504 SMILACKaC. (SMII.AX rAMIl.V.) 



riiptlv ]»iiiilc'<l, iiiosth- rouinU'd or sliylitly cnrdato at the Itase ; pcdmidrs few- 

 flow ficd, llatU-uod ; berry .■J-sci'ded, Idiu'-hhuk. — Swamps in tlie middle ami 

 iij)jter districts. June. — I'laut yellowish ;;reeii. J^eaves 2' -4' long. 



!•. S. lanceolata, L. Slem tail, mostly unarmed ; hranilies terete ; leaves 

 everjircin, rather tliin, varying i'roin lanceolate to ohlong-ovatc, acute at each 

 end, 5-ribi)ed, paler beneath ; peduncle terete, as long jus the petiole, niany- 

 Howered; stigiuiw 3; berry globular, .'l-seeded. — Hich woods and margins of 

 swamps. August. — Stem climbing high. Kootstock tuberous. Leaves 3'- 

 4' long. 



10. S. Havanensis, Ja^i. Hrauches angular, jnickly; leaves coria- 

 ceous, ovate or roundish, obtuse or eniarginate, H'-2' long, the thick margins 

 mostly prickly ; jieduncles as long as tiie ])etioles ; flowers small, globose in 

 the bud ; berries " purple." — Coast of South Florida (Curtis). 



2. COPROSMANTHUS, Torr. 



Cells of the ovary 2-ovuled. — Stems iierl>aceou.s unarmed. Peduncles and 

 petioles elongated. Berry blue-black. Otherwise like Smilax. 



1. C. ecirrhatUS. Stem erect (l°-3° high), mostly simple, leafy above; 

 leaves few , oblong or oval, mucronate, pubescent, 5-nerved, the upper ones 

 whorled, the lower bract-like ; peduncle.s few (3'-4' long), below the leaves; 

 berrv 2-3-.-<eeded. (Smilax ecirrhata, Watson.) — Dry fertile soil. June. 



2. C. peduncularis, Kunth. Stems curving or climbing (3°-^° long), 

 branched, Icafv ; leaves alternate, round-cordate, acuminate, smooth ; peduncles 

 numerous, axillary (4'-C' long); berry 6-seeded. (Smilax, Mii/il.) — Rich 

 soil in the ujiper districts. June. — Flowers fetid. 



3. C. tamnifolius, Kunth. Stems erect or climbing ; leaves hastate, 

 cordate, olituse, mucronate, 5-uerved, smooth, the upper ones narrower ; pedun- 

 cles longer than the petioles; herry 2-3-seeded. (Smilax, il/Zc/ia-.) — Pine 

 barrens. South Carolina, and northward. July. 



3. TEILLIUM, L. 



Flowers perfect. Perianth 6-leaved, the three exterior leaves calyx-like, 

 persistent, the interior withering. Stamens 6, inserted at the ba.se of the 

 perianth. Filaments short : anthers adnate, linear, 2-celled. Ovary 6-ribbed, 

 3-celled, with numerous anatropous horizontal ovules in each cell. Styles or 

 stigmas 3, slender, stigniatic within, recurved, persi.stent. Fruit a roundish 

 6-,«ided many-seeded purple berry. — Low peremiial herbs, with tuberous 

 rootstoeks, and simple mostly solitary stems, which are sheathed at the base, 

 and terminated with a whorl of three broad leaves and a single sessile or pe- 

 duncled showy flower. 



» Floicer sessile, erect. 



1. T. sessile, L. Rootstock horizontal; leaves sessile, broadly oval, 

 widest in the middle, abrujjtly short-pointed, narrowed at the base, 3-5- 

 nerved, variegated above with paler and deeper green ; petals dark purple, 

 lanceolate, erect, much longer than the lanceolate spreading sepals. — Rich 

 shady woods, in the upper districts, and northward. March -April. — Stem 



