GENUS i. 



SMILAX FAMILY 



6. Smilax hispida Aluhl. Hispid Greenbrier. 

 Bristly Sarsaparilla. Fig. 1313. 



Smilax hispida Muhl. ; Torr. Fl. N. Y. 2: 302. 1843. 



Glabrous, stem terete below, and commonly 

 thickly hispid with numerous slender straight 

 prickles, the branches more or less angled; peti- 

 oles 4"-Q" long, tendril-bearing, rarely denticu- 

 late ; leaves thin, green on both sides, ovate, ab- 

 ruptly acute and cuspidate at the apex, obtuse or 

 subcordate at the base, /-nerved, or the older ones 

 sometimes with an additional pair of faint nerves, 

 2'-s' long, i '-5' wide, the margins usually denticu- 

 late; peduncles flattened, 9" -2' long; umbels 10- 

 26-flowered ; pedicels slender, 2" -3" long; filaments 

 a little longer than the anthers ; berries bluish black, 

 about 3" in diameter, maturing the first year. 



In thickets, Connecticut to Ontario, Minnesota, Ne- 

 braska, North Carolina and Texas. May-July. 



Smilax Pseudo-China L. Long-stalked Greenbrier. Fig. 1314. 



Smilax Pseudo-China L. Sp. PL 1031. 1753. 



Glabrous throughout, rootstock often bearing 

 large tubers, stem terete, the branches angled. 

 Lower part of the stem beset with straight 

 needle-shaped prickles, the upper part and the 

 branches mostly unarmed; petioles 3"-i2" long; 

 leaves firm, or becoming quite leathery when old, 

 green on both sides or occasionally glaucous 

 beneath, ovate, often narrowed at about the 

 middle or lobed at base; acute or cuspidate at 

 the apex, 7-g-nerved, 2^-5' long, il'-^Y wide, 

 often denticulate on the margins ; peduncles flat- 

 tened, i '-3' long; umbels i2-4O-flowered ; pedicels 

 3"-4" long; stamens 6-10; anthers as long as the 

 filaments or longer ; berries black, 8-16 in the 

 umbels, 2"-3" in diameter, i-3-seeded, maturing 

 the first year. 



In dry or sandy thickets, Maryland to Illinois, 

 Nebraska, Kansas, Florida and Texas. American or 

 False china-root. Sarsaparilla. Bull-brier. March- 

 Aug. Recorded from New Jersey. 



8. Smilax B6na-n6x L ; Bristly Greenbrier. Fig. 1315. 



Smilax Bona-nox L. Sp. PI. 1030. 1/53. 



Smilax liastata Willd. Sp. PL 4: 782. 1806. 



Smilax tamnoides A. Gray, Man. 485. 1848. Not L. 



Rootstocks bearing large tubers, stem terete or 

 slightly angled, the branches often 4-angled. 

 Prickles scattered or numerous, stout or needle- 

 like, often wanting on the branches ; 'petioles 3"- 

 6" long, often prickly; leaves thick, ovate or com- 

 monly deltoid-hastate, sometimes narrowed at the 

 middle, glabrous, green and usually shining on both 

 sides, often spiny on the margins and on the veins 

 beneath, acute or abruptly cuspidate at the apex, 

 obtuse, truncate or cordate at the base, S-g-nerved, 

 i* '-4*' }ong, f 8"-3' wide; peduncles slender, flat- 

 tened, 7"-i5" long; umbels 15-45-flowered ; pedicels 

 2 f '~4-" f Jong; stigmas 1-3; berries 8-20 in the umbels, 

 2 "~3" in diameter, mostly i-seeded, ripening the first 

 year. 



In thickets. New Jersey( ?) ; Virginia to Kentucky, 

 Kansas, Florida, Texas and Mexico. Fiddle-shaped 

 greenbrier. April-July. Erroneously recorded from Mas- 

 sachusetts. 



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