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569. Smilax Mauritanica, Poir. 



a. P'loworiii(5 twig. 



Hort. Bot. ; Grenoble; 19 June, 1857; M. Verlot. 

 (" Smiliix Maurilanica" of the Bot. Gardens.) 



570. [Smilax omata, Hook, f.] Smilax officinalis, H. B. K. 



a, b. Leaves. 



c. Leaf and stem. 



d. Loaf and roots. 



a, h, Royal ganlcns, Kew ; L") Sept., 1873. r, d, Ditto; 



21 March, 1871. 

 These specimens have quadrangular stems with compressed 



prickles at the angles, and a few prickles on the 



mi<lrib of the leaves, and the roots have the orange 



tint of the Jamaica root. 

 a, h. Leaves and quiidiangiilar prickly stem and detached 



root. 

 Government Botanical gardens, Castleton, Jamaica ; 



received from J. H. Kemble, Kingston, Jamaica ; 



2 Dec, 1871. 

 • [The stems are quadrangular, with compressed prickles at 



the angles, and the leaves are oblong lanceolate, not 



cordate as in the Kew plant ; the roots correspond 



in appearance with the orange-coloured Jamaica 



sarsapaiilla of commerce.] 



c. Leaves onlj'. 



d. Flowering tA\ng and detached flower. 



Sarsaparilla from Patia, New Granada ; E. B. White ; 

 1869. 



In an extract from a letter by Mr. White to Dr. J. D. 

 Hooker, Mr. White says : " My Patia Smila.r has a 

 quadrangular stem with thorns on the angles, and 

 all the common sorts have round stems." 



e. Flowering twig and detached flower. 



Aspinwall : along the sea beach, climbing over bushes ; 



15 Sept., 1862 ; No. 638 ; S. Hayes. [Leaves 



small, lanceolate, coriaceous ; stem round, not 



prickly.] 

 /. Leafy twig, with fruit. 



Eiver Sogamozo, New Granada; Jno. Weir; 1864. 



To this specimen is attached an extract from the " Proc. 



Roy. Hort. Soc.,'' May, 1864, relating to this plant. 



