Order 14G.— ROXBURGHIACE^J. 703 



eeous, oval-lanceolate or oblong, varying to linear, 3 to 5-veined (the lateral veins 

 marginal), cuspidate, acute at base, evergreen ; petioles and ped. short, the latter 

 sometimes pauieled; berries black, 1 -seeded. — N. J. to Ga. A vigorous, ever- 

 green ciimber, ascending trees to a great height. St. with a few scattered prickles. 

 Lvs. numerous, very thick and smooth, 2 to 4' long, often more abrupt at ap«x 

 than base. Jn. — Aug. 



10 S. lanceolata L. St. aculeate below, terete, branches and unarmed branch- 

 lets subangular, lvs. membranous, lanceolate and lance-ovate, varying to ovate (in 

 the $ plants), 5-veined, acuminate-cuspidate, narrowed at base to a short petiole 

 which is twice longer than the very short peduncle ; berries 1 to 3-seeded, red uutil 

 ripe when they are also perfectly black. — Damp woods coastward, Va> to Fla. A 

 stout vine, often 1' diam. and 40f high on trees. Lvs. 2 to 4' long, a third to 

 two-thirds as wide, ped. 1 to 5" long, 10 to 20-flowered. Jn., Jl. (S. alba Ph). 

 Closely related to No. 9. 



11 S. pumila Walt. Unarmed, low; branchlets terete, pubescent; lvs. ovate, 

 cordate, acutish, 3 to 5-vcined, shining above, soft pubescent beneath; ped. as 

 long as the petiolo ; berries red, 1 to 3-seeded. — Shady rich soils, S. Car. to Fla. 

 and La. Quite different in habit from our other species. St. 1 to 3f long, run- 

 ning along on the ground. Lvs. perennial, becoming firm, 2 or 3' long, varying 

 from oblong-ovate to roundish-ovate, always cordate. Ped. 6 to 8" long, with 

 small, white flowers and berries red when ripe. Oct. (S. pubera Mx.) 



12 S. herbacea L. Caerion Flower. St. herbaceous, terete, erect, simple, 

 glabrous; lvs. pubescent beneath, crowded toward the summit, ovate, 5 to 7 -veined, 

 cuspidate, rounded or subcordate at base, on petioles a third as long ; ped. not • 

 twice longer than the petioles; berries red, becoming bluish-black when fully ripe, 

 2 to 3-seeded. — Thickets and low grounds, Can. and U. S. St. 2 to 3f high, 

 without tendrils. Lvs. 3 to 5' long, two-thirds as wide, more or less downy be- 

 neath. Ped. 2 to 3' long, with an umbel of 8 to 16 yellowish-green flowers of a 

 sickening odor. Apr. — Jn. 



13 S. lasioneuron Hook. St. terete, climbing, subsimi>le, unarmed; lvs. oblong, 

 broadly -ovate, cordate, rounded and mucrouate at apex, 7-veined, glaucous and 

 hispid-pubescent on the veinkts beneath, glabrous and green above ; ped. a little 

 longer thrfn the petiole, many-flowered ; tendrils from the base of the petioles. — 

 Thickets, Ind., HI., Wis. and Can. Sts. slender, several feet long. Ped. much 

 shorter than the leaves, which aro often 5' by 3 , beautifully fringed on the veins 

 beneath. 



14 S. peduucularis MuhL Tall Carrion Flower. St. herbaceous, angular, 

 tall, striate, inclining or leaning, branched ; leaves 7 to 9-veined, ovate, acuminate, 

 glabrous, glaucous, especially beneath, rounded or subcordate at base, the lower 

 subtriangular, petioles a third as long, bearing 2 filiform tendrils at base ; ped. 

 much longer than the leaves, co-flowered ; berries red, at last blue G-secded. — 

 Damp thickets and meadows, Can. and U. S. St. 3 to 6 to 8f long, its slender 

 summit nodding or climbing. Lvs. 2 to 4' long. Ped. 5 to 6' long, 30 to 50- 

 flowered, greenish, with a disgusting odor. May, Jn. 



15 S. tamnifoiia Mx. St. herbaceous, tcrcto, climbing; lvs. long-petiolod, 5- 

 veiaed, glabrous, subtriangular-hasiate, cordate, tapering to the obtuse apex, base 

 lobes rounded, upper lvs. lanceolate ; ped. longer than the petioles ; (berries bluish- 

 1 lack, Dr. Gray) — K J. to Car. (Michaux.) (S. tamnoides Ph.) 



Order CXLVI. EOXBURGIIIACE 



Shrubby plants with twining or creeping stems and many-veined, netted leaves^ 

 Flowers perfect with a 4-parted, petaloid, persistent perianth. Stamens 4, on thu 

 lowest base of the segments. Ovary free, oblique, 1-eelled. Pericarp follicular ? at 

 lerjgth 2-valvcd. Seeds several, costate, fimbriate-ariilate. 



A small Order, of 2 genera (now that Croomia is addod) and 5 species, Roxburgh}* 

 grows in the hotter parts of K. India. 



©COK'IA, Torr. (In honor of the late II. B. Croom of Florida.)— 



