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and July. A very handsome species, of which there are plants at Messrs. 

 Loddiges's. 



-i 11. 5'. CADU^CA L. The deciduous Smilax. 



Idetitification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1460. ; Willd. Sp. PI., i. p. 780. ; Mart. Mill., No. 10. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., 

 ed. 2., 5. p. 389. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 250. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Stem round, prickly. Leaves unarmed, ovate, .3-nerved. 

 ( Willd.) A deciduous climber, with a flexible stem, armed with a few short 

 spines, black at the tip. According to Miller, he received this plant from 

 Carthagena, in New Spain ; and he describes it as rising to the height of 

 30 ft., and having thick heart-shaped leaves. In the Hortus Kewensis, it 

 is said to be a native of Canada, and introduced before 1739 ; but Martyn 

 says that it was introduced in 1775, by Mr. William Young. A species 

 was found in China by Loureiro, which he calls S. cadiica; and the descrip- 

 tion of it agrees with that of Linna2us ; but Professor Martyn appears to 

 think it improbable that the same species should be a native of three 

 climates so dift'ereut as those of Canada, South America, and China. There 

 are plants of S. caduca at Messrs. Loddiges's. 



§ iii. Stalks unarmed^ ^-angled. 



A- 12. S. Bo^NA No'x L. The Bona nox, o?" ciliated, Smilax. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1460. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 781. ; Mart. Mill., No. 11. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., 



ed. 2., 5. p. 389. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 249. 

 Synonymes. S. aspera Indise occidentalis Bauh. Pin. ; S. fbliis I^tis, &c., Pluk. Phi/t., 348. ; S. 



variegata Walt. Fl. Car., 244. 

 Engraving. Pluk. Phyt., t. 111. f. 1. 



Spec. Char., S,-c. Stalks unarmed, angular. Leaves cordate-ovate, with an acute 

 point, ciliated, 7-nerved. ( Willd.) A native of North America, in the 

 woods of Carolina and Georgia ; cultivated by Miller, according to the 

 Hortus Kewensis, before 1739, and flowering in June and July. Plukenet 

 mentions a variety, which he has figured under the name of S. B. caroli- 

 niana Pluk. Phi/t. t. 111. f. 3. There are plants in the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden. 



fl^ 13. S. latifo'lia R. Br. The broad-leaved Smilax. 



Identification. Brown Prod., 293. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 5. p. 390. 



Spec. Char. ^c. Stem unarmed, angular. Leaves ovate ; base half-heart-shaped 

 or obtuse, glabrous, 3-nerved ; petioles bearing tendrils. (Brown.) A native 

 of New Holland. Introduced by Sir Joseph Banks, in 1791. It was first 

 placed in the green-house, but has since been found to stand out at Kew. 



fl- 14. 5. quadrangula^ris Muhl. The four-angled Smilax. 



IdentifUation. Muhl. in Flora Dan. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 5775. ; Wats. 



in Dend. Brit., t. 109. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 249. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 109. ; and o\xx fig. 2386. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Stem prickly, tetragonous. Leaves un- 

 armed, ovate, acute, 3-nerved. (Willd.) A native of 

 North America. Introduced in 1812, and flowering in 

 June and July. 

 Description, ^c. A weak twining shrub, with 4-anglcd 



glabrous branches, covered with pale Spots. Leaves gla- 

 brous, alternate, deltoid-orl)icular, with an entire margin; 



subcordate at the base, and obtusely acuminate at the 



point, with a short, glabrous, grooved, and reddish petiole. 



Tendrils 2, from a sheath at the base of each petiole ; 



long, filiform, and glabrous. The berries are black. A 



native of North America, in woods, on the edges of 



ponds, from Pennsylvania to Carolina. It was introduced 



in 1812, and is occasionally to be met with in collections. There are plants 



in the Botanic Garden, Twickenham. 



