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SMILACEJE. (sMILAX FAMILY.) 
ed to somewhat fiddle-shaped or rounded-halbert-shaped, dilated at 
the base, green and shining both sides , with 3 distinct and several ob¬ 
scurer lateral nerves; peduncles longer than the slender petioles and 
the pedicels. (S. panduratus, Pursh.) —Thickets in sterile or sandy 
soil, New Jersey and southward. 
4. S. glaiica, Walt. Branches terete or nearly so, sparingly 
prickly ; leaves glaucous underneath , ovate, sometimes heart-shaped, 
mucronate, 3-5-nerved; peduncles 2-3 times the length of the peti¬ 
oles and pedicels. (S. Sarsaparilla, Willd. S. spinulosa, Torr.f) — 
Long Island ? New Jersey, and southward. Branchlets and upper 
face of the leaves often glaucous also when young. 
5. S. Pseudo-Cllina, L. Stems and branches terete, un¬ 
armed ; leaves (large) ovate-oblong , the lower heart-shaped, pointed, 
strongly 5-nerved, green both sides , rough on the margins ; peduncles 
flat , thrice the length of the petioles. —New Jersey (Pursh.) and south¬ 
ward. 
* * Leaves broad, thin, entirely deciduous: prickles bristle-like. 
6. S. hispida, Muhl. Stem terete, densely beset belotc with 
shining-brown weak, and slender prickles; the flowering branches often 
naked ; leaves ovate, mostly heart-shaped, pointed, bright green both 
sides, strongly 5-nerved; peduncles 2-3 times the length of the peti¬ 
oles , 6 - 10-flowered. ( Torr. FI. JV*. Y.) —Moist thickets, W. ^ eW 
York to Michigan, common. June. — Stem climbing high, thick as 
the thumb at the base. Leaves 3* - 5 f long, minutely rough on the 
margins : peduncles - 2' long. 
* * * Leaves narrow , very thick and evergreen. 
7. S. laurilolia, L. Stem prickly near the base; leaves lan¬ 
ceolate or oblong, shining, 3-nerved; peduncles not longer than the 
pedicels. — Pine barrens of New Jersey and southward. August. 
§2. Coprosmanthus, Torr. — Stem herbaceous, not prickly: ovules 
in pairs in each cell: leaves long-petioled , thin. 
8. S. lierbacea, L. (Carrion-Flower.) Stem erect and 
recurving, or climbing ; leaves ovate-oblong or rounded , mostly heart- 
shaped , 7 - 9 -nerved, mucronate or pointed, smooth ; tendrils some¬ 
times wanting; peduncles elongated (3'-4 f long, or often 6'-8' and 
much longer than the leaves), 20-40-flowered.—Var. pulveru- 
lenta (S. pulverulenta, Michx . S. peduncularis, Muhl.) has the 
leaves more or less soft-downy underneath. — Moist meadows an 
river-banks, common. June. — Stem 2P - 6° long. Leaves very va¬ 
riable : petioles 1/—3 ; long. Flowers exhaling the stench of carrion. 
9. S. tamnifolia, Michx. Stem upright or climbing; leaves 
heart-halbert-shaped , 5-nerved, mucronate, smooth ; peduncles longer 
than the petioles. (S. tamnoldes, Pursh., not of L.) — Pine barrens, 
New Jersey and southward. — Leaves abruptly narrowed above the 
dilated heart-shaped base, tapering to the apex. 
