SMILACEÆ. (SMILAX FAMILY.) 475- 
ORDER 149. SMILACEJE. (Smrax FAMILY.) 
Herbs or climbing shrubs, not essentially distinct from the Lily Family, 
. but with ribbed and veiny reticulated leaves, and separate styles or stig- 
mas. — Leaves not sheathing, often bearing tendrils. Fruit baccate. 
SusorpeErR I. EUSMILACEÆ. (Smırax FawriLy.) Flowers di- 
ecious, in axillary and umbel-like clusters. Anthers 1-celled. Stigmas 
1-3, sessile or nearly so. Ovules 1 —2 in each cell of the ovary, ortho- 
tropous, suspended. — Tendril-bearing vines. Flowers small. Leaves 
alternate. 
1. SMILAX. Cells of the ovary l-ovuled. Woody vines. 
2. COPROSMANTHUS. Cells of the ovary 2-ovuled. Climbing herbs. 
Susorper IL  TRILLIACEJE. (Tmiiruw Famy.) Flowers 
perfect, terminal. Anthers 2-celled. Styles or stigmas 3. Ovules sev- . 
eral in each cell of the ovary, anatropous, horizontal. — Erect herbs. 
- Leaves whorled. 
8. TRILLIUM. Exterior leaves ofthe perlentn i= persistent. Stem l-flowered. Leaves 
3 in a whorl, terminal. 
4. MEDEOLA. Leaves of the perianth athe Sesion: Stem few-flowered. Leaves 3- 7 in 
a whorl, lateral and terminal. 
L SMILAX, Tourn. CHINA BRIER. 
Flowers diœcious. Perianth bell-shaped, 6-leaved, the leaves nearly equal and 
alike, deciduous. Stamens 6, inserted on the base of the perianth : anthers erect, 
l-celled. Ovary free from the perianth, 1 —3-celled, with a single orthotropous 
pendulous ovule in each cell. Stigmas 1—3 (mostly 3), sessile or nearly so, 
slender, spreading, or recurved. Berry 1 -3-celled, 1 -3-seeded. Seeds globu- 
lar or angled. Embryo minute, in horny albumen. — Woody and commonly 
thorny or prickly vines, climbing by means of a pair of tendrils attached to the 
petioles. Leaves alternate, ribbed, and reticulate-veined, mostly smooth and 
shining. Flowers small, greenish, in stalked axillary clusters. 
x Peduncles longer than the petioles or pedicels. 
+ Peduncles flattened: berry black. 
1. S. tamnoides, L. Stem scurfy when young, armed with stout subulate 
prickles ; branches mostly unarmed, compressed - 4-angled ; leaves deltoid-ovate, 
or hastate - 3-lobed, truncate or slightly cordate, rarely acute at the base, 5-7- 
ribbed, often discolored ; the margins, ribs, and petiole smooth, or fringed with 
fine prickles ; peduncles about twice as long as the petioles ; stigmas 1 - 3, mostly 
solitary; berry commonly l-seeded. (S. Bona-Nox, hastata, hedersfoliay: &e. 
v — nine and thickets, Florida, and northward. May. eos 
: L. Lower part of the stem beset with numerons 
ped prickles; branches unarmed, slightly angled ; leaves ovate 
oF roundovate, tn contacted in — or cordate at the base on 
