130 AiT. Bor. 



lax do L. Virg. to Louisiana, stem terete rugose 

 leaves obl. thick coriaceous reticul. 3nerve, 

 smooth acute at both ends, ombels multifl. sub- 

 sess. on a capitate pedunclo, formed of abortive 

 fl, 'l'his G. differs fr. Smilnx by berry raono- 

 spertn, one stigma, fem. fl. with 3 abortive sta- 

 mens &.c. Lofty vine, 



945, Parilnx pnmila Raf. neog. 36 Sm. pu- 

 mila Walt. Elhot, pubera Mx. humble prostrate 

 Vine, leaves obl. cordate acute hairy beneath, 

 ombels asLin last, berries ovate acute red, El- 

 liot calls them white — I suspect that Sm. lanceo- 

 lata and heterophyla belong to this G. the om- 

 bels are similar. 



ANIKETON Raf. diff. Smilax. fl. capitalis 

 calix parvus tripartitus, masc. stam. 3 ? fem. ca- 

 lix brevissimis, baccis monosp. capitatis — near 

 Parillax, habit similar but fl. not umbellate, the 

 name is grecian for Suiilax. 



946, Aniketon coriaceum Raf. inermis, ra- 

 mis angulatis flexuosis, petiolis amplex. fol. 

 perennis coriaceis ellipt. obtusis vel retusis un- 

 datis glaucescens, glabris, 5 nervis, rugoso-re- 

 ticulatis, capitulis petiolis subeq. brevissime pe- 

 duncul. baccis giobosis rubris — Cuba, found by 

 Jalainbic, leaves uncial, flowers and berries mi- 

 nute. 



NEMEXIS Raf neog. .37, distinct habit,her- 

 baceous, some leaves opposite or vertic, flovvers 

 in multiflore ombels on long peduncles, sepals re- 

 flexed, stamens filiform, 6 sterile in fem. fl. 3Io- 

 bate stigmas, berry 3Ioc. 6sp. by abortion 3-46»p. 

 — The name means 6 threads, I had onjy 2 types 

 in 1825, I now have 4 species if not 5. 



947, Nemexis nigra Raf. neog. Smilax her- 

 bacea L. O. known by cordate leaves, pubes- 

 cent beneath, acum. 5-7n«rved, peduncles com- 



