SMILACINEAE brown. (Smilax.) 241 



Hinc S. oxyphyllae, inde sequenti proxima , diflTerf al> hac 

 pcdunculis supra basim (ncc medio) arficulafis, al> illa ramulis 

 angulatis, foliis la(ioribus, pefiolis ccirrafis, vaginis apice ufro- 

 quc solutis, pccliccllis brcvioribus et robusfioribus. 



100. S. MorSANIANA. Glabra ; ramis teretiusculis, sfriafis, 

 valde aculeatis ; foliis ellipfico-oblongis, acuminatis, siibinucro- 

 natis, in pctiolum angustatis, cotnplicato -recurvatis, 5-nerviis, 

 subcoriaccis, cxlineolatis ; pedunculis (masculis) axillaribus, sim- 

 plicibus, supra medium bibracteatis, muliifloris, petiolum dorso 

 carinafum superanfibus ; perigonii foliolis lanccolatis, acutiuscu- 

 lis, infcrioribus minoribus ; antheris aperlis oblongis, obtusis, 

 filamcnfo quadruplo brevioribus. — Sierra Lcona. (Morsan dc- 

 dif.) ^) — Rami tcretiusculi, striati, glabri, flexuosi, aculcis 

 subulatis leviter recurvatis sparsis horridi. Folia sparsa, cllip- 

 tico-oblonga, acuminafa, submucronata, basi in pctiolum an- 

 gusfata , complicato - recurvafa, reticulato- quinquenervia, ncrvis 

 tribus intcrmcdiis subtus acuto-promincntibus, exfimis valde te- 

 nuibus, margini approximatis, subcoriacea, cxlincolafa, glabra, 

 sublus pallidiora, 3|-pollicaria, 20-21 lin. lafa. Pefioli 6-7 lin. 

 longi, dorso carinato-acutanguli, inferne vaginafi, infra medium 

 infcrdum cirris duobus abbrcviatis instrucfi. Vaginulac axillares 

 latissimae, vcnfricoso-carinatac, apice acufato-mucronafae et levi- 

 ter recurvafae, umbcllas, ubi adsunt, sfipantes, juvenilcs involu- 

 crantes. Umbellae masculac axillarcs, solitariac, multi-(sub-40-) 

 florac; pedunculo 10 lin. longo, robusto, supra medium arficu- 

 lafo, bracfeis 2 opposifis ovatis acuminafis insfrucfo ; reccpfa- 

 culo globuloso, bracteoloso, magnifudinc graui cannabis. Florcs 

 magnitudinc S. asperae; pedicellis tenuibus, glabris, 4 lin. lon- 

 gis. Perigonium hexaphyllum, glabrum; foliolis lanccolatis, acu- 

 tiusculis, membranaceis, olivaceis, ferrugineo-lineolatis, campa- 

 nulato-conniventibus, supcrne rccurvatis, intcrioribus minoribus. 

 Stamina 6, fundo perigonii inserta ipsoque paulo brcviora. Fi- 

 lamcnfa clongata, torfa, fusca. Antherae gencris, apcrfae ob- 

 longae, obtusae, albidae, filamenfo. quadruplo breviorcs, revolu- 

 tac. Rudimcnfum pisfillinum nullum. 



101. S. ZoLLlNGERI. Glabra; ramulis subangulafis, acu- 

 leis parvis subcurvatis conspcrsis ; foliis ovato-cllipficis, acumi- 

 nalis, apice complicato-rccurvatis, basi in petiolum angusfafis, 

 5-nerviis, rigido-membranaceis, exlineolatis ; pedunculis (mascu- 

 lis) axillaribus, simplicibus, supra basim bibractcatis, multifloris, 

 petiolum dorso carinatum supcrantibus ; perigonii foliolis obfu- 

 sis, cxfcrioribns oblongo-lanceolatis, interioribus lincaribus; an- 

 theris aperfis oblongis, obfusis, filamento paulo brevioribus. 

 Smilax no. 493. Zolling. Herb. Jav. *) — Java. "^j — Ramuli 

 tlcxuosi, subangulati, laevcs, glabri, aculcis parvis subcurvaiis 

 hinc indc obsiti, cincreo-fuscescentes. Folia sparsa, ovato-ellip- 



c ) Fide Zolling. eadem ac Smilax no. 505. a me haud visa. 

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