane 
not at the base as in other species. : es 
A low, straggling species common in sand along the coast, . 
trailing or running over small bushes, remarkable for the agre™: : 
able odor of its flowers. North Carolina to Floridaand Alabam® 
Flowers, May-July. Fruit, November. 
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“11, SmiLax Smatin Morong. n. sp. 
. Glabrous. Stem and branches terete, striate, unarmed, most 
lying upon the ground, 6 to 8 feet in length, the tendrils Sr 
_ing grasses and weeds. Petiole 2-5’ long; stipular shea 
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