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rather a specimen of Gronovius, also studied by Linnaeus, 
now in the Gronovian herbarium in the British Museum. The 
description of Linnaeus is word for word from Gronovius, 
except for the addition of the phrase ‘‘racemis ovato-oblongis,”’ 
inappropriate for any Smilax whatever. ‘‘Smilax caule tereti 
inermi: foliis inermibus, caulinis cordatis, ramorum lanceo- 
latis; pedunculis longissimis,’’ Gronovius, Fl. Virg. 156. 1742, 
citing Clayton’s Nos. 541,561 and 630, is represented in the 
herbarium by Nos. 561 and 630 (for No. 541 see above note 
under S. herbacea). These two numbers are identified by © 
Dr. A. B. Rendle as both the same as No. 541, that is, as genuine 
Smilax herbacea L. For the verification of these two Linnaean 
types I am indebted to Dr. B. Dayden Jackson, of the Linnaean 
Society of London, and to Dr. A. B. Rendle, of the British 
Museum. 
Smilax inermis Walt. Fl. Carol. 244. 1788. Type, presumably 
from Berkeley County, South Carolina, not verified. 
Smilax peduncularis Muhl.; Willdenow, in Linnaeus, Sp. PI., ed. 
4, 4: 786. 1806. ‘Habitat in Canada, Pensylvania.” 
Type not verified. 
Nemexia nigra Raf. Neogenyt. 3. 1825. New name for S. 
herbacea L., but apparently intended for the black- ruts 
S. pulverulenta Michx. 
Nemexia cerulea Raf. l.c.3. 1825. New name for S. peduncularis 
Muhl 
Coprosmanthus peduncularis Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 264. 1850. 
Coprosmanthus herbaceus Kunth, I. c. 265. 1850. 
Smilax herbacea a Simsii A. DC. Monogr. Phan. 1: 51. 1878. 
““S. herbacea Sims, Bot. Mag. pl. 1920... From figure and 
description evidently a narrow-leaved form of S. herbacea. 
Smilax herbacea B peduncularis A. DC. I. c. RY. 3670. 
Nemexia herbacea Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 280. 1903. 
Smilax herbacea crispifolia Pennell, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 
62: 559. I9g10. “ Type.—Serpentine, Mineral Hill, Delaware 
County, Penna., F. W. Pennell 594, coll. Sept. 6, 1908, in 
Herb. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.’ A narrow, rigid-leaved form 
of dry soils, probably identical with S. herbacea Simsii. 
Most woodlands, spring-heads, and near streams; more rarely, 
