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g. Seedling plants (two specimens). 



(1) Gro-wm from seeds brought from the river Sogamozo, 



New Granada, by J. Weir, 1864. 



(2) Seedling plant found in commercial Sarsaparilla ; 



E. A. Webb ; 1871. 



h. Flowering twig with detached section of stem. 



River Sogamozo, New Granada ; J. Weir ; 1864. Re- 

 ceived wth flowers and fruit in alcohol and dried 

 root and stem. [The stem is rounded with horizontal 

 woody prickles]. 



With these specimens are tracings of "3789," Smilax papy- 

 racea, H. B. ; " Caudex tenuis teres, flares pallide viiidex 

 Fl. Nigro ad fludi Xibarii ostia, Dec, 1854;" and 

 "160," leaves and fruit of Salsaparilha do Rio Negro 

 (R. Spruce). 



Traced from specimens in Herb. Hooker ; 6 April, 1871. 

 {The stem is in the Museum]. 



571. Smilax Schombuigklana, Eth. 



ft. Leafy stem with detached fruits. 



Common about Panama ; June, 1862 ; Sutton Hayes ; 

 No. 630. 

 b. Leafy stem of female plant with flowers and detached 

 flowers. 

 Common in the woods about Panama; 25 Sept., 1862; 

 S. Hayes. [Stem round, furrowed with horizontal 

 laterally compressed prickles, and a few prickles on 

 lower side of midrib.] 



572. Smilax Vitiensis, Seem. "Wa-rusi or Kadragi." 



a. Flowering twig. 

 Viti or Fiji Islands. 



Collected by Dr. B. Seemann ; 1860. [See Seemann Fl. 

 Vit., p. 310.] 



Tribe II. AspaeagkjE. 



573. Asparagus sp. "Kareh." 



n. Flowering branch. 



[India 1 No locality given.] 



