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Leaves glabrous beneath. Bracts on stem below leaves 
appressed : 
tem 3-5 dm. tall, erect, without tendrils. Leaves all 
clustered near summit of stem, oblong-ovate, acute. 
Perianth-segments 2-3 mm.long. Seeds 4.5-5 mm. 
long, maturing two to a berry. 
Stem elongated, climbing, with tendrils. Leaves on 
adult stems all alternate, cordate to ovate, acumi- 
nate. Perianth-segments 3-4 mm n See 
3.5-4 mm. long, maturing three to five to a berry. 4. S. herbacea. 
Leaves Sete to pubescent beneath. Bracts on 
m below leaves more or less spreading. 
sia: elongated, climbing, with numerous tendrils. 
all in the axils of normal leaves. 
Leaves puberulent to pubescent beneath, acu- 
minate. Seeds maturing three to five toa berry 
Perianth-segments 3.5-4.5 mm. long. fmiee 
o cordate. 
Perianth-segments 2-2.5 mm. long. Leaves tri- 
S. biltmoreana. 
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. S. lasioneuron. 
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. S. tenuis. 
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angular-ovate. 
Stem not or slightly elongated, not climbing, with 
w to no tendrils. Peduncles, at least in part, 
in the axils of bracts below the leaves. Leaves 
pubescent beneath. 
Perianth-segments 4-5 mm. long. Seeds maturing 
three to five toaberry. Leavesacuminate, paler 
beneath. Stems frequently somewhat elongated 
and with tendrils. 
Perianth-segments 2.5-3 mm. long. Seeds 
turing two to three to a berry. Leaves acute to 
mucronate, whitened beneath. Stems not elon- 
gated, very rarely with tendrils. 
Mature leaves shining-green beneath, strongly acuminate. 
Berries black, not or scarcely glaucous. i 
three to 
five to a berry. Perianth-segments lanceolate, 
9. S. pulverulenta. 
S. ecirrhata. 
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. S. Hugeri. 
4-6 mm. long. 
. SMILAX TAMNIFOLIA Michx. 
Smilax tamnifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: a 
Carolina.” Description of leaves as 
apparently applies to this. Type not verified. 
Coprosmanthus tamnifolius Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 267. 
Nemexia tamnifolia Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 281. 1903. 
Moist sandy soil near streams, in the Coastal Plain; Long 
Island to South Carolina. 
Flowers after the other species, 
Long Island in late-June and early-July. 
1803. ‘‘Hab. in 
“ sotundato-obtusis ”’ 
1850. 
in northern New Jersey and on 
