SMILACIXEAE bbown. (Smilax.) 221 



siriati, angulaii, glabri, flcxuosi, inermos. Folia sparsa, oblonga, 

 acuininata, intioronata, basi in pcfiolum decurrcntia, coinplicala, 

 reticulato -quinqucncrvia, ncrvis subtus promincntibus, cxtimis 

 margiiiantibiis, obsolefe et rariter pellucido-lincolata, mcmbrana- 

 cea, glabra, subtus vix pallidiora, complicato-subcurvata, 3-3-- 

 pollicaria, 13-15 lin. lata. Pctioli 4-5 lincas longi, supra basim 

 bicirrati?, glabri. Umbellae axillares, solitariae, brevissime pc- 

 dunculatae, pluri-(10- ctc.)florae; pedunculo 1 - 1 i lin. longo, 

 glabro; rccepfaculo globoso, bracteolato, magniludine grani can- 

 uabis. Flores pcdiccllati, magnitudine S. asperae; podicellis 2-3 

 lin longis, tenuibus, glabris. Perigoniuin 6-phyllum, mcmbrana- 

 ccuin, glabrum, deciduum; foliolis ovato-lanccolatis, oblusiuscu- 

 lis, frinerviis?, campanulato-conniventibus ; intcrioribus angustio- 

 ribus ct parum brcvioribus. Filamenfa castrafa (3?), linearia, 

 squamaeformia, pcrigonio triplo breviora. Rudimcntum pistilli- 

 num perigonium subaequans. Ovarium clliplico - oblongum, ses- 

 silc, glabrum, trilocularc; ovula in loculis solitaria, pcndula, 

 orfbotropa , obliquc ovalo- clliptica. comprcssa. Stigmata 3, 

 scssilia, clongata, tereli-lincaria, inierne papillosa, patula, apice 

 rccurvafa, ovario ^ brcviora. (Descr. juxta specimcn Horb. 

 rcg. c Louisiana, a Ilook. missum.) Planfa fructifera: Rami 

 angulafi, glabri , snbflexuosi , inermcs. Folia sparsa, ovata, 

 acutafa, basi in pefiolum cunoalo-angusfafa, reticulato-quinquc- 

 norvia, ncrvis subtus promincnfibus, ufroque cxtimo a margine 

 rcmofo, mcmbranacca, obsolctc et subfilissime pellucido-puncfu- 

 lala, glabra, subfus glauccsccntia ?, 2i-2|-pollicaria, 17-18 lin. 

 lafa. Pctioli 3-4 lin. longi, supra basim bicirrafi. Umbellae 

 fructifcrac, axillaros, solifariac, polycarpae ; pcdunculis 2r-3 lin. 

 longis, glabris. Baccae suppetcntes immafurao, nudae, globo- 

 sae, triloculares; pedicollis duas lincas longis, glabris. Semina 

 iu loculis solitaria, pcndula, suppctcnlia immatiira, subrotuiulo- 

 comprcssa. (Dcscr. juxfa spccimcn cx Arkansas ab Engolmannio 

 sub nomiuc S. caducac missum.) An vcre hujus spocici? — 

 Dcscriptio plantae prope Novum Aurelianum lcclae ct a G. En- 

 gclmauno sub nomine Smilacis lanccolatae cum ? missac (an spe- 

 cies distincfa?*)) scquitur: Planfa mascula: Ramuli acufanguli, 

 obsolcte sfriati, inermcs, flexuosi, glabri; squamis axillaribus 

 latissimis, carinatis, abruple acutatis. Folia sparsa, oblonga ct 

 ovato-lanccolala, acuminata, mucronafa, basi in pctiolum decur- 

 rentia, reticulato-quiiiquenervia, nervis tribus intcrmediis robus- 



°) Smilax Eng;clmanniai)a nuncupanda cliaracteribns sequcntibus: 

 Inermis, glabra ; ramulis acutanj>ulis; foliis obloiifj;is vel ovato-lanceola- 

 tis, acuminatis, mucronatis, in petiolum decurrentibus, 5-nerviis, membra- 

 naceis, exlineolatis ; pedunculis axillaribus, solitariis, paucifloris?, petio- 

 lum subaequantibus ; perigonii foliolis Ianceolatis, acutis; interioribus 

 vix minoribus; antberis apertis anguste oblongis, filameuto triplo qua- 

 druplove brevioribus. — Affinior S. rotundifoliae? 



