476 SMILACE^. (SJIILAX FAMILY.) 



abruptly pointed, more or less bristly-ciliatc 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. 



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, wliite 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, Wilkl.) — Shady 

 margins of swamps, Florida, and northward. May. — Leaves 2' -4' long. 



-1- -1- Peduncles terete: heiTif whitish. 



4. S. pumila, Walt. Softly pubescent; stem low (10-3° 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, 

 1-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. 



■>- Beiries red. 



5. S. Walter!, 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 as 

 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. 



6 S. lanceolata, L. Stem tall, mostly unarmed ; branches terete ; leaves 

 evergreen, rather tliin, 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 20° - 30° long. Root- 

 stock tuberous. Leaves 3' -4' long. 



■*- ••- Berries black. 



7. S. laurifolia, L. Stem stout, armed with strong prickles; branchlets 

 1 -angled, unarmed; leaves evergreen, coriaceous, varying from ovate to lance- 

 olate, obtuse, mucronate, 3-nerved ; peduncles shorter than the pedicels ; stigma 

 solitary ; berry globular, 1-seeded. (S. alba, Ph. ?) — Swamps and margins of 

 ponds, Florida to North Carolina. July and Aug. — Stem climbing high. Leaves 

 3' - 5' long. Berries maturing in the fall of the succeeding year, very abundant. 



8. S. auriculata, Walt Stem commonly low and straggling, slender, armed 

 with short prickles ; branches flexuous, 4-angled ; leaves evergreen, rigid, small, 

 strongly 3-riI)bed, varying from lanceolate to ovate, entire or hastate -3-lobed, 

 acute at each end ; peduncles shorter than the pedicels, many-flowered ; stigmas 



