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Scandent over shrubs and trees in woods ; leaves ovate or ovate-oval, 7 to 13 

 cm. long, cordate at the base, short-pointed, lustrous. " Zarz6n " (Tamaulipas). 



Specimens referred by De Candolle to S. candelariae A. DC.^ belong here 

 perhaps. 



5. Smilax mexicana Griseb. ; Kunth, Enum. PI. 5: 167. 1850. 

 tSmilax oUusa Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulph. 175. 1844. 



Smilax costaricae Vatke, Linnaea 40: 223. 1876. 



Smilax gaumerii Millsp. Field Mus. Bot. 1: 357. 1898. 



Sinaloa to Guerrero, Yucatan, and Tamaulipas. Central America. 



Scandent shrub with angulate branches ; leaves lanceolate to broadly ovate- 

 oval, 5 to 17 cm. long, lustrous ; umbels on long or short peduncles ; fruit black. 

 " Bejuco de chiquihuite " (Tabasco) ; " bejuco diente-de-perro," " zarza " (Gue- 

 rrero) ; " xcoche " (Yucatan, Maya) ; " zarzon " (Costa Rica). 



The species has been reported from Mexico as S. cumanensis Willd. The 

 leaves are very variabfe in shape, as in most species of the genus. 



6. Smilax domingensis Willd. Sp. PI. 4: 783. 1806. 

 Smilax schlechtendalii Kunth, Enum. PI. 5: 224. 1850. 



Smilax domingensis m'lcroscola Robinson, Proc. Amer. Acad. 35: 323. 1900. 



Veracruz, Puebla, Tabasco, and Chiapas. West Indies ; type from Santo 

 Domingo. 



Leaves lanceolate or ovate, 7 to 15 cm. long, thick, lustrous, acute to long- 

 acuminate. "Alcacatza " (Puebla); "chiquihuite" (Tabasco); "bejuco de 

 membrillo," " dunguey," " dunguez bianco" (Porto Rico). 



7. Smilax glauca Walt. Fl. Carol. 245. 1788. 



? Smilax jalapensis Schlecht. Linnaea 18: 451. 1844. 



Smilax discolor Schlecht. Linnaea 18: 454. 1844. 



Veracruz. Eastern United States ; type from the Carolinas. 



Stems terete, armed with stout scattered prickles ; leaves broadly ovate, 6 to 

 10 cm. long, acute or rounded at the apex, usually truncate at the base; fruit 

 bluish black. 



8. Smilax erythrocarpa Kunth, Enum. PI. 5: 234. 1850. 

 Described from Mexico ; reported from the Valley of Mexico. 



Branches terete, armed with short straight prickles or unarmed ; leaves ovate- 

 oblong, 8 to 10 cm. long, acutish at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the base. 



9. Smilax densiflora A. DC. in DC. Monogr. Phan. 1 : 88. 1878. 

 Described from Toluca, Mexico ; reported also from " San Miguel." 



Stems terete, unarmed ; leaves ovate, 3 to 5 cm. long, 5 or 7-nerved, acuminate 

 at the apex, obtuse or subcordate at the base. 



10. Smilax moranensis Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. 9 ': 389. 1842. 

 Veracruz and Hidalgo, and probably elsewhere; type from Moran, Hidalgo. 

 Stems terete, aculeate; leaves lanceolate or ovate, 5 to 9 cm. long, 5 or 



7-nerved, acuminate; fruit 6 to 7 mm. in diameter. 

 According to De Candolle, this is the " mecapatli " of Hernandez. 



11. Smilax medica Schlecht. & Cham. Linnaea 6: 47. 1831. 



Veracruz and San Luis PotosI; type from Papantla, Veracruz; reported 

 from Tamaulipas. 



Stems angulate, unarmed or sparsely prickly ; rhizome slender, striate, covered 

 with whitish or purplish bark ; leaves ovate or oblong, 10 to 20 cm. long, often 

 lobate, 7 or 9-nerved, entire, sometimes prickly beneath ; fruit 8 to 10 mm. in 

 diameter. " Zarzaparrilla," " nanahuapatle," " quauhmecapatli," " quaumeca- 



* In DC. Monogr. Phan. 1 : 70. 1878. 



