476 SMILACEJE. (SMILAX FAMILY.) 



abniptly pointed, more or less bristly-ciliate on the margins, 5-nervcd , peduncles 

 three times as long as the petioles, many-flowered; stigmas 3; berry 3-seeded. 



(S. pandnratos, 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; haves ovate or oval, entire, obtuse, mu- 

 cronate, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, white beneath, 3-5-rilibcd, the 

 margins entire; peduncles very slender, 2 - 3 times as long as the petiole, few- 

 flowered; Btigmas 3; berry 3-seeded, glaucous. (S. caduca, Willd.) — Shady 

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



-t- +- Peduncles terete: berry whitish. 



4. S. pumila, Walt. Softly pubescent; stem low (l°-3° high), terete, un- 

 armed ; leaves ovate or oblong, cordate, mucronate, persistent, mostly discolored 

 and at length smooth above, pale beneath, 5-ribhcd ; peduncles about twice as 

 long as the petioles, rigid, dense-flowered ; stigma single ; berry ovoid, whitish, 

 1-seedcd. (S. pnbera, 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. 



■*- Berries red. 



5. S. Walteri, Pursh. Stem low, armed with a few scattered prickles near 

 the base, otherwise unarmed ; branches obscurely 4-angled ; leaves deciduous, 

 membranaceous, varying from oblongdanceolate 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, ]Valt.) globular, 3-scedcd. (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 thin, varying from lanceolate to oblong-ovate, acute at each end, 

 5-ribbed, paler beneath ; peduncle terete, as long as the petiole, many-flowered j 

 stigmas 3; berry globular, 3-sccded. — Rich woods and margins of swamps, 

 Florida to North Carolina. August. — Stem sometimes 20°- 30° long. Root- 

 stock tuberous. Leaves 3' -4' long. 



4- -»- /.'. n " 8 hi nek. 

 -f 7. S. laurifolia, L. Stem stout, armed with strong prickles ; branehlcts 

 1 -angled, unarmed j lean's evergreen, coriaceous, varying from ovate to lance- 

 olate, obtuse, mucronate, 3-nerved ; peduncles Bhorter 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 



.•i'-. r )' long. Berries maturing in the fall of the succeeding year, very abnndam> 



R. S. auriculata, Wall Stem commonly low and straggling, slender, armed 



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



trongly 8-ribbed, varying from lanceolate to ovate, entire or hastate 3-lobcd, 



acute :it each end ; peduncles shorter than the pedicels, many-ilowcrcil ; stigmas 



