88 SMILACACEAE 



Peduncles shorter than the subtending bracts or slightly longer : leaf-blades 

 prominently 5-nerved. 2. S. iamni/olia. 



B. Stems woody, perennial, prickly : ovules solitary in each cavity. 

 Peduncles of pistillate plants much longer than the petioles. 

 Leaf-blades glaucous beneath. 3. S. glauca. 



I<eaf-blades green on both sides. 



Peduncles of pistillate plants fully twice or four times as long as the 

 petioles during anthesis. 

 Peduncles about twice as long as the petioles in fruit : spines on lower 



part of stem numerous, bristle-like. 4. S. hispida. 



Peduncles 3-4 times as long as the petioles in fruit : spines few, stout 

 and rigid or wanting. 5. S. Pseudo-China. 



Peduncles of pistillate plants barely twice as long as the petioles. 



6. .S. Bona-nox. 

 Peduncles of pistillate plants shorter than the petioles or barely surpassing 

 them. 7. 5'. rotundifolia. 



1. Smilax herbacea L. Carrion-flower. (Man. p. 276; I. F. y. 

 10^0. ) In woods and thickets, N. B. to N. Dak., Fla., La. and Neb. — Penn- 

 sylvania : Northampton; Bucks; Lancaster; Franklin; Hunt- 

 ingdon ; Chester ; Delaware ; Allegheny. 



2. Smilax tamnifolia Mich X. Halberd- lE.wed Smilax. (Man. p. 

 276 ; L F.y. loji.) In drj' soil, N. J. and Pa. to S. C. and Tenn. — Penn- 

 sylvania : Delaware, Tinicum. 



3. Smilax glauca Walt. Glaucous-leaved Greenbrier. (Man. 

 p. 276 ; I. F. /". /ojj. ) In dry sandy soil, Mass. to Kans., Fla. and Tex. — 

 Pennsylvania : Monroe ; Northampton ; Bucks ; Chester ; Lancas- 

 ter ; Franklin ; Delaware, Tinicuni ; Montgomery ; Schu\'lkill ; 

 Allegheny. 



4. Smilax hispida Muhl. Hispid Greenbrier. (Man. p. 277 ; I. F. 

 /. 10^^. ) In thickets, Out. to Minn., Neb., Va. and Tex. — Pennsylvania : 



Northampton ; Lancaster ; Franklin ; Huntingdon ; Allegheny ; 

 Somerset ; Fulton. 



5. Smilax Pseudo-China L. Long-sTalked Greenbrier. (Man. 

 p. 277 ; I. F.y. /o^6.) In dry thickets. Pa. to Neb., Fla. and Tex. — Penn- 

 sylvania : Allegheny ; Clearfield ; Huntingdon ; Franklin. 



6. Smilax Bona-nox L. Bristly Greenbrier. (Man. p. 277 ; I. F. 

 y lo^j.) lu thickets, Mass. 10 Kans., Fla. and Tex. — Pennsylvania : 



Delaware. 



7. Smilax rotundifolia L. Greenbrier. CaTbrier. (Man. p. 277; 

 I. F.y 10^ f.) In woods and thickets, Ont. to Minn., Fla. and Tex. — 

 Penrisylvania : ]\Ionroe ; Northampton ; L.^.NCASTER ; Chester ; 

 Lackawanna ; Somerset ; Franklin ; Schuylkill ; Delaware ; 

 Allegheny. 



Order 9. A1VLA.RYLLIDALES. 



Stamens 6. 



Upright herbs : flowers perfect. Fam. i. Amaryllidackae. 



Twining vines : flowers dioecious. Fam. 2. Dioscoreaceae. 



Stamens 3 Fam. 3. Iridaceae. 



