SMILAOEJE, (SMILAX FAMILY.) 477. 
2-3; berry small, globular 2=3-seeded. (S. ovata, Pursh? Ell.) — Dry sand- 
ridges along the coast, Florida to North Carolina. May and June. — Stem trail- 
ing, or covering small bushes. Leaves 1!-— 9! long, strongly reticulated. Flowers 
small, very fragrant. * 
. 9. S. rotundifolia, L. Stem climbing high, armed with scattered prickles ; 
branchlets 4-angled ; leaves thin, ovate or round-ovate, entire, abruptly pointed, 
mostly rounded or slightly cordate at the base; peduncles few-flowered, rather 
longer than the pedicels, flattened; berry globular, 3-seeded, blue-black. (S. 
` caduca, L. S. quadrangularis, Muhl.) — Swamps in the middle and upper dis- 
tricts, and northward. June.— Plant yellowish green. Leaves 9! — 4! long. 
2. COPROSMANTHUS, Torr. 
Cells of the ovary 2-ovuled. — Stems herbaceous, unarmed. Peduncles and 
petioles elongated. Berry blue-black. Otherwise like Smilax. 
1. C. herbaceus, Kunth. Stem erect (19 - 39 high), mostly simple, leafy 
above; leaves few, oblong or oval, mucronate, pubescent, 5-nerved, the upper ones 
whorled, the lower bract-like ; peduncles few (3'— 4! long), below the leaves; 
berry 2-3-seeded. (Smilax herbacea, Z.) — Dry fertile soil, Florida to North 
Carolina. June. — Flowers fetid. 
2. C. peduncularis, Kunth. Stems curving or climbing (39— 5° long), 
branched, leafy ; leaves alternate, round-cordate, acuminate, smooth; peduncles 
numerous, axillary (4/—6' long); berry 6-seeded. (Smilax peduncularis, Muhi.) 
— Rich soil in the upper districts, and northward. June, — Flowers fetid. 
3. C. tamnifolius, Kunth. Stems erect or climbing; leaves hastate, 
cordate, obtuse, mucronate, 5-nerved, smooth, the upper ones narrower ; pedun- 
cles longer than the petioles; berry 2-3-seeded. (Smilax tamnifolia, Michx.) : 
— Pine barrens, South Carolina, and northward. July. 
3. TRILLIUM, L. 
Flowers perfect. Perianth 6-leaved, the three exterior leaves calyx-like, per- 
sistent, the interior withering. Stamens 6, inserted at the base of the perianth. 
Filaments short: anthers adnate, linear, 2-celled. Ovary 6-ribbed, 3-celled, with 
humerous anatropous horizontal ovules in each cell. Styles or stigmas 3, slen- 
der, stigmatic within, recurved, persistent. Fruit a roundish 6-sided many- 
seeded purple berry. — Low perennial herbs, with tuberous rootstocks, and 
Simple stems, which are sheathed at the base, and terminated with a whorl of 
three broad leaves and a single sessile or peduncled showy flower. 
* Flower sessile, erect. 
1. T. sessile, L. Rootstock horizontal; stems slender, commonly two or 
more in a cluster; leaves sessile, broadly oval, widest in the middle, abruptly | 
Short-pointed, narrowed at the base, 3--5-nerved, variegated above - 
and deeper green; petals dark purple, lanceolate, erect, much longer than 
lanceolate spreading sepals. — Rich shady woods, in the upper districts, and —- 
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