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and rigid but rather slender prickles ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, (on young 

 plants often somewhat panduriforra,) smooth on both sides, glaucous be- 

 neath, 3 — 5 nerved, ( Torr. N. Y. Ft.) ^. Sarsaparilla Linn, (in part.) ? 



Sandy woods. N. Y. and N. J. Torr. T7 — Stem 3 — 6 feet long, trailing or 

 climbing. Leaves 2 — 3 inches long, often dilated at base, cuspidate. 



Spinulose Greenhrier. 



3. S. robundifolia Linn. : stem prickly, nearly round ; leaves unariped, 

 roundish-ovate, acuminate, slightly cordate, 5-nerved ; common peduncles 

 Bcarcely longer than the petioles. 



Moist woods. Can. to Car. June. T^. — Steni, climbing upon trees and 

 bushes, with strong tendrils. Flowers yellowish-green, in small globose axillary 

 umbels. Berry bluish-black, spherical. Common Greenbrier. 



4. (S". hispida Michl. : stem round, the lower part very hispid ; branchlets 

 angular ; leaves ovate, acute, mostly cordate at the base, 5-nerved, smooth 

 and green on both sideSj margins crenulate; peduncles twice as long as 

 the petioles. {Torr.N. Y. Fl.) 



Woods. N. Y. Penn. and Mich. June, T^ . — Stem climbing. Flowers 4 — 6 

 in an umbel. Berry black. Hispid Greenhrier. 



5. S. caduca Linn. : stem prickly ; leaves ovate, mucronate, 5-nerved ; 

 common peduncles longer than the petioles. 



Moist woods. Can. to Car. June. I7. — Stem 8 — 10 feet long, flexuous, 

 leaning or climbing, somewhat angled. Flowers yellowish-green, in sm&ll axil- 

 lary umbels. Berry bluish-black. ^ Caducous Greenhrier. 



6. S. laurifolia Linn. : stem prickly ; branches unarmed ; leaves coria- 

 ceous, oval-lanceolate, slightly acuminate, 3-nerved ; umbels on very short 

 peduncles. 



Boggy woods, N. J. to Geor. June — Aug. \i. — Stem climbing to a great 

 height. Leaves somewhat crowded, coriaceous and perennial. Peduncles 

 scarcely as long as the pedicels. Laurel-leaved Greenhrier. 



7. S. pandurata Pursh : stem prickly ; leaves ovate-panduriform, acu- 

 minate, 3-nerved ; common peduncles twice as long as the petioles. (S*. 

 tamnoides Ell. not of Linn. 7 



Sandy woods. N. J. to Car. July. T^. — Stem twining, round. Leaves 

 Bmooth and shining on both sides. Berry black. 



Pandurifoi-m-leaved Greenhrier. 



** Stem herbaceous, unarmed. 



8. S. herbacea Linn. : stem erect or climbing, nearly simple, angular ; 

 leaves ovate or oblong, cordate, acuminate, (sometimes obtuse ;) peduncles 

 very long, compressed, S. peduncularis Muhl. 



Meadows and woods. Can, to Car, May, June. %. — Stem 3 — 5 feet 

 long, climbing or leaning on other plants. Flowers yellowish-green, fetid, nu- 

 merous, in globose axillary umbels of about an inch in diameter. Berry bluish- 

 black. Carrion Flower. 



2. SMILACINA, Z^es/.— Smilacina, 

 (The diminutive of ajiiXa^, to which thi« genus, however, has little resemblance.) 

 Perianth 6- (rarely 4-) parted, spreading. Stamens as many 

 as the segments of the perianth and inserted at their base. 



