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- DIOECIA HEXANDRIA 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 776- Pursh, 1. p. 249. Nutt. 2. p. 238. 

 S. Glauca, Walt. p. 245. Mich. 2. p. 237. , 



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* Stem 4-angled, prickly, prickles scattered, subulate, incurved. Leaves 

 two inches long and upwards, ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate, dilated and then 

 suddenly contracted into a petiole, glaucescent underneath, with three dis- 

 tinct and two obscure nerves. Willd. Peduncles long. Flowers small. 



Bcrnes black, 3-seeded. . 



Grows in rich soils; sometimes found in those that are dry. 



Flowers June — July. 



6. OvATA. Pursh. 



S. subinermis; foliis 

 mermibus, ovatis, acu- 

 tis, cuspidatis, 3-neivi- 



bns, concoloribiis 



5 



dunciilo 



pe 



olis breviore. 



commuQi peti 



Generally unarmed; 

 leaves unarmed, ovate, 

 acute, cuspidate, 3- 

 nerved, uniformly co- 

 loured; common pedu- 

 cle shorter than the pe- 

 I tiole* 



Pursltj 1. p, 249. Nutt. 2. p. 238. * 



I refer to the S. Ovata of Pursh the sea-shore species of Smilax so remark- 

 ,able for the fragrance of Us flowers. Stem nearly terete, unarmed, branch- 

 ing, geniculate and covering the small shrubs over which it grows* Leaves 

 perennial, ovate and oval, generally obtuse, always mucronate, 3-nerved, 

 reticulate, on short petioles. Flowers in small umbels, common pedicel 

 about half an inch long. Corolla greenish, very fragrant- Berries black? 



Grows in dry sandy soils, common on the sea islands near the margin ol 

 the ocean. 



Flowers June and July. 



7. Lanceolata. Lin, 



S. inermis: foliis lan- 



a 



ceolatis ovatisque, 

 cutis vel acuminatis, 3 

 -5 nervibus, glaberri- 



perennanlibus: 



mis 



umbellis inultifloris, pe 



dunculis brevibiis. 



E. 



Unarmed; leaves 

 lanceolate and ovate, 

 acute or acumijoate, 3 



5 nerved, very gla- 



brous, perennial; um- 



bels 



many 



flowere 



peduncles short 



Sp. pi. 4. p. 783. Puish, 1. p. 250. NuU. 2. p. 238 

 ' ^. Psciido Cliina? Walt. p. 24 1, 



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