443 
leaves, the nerves spiny, about 474’ long and 2%’ wide, but it is 
regarded as a doubtful species by De. Candolle. 
South Mexico, near Vera Cruz. | 
35. SMILAX suBPUBESCENS A. DC. Monog. Phan. 1: 69 (1878). 
Branches unarmed or furnished with short, straight prickles, — 
the lower terete and glabrous, the upper angular and pubescent at 
the extremities. Petioles 7-9" long. Blade coriaceous, glabrous, 
Ovate-acuminate, obtuse or subcordate at base, acuminate at the 
apex, pellucid-punctate and sparingly lineolate, 7—9-nerved, 
2%'-3%4' long, 1/2’ broad. Fruit-bearing peduncles 4/8” long, 
ted-pubescent, at length glabrate, 5—7-fruited. Pedicels 5” long, 
Puberulent. Berries globose, 3’’-4’’ in diameter. 
Fruiting specimens which appear to belong to this species are — 
in the herbarium of John Donnell Smith, collected by Kerner 
(no. 188), at Atoyac, in the Province of Vera Cruz, Mexico. In 
this case the lower portions of the branches as well as the petioles 
exhibit a rufous pubescence, which, however, disappears in time, 
leaving them glabrate. The blades are all subcordate, and 
Strongly lineolate. Berries 6-10. M. De Candolle does not indi- 
cate the color of the fruit, but in these specimens the berries have 
a decidedly reddish tinge, and yield 2~3 seeds. 
South Mexico, region of Orizaba. 
36. Smicax tomentosa H. B. K. Nov. Gen. 1: 272 (1815). 
Stem terete, unarmed, the younger branches fulvous-tomen- 
tose, becoming glabrate. Petioles 2/-3 long, the older ones 
coming 9-12” in length. Tendrils pubescent. Blade cori- 
accous, pubescent above, ferruginous-tomentose beneath, cordate- 
ovate, acuminate, pellucid-punctate but not lineolate, g-nerved, 
the younger 2/314’ long and 92% broad, becoming with age 
5’ long and 3%’ broad. Male peduncle 1/2” long, tomentose, 
3°-40-flowered. Pedicels 3-4” long, the younger tomentose. 
Female peduncle longer, and the pedicels slightly shorter than in 
€male. Berries unknown. 
Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui. 
37- Smitax Wacnerrana A. D. C. Monog. Phan. 1: 143 (1878). 
. Glabrous. Branches smooth, angular, unarmed. Petiole 2’’/— 
5" long. Blade subrigid, ovate-lanceolate, rarely oblong, acute 
or later obtuse at the base, narrowed or obtuse-mucronulate at 
€ apex, opaque, 5-nerved, 2/-31/’ long, 7-12” broad. Male 
peduncle %"-1"” long, 25—35-flowered. Pedicels very slender, — 
23" long. Female flowers and berries unknown. — | 
Panama, Province of Chiriqui. 
