478 SMILACE^. (SMILAX FAMILY.) 



northward, ^rarch and April. — Stems 6'- 12' high. Leaves 1'- 3' long. Pet- 

 als 10" -15" long. 



2. T. discolor, Wray T Rootstock tuberous, vertical ; stem stout, solitary ; 

 leaves sessile, varying from ovate-lanceolate to broadly ovate, tapering from near 

 the base to the apex, 3-7-nerved, variegated above with green and brown or 

 dark purple ; petals erect, oblong, obtuse, narrowed below, dark purple varying 

 into green, rather longer than the lanceolate, spreading sepals ; filaments very 

 short, purple. — Rich woods, in the middle and lower districts, Florida to South 

 Carolina. Feb. and March. — Stem 6'- 12' high. Leaves 3'- 5' long. Petals 

 U'- 2' long. 



* * Flower on an erect or declining peduncle. 



3. T. pusillum, Michx. Stem slender; leaves sessile, lanceolate or ob- 

 long, obtuse, 3-nervcd ; peduncle erect, shorter than the spreading flower ; petals 

 lanceolate, pale flesh-color, acutish, one third longer than the lanceolate obtuse 

 sepals ; filaments slender, as long as tlie anthers ; stigmas united below into a 

 slender style, longer than the filaments. — Pine barrens in the low country of 

 Carolina, il/(c/iai(a-. North Carolina, Curtis. — Stem 6'- 8' high. Leaves 1^'- 

 2' long. Flower 8"- 10" long. 



4. T. erectum, L. Stem solitary ; leaves sessile, broadly rhomboidal, 

 abruptly acuminate, acute at the base ; peduncles longer than the spreading 

 flowers (l^'-3' long), at length declined; petals oval or oblong, obtuse or 

 acutish, dark-purple, rather longer than the lanceolate-ovate acute sepals ; fila- 

 ments shorter than the anthers, or the short and distinct stigmas. (T. rhomboi- 

 deum, Michx.) — Varies with smaller white or yellowish flowers. — Shady woods, 

 on the mountains of North Carolina, and northward. May. — Stem 1° high. 

 Leaves 3'- 5' long, and of the same width. Flowers 1'- 1 j' long, fetid. 



5. T. grandiflorum, Salisb. Stem solitary ; leaves rhombic-ovate, 

 abruptly acuminate, nearly sessile ; peduncle longer than the erect-spreading 

 flower, erect or sliglitly declined ; petals obovate, white, much longer and 

 broader than the lanceolate acutish sepals ; filaments slender, shorter than the 

 anthers, nearly eriualling the short recurved stigmas. — Shady woods on the 

 mountains of Carolina, Elliott, and northward. May. — Stem 1°-1^° high. 

 Leaves 3'- 5' long. Petals 2' long, changing to rose-color. 



6. T. erythroearpum, Michx. Stem solitary ; leaves ovate, long- 

 acuminate, rounded at the base, short-petiolcd ; peduncle ( 1 ' - 2' long) erect, 

 longer than the widely-spreading flower; petals olilong, acutish, wavy, much 

 longer than the lanceolate sepals, white, striped with purple at the base ; stigmas 

 slender, longer than the anthers; berry red. — Rich shady woods in tlie upper 

 districts, Georgia, and northward. April and May. — Stem 1° high. Leaves 

 3' - 5' long. Flowers 9 " - 1 2" long. 



* * * Flower on a recurved peduncle. 



7. T. cemuum, L. Stems 2-3 together; leaves broadly rhomboidal, 

 abruptly acuminate, sliort-petioled ; peduncle mostly shorter than the small 

 flower ; petals white, oblong-ovate, acute, wavy, recurved, rather longer than 



