208 SMILACINEAE brown. (Smilax.) 



aculcis rectiusculis, stipularibus, robusiioribus, compressis. Fo- 

 lia sparsa, subdcltoidco-ovata, ufroque latere interdum obsole- 

 iissime rcpanda, Icvissime cordata, acutato-mucronata, reliculato- 

 quinquenervia, ncrvis subtus prominentibus, interdum basim 

 versus denticulis purpurcis rcinotis spinulosis instructa, mcm- 

 branacea, obsolete pellucido-Iincolata, concoloria, opaca, glabra, 

 bipollicaria, 19-20 lin. lata. Petioli glabri, medio bicirrati, infra 

 cirros vaginato-marginati, 3-4 lin. longi ; cirris filiformibus, spi- 

 raliter tortis. Umbcllac axillarcs, solitariae, laxe multiflorae; 

 pedunculo 9-10 lin. longo, exsiccato compresso. Flores pedicel- 

 lati, magnitudine floris S. asperae; pediccllis capillaceis, glabris, 

 basi bracteola fultis, vix 3 lincas longis. Perigonium bexapbyl- 

 Ium, membranaccum, viridulum?, glabrum, cglandulosuin ; folio- 

 lis lanceolatis, acutis, uninerviis, intcrioribus vix miuoribus, 

 omnibus infernc campanulato-connivcntibus, superne i"ecurvatis. 

 Alabastrum oblongo-clavatum, obtusum. Stamina 6, fundo pe- 

 rigonii inscrta ipsoque parum breviora, crecta. Antbcrae gcne- 

 ris, lineares, acutiusculae, flavidac, longitudine filamenti, apertae 

 revolutae. Rudimentum pistillinum nullum. Planta fcminea: 

 Ramuli cxsiccati sulcato-quadrangularcs, inermes. Folia sparsa, 

 subrotundo-ovata, acutato-submucronata, lcvissime cordata, ima 

 basi in pctioluiu angustata, reticulato-quinquenervia, nervis sub- 

 tus prominentibus, utroque cxtimo saepe magis minusve pro- 

 funde bifido, intcgcrrima, mcmbranacea, obsolete et rariter pel- 

 lucidn-Iineolata, concoloria, utrinque glabra, 2|-poIIicaria, duos 

 polliccs lata. Pctioli 5-6 lin. longi, supra basim bicirrati, infra 

 cirros vaginato -membranacei, glabri; cirris filiformibus, spirali- 

 bus. Umbellae axillarcs, solitariae, pcdunculatae, densc multi- 

 florae; pedunculo subpollicari , glabro , exsiccato compresso. 

 Flores pedicellati, masculis magis dimidio minores ; pediccllis 

 tres lineas longis, capillaccis, glabris, basi bractcolatis. Pcrigo- 

 nium 6-pbyllum, mcmbranaceum, glabrum , dcciduum; foliolis 

 lanceolatis, acutiusculis, unincrviis, subaequalibus, campanulato- 

 connivcntibus. Stamina castrafa (quot?) capillacea, ovario multo 

 breviora. Ovarium sessile, oblongum, obtusum, glabrum, peri- 

 gonio | brevius, uniloculare!; ovulo solitario, pcndulo, oblongo. 

 Columna stylina tcrminalis, brevissima, decidua. Stigmata 3, ob- 

 longa, interne sulco exarata? et papillosa, revoluta. (Dcscr. juxta 

 specimina Engclmanniana.) Dcscriptio speciminis Sprcngeliani 

 sequitur : Ramuli quadrangulares, flexuosi, inermes, glabri. Fo- 

 lia disticbo-sparsa, subdeltoideo-ovata, utroque latere obsoletis- 

 sime rcpanda, acutato-mucronata , basi truncato-rotundata, ima 

 basi in pctiolum dccurrentia, reticulato-quinquenervia , nervis 

 subtus prominentibus, intcrdum basim versus denticulis perpau- 

 cis minutissimis spinulosis instructa, membranacca, pellucido- 

 liucolata, glabra, supra nitida, subtus pallidiora, 25-27 lin. Ionga, 

 18-19 lin. lata. Petioli 4 lineas longi, supra basim vaginantem 

 bicirrati, glabri; cirris tenuibus, spiraliter tortis. Umbellae 



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