140 LILIACEAE 
4. T. undulatum, Willd. Parnrep WAKE-RoBIN. Leaves with leaf 
stalks and with long narrow points. Petals lance-shaped or lance ovate, 
nearly equal at the extremities, edges wavy, longer than the green sepals. 
Flowers on nearly erect flower stems (pedicels) white, beautifully marked 
with pink veins which distinctly color the throat. Stem 8 to 12 in. high. 
Common in woods. April-June. 
5. T. nivale, Beck. Earty WAKE-ROBIN. Plant 2 to 6 in. high. 
Leaves on leaf-stalks, the blade 1 to 2 in. long, broadly oval. Flower 
on a flower stem 1 in. long, bent or curved beneath the leaves. Petals 
white, oblong or oval. Woods, Penna. and southward. March-May. 
Trise VI.—SMILACOIDEAE. Smitax TRIBE 
Woody or, in Nos. 1 and 2, herbaceous vines, climbing by ten- 
drils, arising from large tubrous rootstocks. Pistillate and 
staminate flowers on different plants, in rounded umbels, generally 
on long pedicels. Segments of the perianth 6, small, white; 
stamens inserted at the base of the perianth segments. Berry 
globular, 3-celled, with 1 or 2 seeds in each cell. 
One family, SMILACEAE, and only one genus. 
SMILAX, L. 
Which has the characters named above. 
Herbaceous, annual plants . . . . . . «. « S. herbacea and S. tamnifolia 
Woody perennial vines. 
Stems all armed with prickles . . S. glauca, S. rotundifolia and S. hispida 
Smaller stems without prickles. 
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Herbaceous Annual Plants 
1. §. herbacea, L. Carrion Frower. Stem round or slightly angled, 
very smooth, green, bushy, with slender branches. Leaves oblong-egg- 
shaped, 7-nerved. Flower stems longer than leaf stems. Woods and 
thickets of our area. April-June. 
2. §. tamnifolia, Michx. (Fig. 3, pl. 15.) HALBERD-LEAVED SMILAX. 
Climbing or erect, smooth light green. Leaves heart-shield-shaped, 
5-nerved. Flower stems much longer than leaf stems. Southern New 
Jersey and Penna., and southward. May-July. 
Stems woody, perennial 
Stems armed with many prickles. 
3. S. glauca, Walt. (Fig. 1, pl. 15.) GLAUCUS-LEAVED GREENBRIAR. 
Stem round or the smaller branches slightly 4-angled. Leaves broadly 
ovate or rarely heart-shaped at base, thick, 3-nerved. Leaf stems bearing 
tendrils. Flower stems considerably longer than leaf stems, Dry soil, 
eastern Mass. and southward. May-June, 
