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pressed, berries black, ombels globose. oflen 100 

 flowers. N. Amer. 



9 18, Nemexis cerulea R. neog. Sm. pedun- 

 cularis Mg. O. — It differs hy leaves smooth 

 ovate acute cuspidate glaucous beneath, berries 

 blue, stem angular, fewer flowers. N. Amer. 



949, Var. oblongata, differs by stem slender 

 terete, ieaves ovatoblong concolor — is it a sp ? 

 fl. not seen. Alleghanies. 



950, Nemexis elliptica Raf. humilis angulosa, 

 fol. apice quaternis, omnis ellipt. ntrinque acutis 

 concolor, 5nervis erosis ; pedunc. compressis 

 contortis fol. brevior, umbellis non globosis — 

 Alabama, 6 to 12 inches hii;h, leaves uncial, pe- 

 tiols as long, pedicels of fl. flexuose, petals lan- 

 ceol. acute, berries not seen. 



951, Nemexis glauca Raf. humilis, caule te- 

 reto igracilis, fol. alt. longe pet. deltoideis oblon- 

 gis acutis trinervis utrinque levigatis glaucis, 

 basi truncatis — Florida, neither fl, nor fruits, 

 but evidently distinct, leaves half size of others 

 narrow uncial, glaucous on both sides, petiols 

 filiform. 



DILAX Raf. diff. Smilax, 6 sepals lanceol. 

 reflexed, stam. G erect equal, fl. fem. stig. 2 li- 

 g!ilatis simplex, baccis ovalis compr. 2Ioc. 2sp. 

 fraticosus erectus^ fol. alt. pedunc. longissi' 

 mis umbellatis — near Nrmexis by peduncles, 

 but differing as Clintonla does from Vagnera. 



952, Dilax muricata Raf. (an Sm, tamnifol. 

 nonulis?) caule basi fruticoso angulato, angulis 

 muricatis, fol. brevi pet. ovatis, basi subcord. 

 acum, Snervis retic. margine scabris, glauces- 

 cens ; pedunc. compressis longissimis, umbellis 

 10-1.5floris, baccis ovalis — Fiorida, quite differ- 

 ent from Sm. muricata, perhaps one of the ob- 



