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10, SMILAX DENSIFLORA A: DC. Monog. Phan. 1: 88 (1 878). 
Glabrous. Unarmed. Branches terete, or the upper angled 
and striate. Petioles. 2’5”’ long. Blade ovate-acuminate, obtuse 
or subcordate at base, the margins slightly erose-denticulate, 
5-nerved, 11/’_2’ long, 7-10’ broad. Peduncles 2/7” long, 
densely 10-12-flowered. Berries not known. 
Mexico, Province of Toluca. 
II, SMILAX DENSIFLORA CHRISTMARENSIS A. DC. 
\Blade 7-nerved ; peduncles twice as long as the petiole. 
_ South Mexico, around San Miguel. 
12, SMILAX DISCOLOR Schlecht. Linnza, 18: 454 (1844). 
Very smooth and glabrous. Stems subterete, the branches 
subangular and glaucescent, rarely armed. Petioles 4/6” long. 
Blade oval, dilated at base or elongated-triangular, acute at the 
apex, pruinose or white-glaucescent beneath, 5-nerved, 244'-3Y4' 
long, 1-214! broad, sometimes increasing to 10’ or 12’ long and 
3’ broad at the base. Peduncles 8/12” long, compressed, angu- 
ate. Pedicels 3’ long. Fruit not known. 
13. Smitax DominceEnsis Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 783 (1806). 
Specimens apparently belonging to this species are in the 
Herbarium of Capt. John Donnell Smith, though not cited by De : 
Candolle or Hemsley-as occuring in Mexico. They correspond 
very fairly with Wright’s Cuban plants in the Herbarium of 
Columbia College, and almost precisely with De Candolle’s de- 
Scription of the species. 
Glabrous. Branches terete below, subangular above, un- 
armed. Petiole 4-7” long; stipular sheath about 1 the length 
of the petiole. Blade elliptical, acute at base, acute or acumi- 
hate at the apex, shining on the upper surface, pellucidly punc- 
tate, 5-7-nerved, the marginal nerves closely approximate, 
272'-314! long, 8-22” broad. Peduncles 1/-2” long, thick, 
angled, 10_20-flowered. Receptacle globose; bracteoles minute, 
#cuminate, ciliolate. Pedicels of male flowers about 2” long; 
ud ovoid or oblanceolate ; segments of perianth elliptical, obtuse, 
2 long; anthers much shorter than the filaments. Berries black, 
Slobose, on pedicels 3/’/-4” long, about 2” in diameter. 
Collected by Botteri at Orizaba. Common in St. Domingo 
and Cuba, 
‘4. Smtcax eryrurocarpa Kunth, Enum. 5: 234 (1850). fe 
Glabrous. Stems terete, unarmed, or sometimes remo y 
“med with small straight prickles. Petioles 8-10 long. Blade 
