120 LILIACEJE. 



valde complanatis, pedicellis 1 cm. longis basi bracteis et bracteolis minutis 

 instructis. Perianthium obovoideum vel oblongum 3 mm. longum 2 mm. latum 

 apice brevissime 3-lobatum. Stamina 9 fere distincta, filamentis 1 mm. longis, 

 autheris linearibus 1 J mm. longis 4- mm. latis apice obtusis adnatis. Ovarium 

 uullum. Fl. ? ignotus. 



HAB. Hugo, ad 4,000 peel. alt. leg. B. HAYATA, Aprili. 1916. 



Near Pseudosmilax seisuiensis HAY. ; but distinguishable from it in tli9 

 much more el mgate leaves of tliinuer texture. 



Smilax LINN. 



Key to species. 



1. Stem erect ; leaves small 2. 



Stem scandent or climbing 4. 



*2. Petiole base vaginate without tendrils , S. tenuissinui. 



Petiole base uot vaginate, tendrils more or Isss distinct 3. 



3. Tendrils short or nearly none S. fjracillima. 



Tendrils long S. randaiensis. 



4. Stein armed and very much scabrous or warty S. trachyclada. 



Stem armed or unarmed, but neither scabrous iior warty 5. 



5. Stem conspicuously armed fi. 



Stem not or slightly armed 9. 



(3. Stem densely beset with long soft spines S. horrulimmula. 



Stem remotely beset with short stiff spines 7. 



7. Leaves herbaceous S. fonnosmia. 



Leaves coriaceous 8. 



<S. Leaves linear , . . . . S. elongato-rdiculata. 



Leaves oblong S. elongato-umbdlati. 



9. Adult leaves herbaceous 10. 



Adnlt leaves chartaceous or coriaceous 11. 



10. Leaves ovato-lanceolate or linear S. herbaoea var. daibwnsis. 



Leaves cordately rounded S. ovato-rotumda. 



11. Petiole base auricled S. prdifera. 



Petiole base not auricled .12. 



