-476 SMILACEÆ. - (SMILAX FAMILY.) 
abruptly pointed, more or less bristly-ciliate on the margins, 5-nerved; peduncles 
three times as long as the petioles, many-flowered ; stigmas 3; berry 3-seeded. 
(S. panduratus, Pursh.) — Woods and thickets, Florida, and northward. April 
and May. Z 
3. S. glauca, Walt. Stem armed with few and scattered prickles, very 
slender; branches terete, unarmed; leaves ovate or oval, entire, obtuse, mu- 
cronate, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, white beneath, 3—5-ribbed, the - 
margins entire; peduncles very slender, 2-3 times as long as the petiole, few- 
flowered ; stigmas 3; berry 3-seeded, glaucous. (S. caduca, Willd.) — Shady: 
margins of swamps, Florida, and northward. May. — Leaves 2! -4! long. 
+ + Peduncles terete: berry whitish. 
4. S. pumila, Walt. Softly pubescent; stem low (1°-3° high), terete, un- 
armed; leaves ovate or oblong, cordate, mucronate, persistent, mostly discolored 
and at length smooth above, pale beneath, 5-ribbed ; peduncles about twice as 
long as the petioles, rigid, dense-flowered ; stigma single; berry ovoid, whitish, 
l-seeded. (S. pubera, Michx.) — Dry sandy soil, Florida to South Carolina, in 
the lower districts. October. — Rootstock creeping. Leaves 2!— 4! long. 
* * Peduncles not longer than the petioles. 
+ Berries red. 
5. S. Walteri, Pursh. Stem low, armed with a few scattered prickles near 
the base, otherwise unarmed; branches obscurely 4-angled; leaves deciduous, 
membranaceous, varying from oblong-lanceolate to oval, mucronate, acute, round- 
ed or rarely slightly cordate at the base, 5-ribbed ; peduncles flattened, as long 8$ 
the petioles and pedicels; perianth rather large (3" long), brownish; stigmas 3; 
berry (acuminate, Walt.) globular, 3-seeded. (S. caduca, Ell.) — Pine-barren 
ponds and swamps, Florida to North Carolina. March and April. — Rhizoma 
creeping. Stem seldom more than 6? long. Leaves 2/—4! long. fei 
6. S. lanceolata, L. Stem tall, mostly unarmed ; branches terete ; leaves 
evergreen, rather thin, varying from lanceolate to oblong-ovate, acute at each end, 
5-ribbed, paler beneath; peduncle terete, as long as the petiole, many-flowered ; 
stigmas 3; berry globular, 3-seeded. — Rich woods and margins of swamps, 
Florida to North Carolina. August. — Stem sometimes 209-309 long. Root 
stock tuberous. Leaves 3!— 4! long. 
+ + Berries black. 
olate, obtuse, mucronate, 3-nerved ; peduncles shorter than the pedicels; p 
