PLANTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. 351 



Family SMILACE^. Smilax. 



Woody or herbaceous vines, with berry-hke fruit ; flowers 

 similar to those of the last family, but dioecious, in axillary 

 'umbels ; green. 



SMILAX L. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Stem herbaceous, not armed with prickles. 

 b. Flowers carrion-scented, leaves ovate thin. 



c. Leaves glabrous. S. herbacea, p. 351 



cc. Leaves pubescent below. S. pidverulenta, p. 351 



bb. Flowers not carrion-scented, leaves hastate, somewhat coraceous. 



S. tamnifolia, p. 352 

 aa. Stem woody, usually with strong prickles. 



b. Leaves ovate, stem prickly at base or not at all, berries red. 



S. waiter!, p. 354 

 bb. Leaves ovate or rounded, branches and stems with strong prickles, 

 berries black with a bloom. S. rohindifolia, p. 352 



bbb. Leaves lanceolate, thick and evergreen, stem but not branches 

 armed with prickles, berries black. S. laurifolia, p. 353 



bbbb. Leaves variously shaped, ovate to oblong lanceolate, always glau- 

 cous, stem usually prickly, berries bluish black. S. glauca, p. 353 



Smilax herbacea L. Carrion-flower. 



Smilax herbacea Linnaeus, So. PI. 1030. 1753 [Virginia and Maryland].— 

 Willis 63. — Britton 239. 



Frequent in the Northern and ]\Iiddle districts in low ground. 

 Fl. — Late May to early June. Fr. — Late summer of the first 

 season. 



Middle District. — Allaire (S), Farmingdale, New Egypt, Bordentown, 

 Kaighns Pt., Lindenwold (S), Washington Park, Westville (NB), Wood- 

 bury, Mickleton (H). 



Smilax pulverulenta (Michx.). Hairy Carrion Flower. 



Smilax pulverulenta Michaux, Fl. Bor. Am. IL 238. 1803 [Canada and 

 Penna.]. 



Similar situations to the last, but much less common. 



Fl. — Mid-May to late May. Fr. — Late summer of the first 



season. 



Middle Z)/.sm'cf.— Swedesboro, Mickleton (H). 



