SMILACINEAE brown. (Smilax.) 249 



lum, crassinscaluin, glabrum, viridi-flavum?, ferrugineo-striatu- 

 luin, dcciduum ; foliolis crassiusculis, obtusis, infcrne latioribus, 

 campauulato- conniventibus, superne recurvatis; exterioribus an- 

 guste oblongis ; intcrioribus paulo brevioribus, lincaribus. Fi- 

 lamciita sterilia, filiformia, ovario adpressa eoque brcviora. Ova- 

 rium scssile, oblongum vcl cllipticum, trigonumr, glabrum, pcri- 

 gonio dimidio brevius , 3-locuIare ; ovulis solitariis, pciululis, 

 dimidiato-ovatis, ortbotropis. Stigmata 3, in columnam crassam 

 triangularem, ovario paulo breviorcm connata, apicc libcra, ro- 

 tuudato - crassiuscula, papillosa. Umbellae fructiferae longius 

 pedunculatae, oligocarpae; pcdunculis propriis 8-11 lin. longis, 

 angulatis; rcccptaculo fructifcro globoso, magnitudine grani pi- 

 pcris, dcnse bracteoloso: bracteolis rotundatis. Baccac globosae, 

 nudae, glabrac, monospermae?, magniludiu.e pisi; suppetentes 

 iiumaturac et carie corruptae; pedicellis 4-5 lin. longis. — Rox- 

 burgb specicm suam sic exposuit: Smilax macropbylla; scan- 

 dcns; canie ramisque cylindricis et aculeatis ; foliis subrotundis, 

 5-nerviis, nitidis ; umbellis femineis paucis in jjedunculo communi 

 axillari. Radix percnnis, subtubcrosa. Caules siibberbacei. Fo- 

 lia brevitcr petiolata, 6-8-pollicaria. Petioli carinati, margine 

 alati, bicirrati. Pedunculi feniinei in ramos 2-3 divisi. Umbellae 

 in ramis solitariae, subglobosae. Flores viridi-flavi. Foliola 

 perigonii intcriora angustiora. Bacca rubra, glabra, 1-2-sperma, 

 magnitudine pisi. 



113. S. OVALIFOLIA Roxb. Ind. 3.794. Wight. Ic. pl. Ind. 

 orienf. 3. /. 809. Caule cylindrico, armato ; foliis incrmibus, 

 ovalibus, glabris, 5-7-ncrviis; petiolis cirriferis ; umbellis compo- 

 sitis. Roxb. — Iiulia oricntalis, in sepibus, sylvis aliisque locis 

 agrestis. "^j — Radix tuberosa. Caulis scandens, lignosus; acu- 

 lcis robustis, incurvis. Folia breviter petiolata, 5-7-pollicaria. 

 Petioli canaliculati, alati. Pcdunculi ct pedicclli teretcs, glabri, 

 colorati. Bracteae 2 ad basim pediinculorum, reflcxae. Scpala 

 feminea revoluta, cxteriora majora. Bacca rubra, glabra, suc- 

 cosa, 2-3-sperma. Roxb. Valdc affinis vidctur S. Cliinae, nil 

 nisi forma major Kari Vilandi liheed. Mal. 7. I. 31. (Wigbt.) 



114. S. ViLLANDIA Hamitt. in IVall. Cat.no. 5123. Royle's 

 Illustr. of tfie botany of the Ilimalay. mount. 1. p. 384. /. 94. 

 /'. 2. Caule tcrcti, aculcis conicis recurvis armato; foliis ellip- 

 ticis, mucronatis, 5-nerviis , mcmbranaceis, laevibus ; pctiolis 

 cirrifcris; umbcllis utriusque scxus multifloris , pedunculatis, 

 subgeminatis. Royle. S. macropbylla Roxb. Flor. 3. 793/ — 

 Mussooree, Morung Hill. "^ — Similis Kari Vilandi Rheed. Mal. 

 7. /. 31., quae tamen aculeis crcbrioribus armata. 



Spccies bujus sectionis incomplete notae, nonnullae dubiae. 



115. S. ZEYLANICA Linn. Fl. Zeyl. 364. Ej. Sp. 1459. 

 (Rumph. 5. /. 161.) Gaertn. Fruct. 1. 59. /. 10. fg. 7. Poir. 

 Encycl. 6. 467. IVilld. Spec. 4. 775. Rlume, Enum. 1. 7. Wall. 



