414 Pennell: Plants of southern United States 



rather a specimen of Gronovius, also studied by Linnaeus, 

 now in the Gronovian herbarium in the British Museum. The 

 description of Linnaeus is word for word from Gronovius, 

 except for the addition of the phrase "racemis ovato-oblongis," 

 inappropriate for any Smilax whatever. "Smilax caule tereti 

 inermi: foHis inermibus, cauHnis cordatis, ramorum lanceo- 

 latis;peduncuHslongissimis," Gronovius, Fl. Virg. 156. 1742, 

 citing Clayton's Nos. 541, 561 and 630, is represented in the 

 herbarium by Nos. 561 and 630 (for No. 541 see above note 

 under S. herbacea). These two numbers are identified by 

 Dr. A. B. Rendle as both the same as No. 541 , that is, as genuine 

 Smilax herbacea L. For the verification of these two Linnaean 

 types I am indebted to Dr. B. Dayden Jackson, of the Linnaean 

 Society of London, and to Dr. A. B. Rendle, of the British 

 Museum, 



Smilax inermis Walt. FL Carol. 244. 1788. Type, presumably 

 from Berkeley County, South Carolina, not verified. 



Smilax peduncularis Muhl.; Willdenow, in Linnaeus, Sp. PL, ed. 

 4, 4: 786. 1806. "Habitat in Canada, Pensylvania." 

 Type not verified. 



Nemexia nigra Raf. Neogenyt. 3. 1825. New name for 5. 

 herbacea L., but apparently intended for the black-fruited 

 vS. puhcrulenta Michx. 



Nemexia cerulea Raf. /. c. 3. 1825. New name for S. peduncularis 

 Muhl. 



Coprosmanthus peduncularis Kunth, Enum. PL 5: 264. 1850. 



Coprosmanthus herbaceus Kunth, /. c. 265. 1850. 



Smilax herbacea a Simsii A. DC. Monogr. Phan. i: 51. 1878. 

 "vS. herbacea Sims, Bot. Mag. pi. ig20." From figure and 

 description evidently a narrow-leaved form of S. herbacea. 



Smilax herbacea /3 peduncularis A. DC. /. c. 51. 1878. 



Nemexia herbacea Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 280. 1903. 



Smilax herbacea crispifolia Pennell, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 

 62:559. 1910. "Type. — Serpentine, Mineral Hill, Delaware 

 County, Penna., F. W. Pennell 594, coll. Sept. 6, 1908, in 

 Herb. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila." A narrow, rigid-leaved form 

 of dry soils, probably identical with S. herbacea Simsii. 

 Most woodlands, spring-heads, and near streams; more rarely. 



