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coriaceous, oblong-ovate, cordate or obtuse at the base, short- 
acuminate, 7-nerved, 314’—4’ long, 1%4’—2’ broad. Distinguished 
from all other Mexican species, according to Kunth, by the length 
_ of its peduncles, which are nearly 2%’ long. Berries red, shorter 
than the pedicels. 
15. SMILAX GLAucA Walt. Fl. Car. (1788). 
South Mexico, near Oaxaca and at Zongolica. 
16. SMILAX GLAUCOCARPA Schlecht. Linnza, 18: 450 (1844). 
Stem very smooth, terete, sparsely armed. Petiole 2’-3 
long. Blade with rounded or narrowed base, subfalcate, very ag 
rowly acuminate, glaucous-green, 5-nerved, 2%4’—314’ long, 9-14 
broad at the base. Male flowers unknown. Female pedicels 
1/2” long; the perianth segments about 1” long. This seems 
to be a doubtful species, as no specimens are found in any Euro- 
pean or American Herbarium. . 
According to Schlechtendal, occurring at the Hacienda del 
Carmen and Mineral del Monte, in South Mexico. 
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17. Smitax Havanensis Jacq. 
- South Mexico, mountains west of Jalapa. 
18, SMILAX HISPIDA Torr. 
Assigned doubtfully to Mexico by Hemsley. 
19. SMILAX INVENUSTA Kunth, Enum. 5: 234 (1850). ( 
_ Glabrous. Stem terete, unarmed. Petiole 4-18’ long; sU- 
pular sheath with very narrow margins, 1%—% the length of the 
petiole. Blade ovate, oval or elliptical, rounded, sometimes COf 
date or subcordate at base, margins entire, 7-9-nerved, 3/-0' po 
1%4’—4’ broad. Specimens in the Harvard Herbarium collected by 
Botteri at Orizaba, have flexuous and angled branches, and tase 
lanceolate, subcordate blades 414’ long and 214’ wide. Pedunes™* 
angular, often compressed, 4’-7” long. Pedicels nearly filiform, 
2-4" long. Male flowers with very narrow, elliptical, acute ind 
ments, 214-3” long; filaments about the length of the anthers; 
Berries black, globose, 1-2-seeded, 6-8 in number. es 
South Mexico, near Orizaba and Jalapa. Guatemala, neat. — 
Coban, Coll. Lehman (Herb. J. D. Smith). 
20. SMILAX INVENUSTA ARMATA A. DC. ; 
A form with occasional prickles on the flower-bearing 
branches and branchlets. ob 
More common than the type. South Mexico, Jalapa; eer ; 
mala, Coban (Herb. J. D. Smith). ee Ss 
