1. Smilax. ] 86. 1ILIACEJE. 



winged and wing more or less auricled one or both ends. 

 Umbels in axillary and terminal panicles '3-6" long with 

 nsually a zig-zag rachis and 3- (1-4-) nate slender peduncles 

 about 1" long. Bracts at the nodes inconspicuous, usually 

 under |". 



A very distinct species (though apparently sometimes confused with 

 S. macrophylla, vide F.B.I., p. 310) found in ravines in Singbhum. 

 Fls. Feby.- April. Fr. Nov. 



Branchlets terete or angled, prickles under £". L. 5" by 2\' to 7\" by 4fc" 

 obtuse vith a short deflexed cuspidate tip, base rounded sub-acute or sob- 

 cordate with 2 lateral basal nerves and two others connate with mid-rib to 

 about §" above the base. Petiole stout about $-§" above the winged 

 sheath, the cirrhi arising at the apex of the wings. Common peduncle 

 1-2*. M. special peduncles slender 1-H", F. |-1£". Pedicels \-\\M. sep t 

 linear-oblong |". Petals linear as long, 1-nerved. F. sep. rather broader 

 about ? V teo&d, petals much broader than in the M.telow, the upper half 

 ultimately breaking off leaving the almost ovafe-lanceolate base, often 2- 

 nerved. Sepals and petals recurved in both sexes. Staminodes 3 fili- 

 form. Berry red ?-fV long, not quite as broad. 



2. S. macrophylla, iRoxb. Atkir, K., 8. \ Ranpawan, 

 Kharw. 



Habit of last but attaining a larger size sometimes 1" 

 diam. L. broadly ell. or orbicular, sheath not winded 6r 

 auricled. Umbels 1-3 rarely 5, in axillary cymes rarely 3* 

 long on short peduncles less than the diam. of the umbel. 

 Bracts at the nodes ovate or truncate over J". 



The common Smilax of Chota Nagpur, found in all the districts, 

 frequent in the valley forests. Fls. Ayril-June. Fr . Nov.Jany Sub- 

 deciduous in' May. 



Branches quite terete or with 4 lines. Prickles small. L. 6" by 5" to 

 12" by 12" with a short hard cusp as in prolifera, base rounded or sub- 

 cordate or suddenly acute and decnrrent on the petiole usually 7-costate* 

 sometimes even 9-costate in the larger leaves, 3 often produced as ribs 

 on the petiole. Base of petiole sheathing, triangular in section, enclosing 

 a hard bud, sheath not broadly winged, but its edges infolded and meeting 

 above at the base of the petiole proper where the two cirrhi thus arise 

 almost base to base. Common -peduncle £-1". M. special peduncles £- , .£". 

 F. \-\". Pedicels H"> or f in iruit. Berry H 7 diam. globose, mj-seedad, 

 seeds biconvex. 



A preparation from the root is applied for rheuriatifon and pains in 

 the lower extremities, Camp. 



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