SMILACINEAE. 564 SMILA 
ticum tri- rarissfme uni- vel 6-loculare, ovalis in toculis soïitariis, 
ex apice anguli pendulis orthotropis. Stigmata 8, rarissime 46, 
sessilia, libera, elongata recurvata, perraro connata. Bacca globosa, 
1—8-locularis, 1 —3-sperma, seminibus subglobosis. — Suffruti- 
ces sempervirentes, scandentes, e radicìbus tuberosis vel fibrosis, cau: 
libus saepissime aculeatis, foliis saepe cordatis vel hastatis, digitin 
nervi-reticulatis, petiolis saepe supra basin vaginantem bicirrhosis, 
fl. umbellatis, pedicellis basi articulatÂ bracteolatis. 
Onderscheidene soorten van dit geslacht bevatten werkzame be- 
ginsels en leveren belangrijke geneesmiddelen, bijv. rad. China 
en in Amerika den Sarsaparilla-wortel. 
1. Smilax oxyphylla wars. Cat. n. 5128. Glabra, aculeata; ram 
eretes obsolete striati; folia oblonga longe acuminata, acumine com 
plicato-recurvato, in petiolum dorso carinatum decurrentia, 5-nervia, 
firmo-membranacea, exlineolata, 33; poll. longa; pedunculi axil- 
lares solitariì simplices supra basin bibracteati, multiflori, petiolum 
superantes, perigonii phylla exteriora oblonga acutiuscula, interiora 
paullo minora, antherae apertae subobovato-oblongae obtusae, fila: 
mento triplo breviores. Kunth Enum. V. p. 238. — Smilax lauri- 
folia Roxb.? non Linn. — Sm. Roxburghiana Alph. DC. PL, rar. 
Jard. Genève, 7me notice p. 70. — Silhet. Chittagong. — Poelo 
Pinang? 
2. Smilax polyacantha wars. Cat. n. 5727. Glabra, aculeatis-_ 
sima; rami teretiusculi, sulcato-striati, ramuli acutanguli, aculeis 
crebris conicis leviter recurvatis ; folia oblonga, ramulorum lanceo- 
lata acuminata, acumine complícato-recurvato, basi acuta, 5- nervi- 
reticulata, nervis tribus mediis subtus carinatis, 4} poll.longa, 15—2 
lata, peduneali……. — Kunth 1. e.p. 239. — Species dubia, an 
forma praecedentis? — Poeloe Pinang (waLL.). 
3. Smilax Zollingeri runen /. c.p. 241. Glabra; ramuli suban- 
-gulati, aculeis parvis subeurvatis conspersi; folia e basi in petiolum _ 
angustatâ ovato-elliptica acuminata, apice complicato-recurvata, 5- d 
nervia, reticulata, rigide membranacea exlineolata, inermia, 4}— ö- 8 
pollicaria, petioli pollicares supra basin bicirrhosi ; pedunculi (masc.) _ 
