440 LILIACEAE. [Smilax. 
Trunk dividing ; leaves linear; Een funnel- a ates Lascending 
1 
ovule in each ce ; 3. Dracaena. 
Sthiwiees: leaves keeled, flow wers racemose in a 
inal panicle; perianth rotate; sie ‘short and thick; ovules ; 
4. Astelia. 
Herbaceous; lea 
panicle eiees be of peianthd distinct; filaments short and thick; 
revi filiform ; ovules several 5. Dianella, 
1. SMILAX, L. 
Dioecious. Segments of perianth 6, distinct, spreading or vou all 
equal or the 3 outer ones larger. ale fl. Stamens generally ut in 
the Hawaiian species 12—18, inserted at the base of the asia free ; 
the anthers basifixed, dehiscing internally. Fe f r 
re ate veins, usually coriaceous and shining; the petioles bearing 
2 simple tendrils and often winged below them (adnate stipules), Flowers 
small, greenish-white, in sessile or pedunculate axillary umbels, often 
orming terminal i Sor with bract-like leaves. 
ne dred eighty seven species, dispersed over the tropical and aster 
regions of the Base world. — Our species belong to the small subgenus or sec 
Seeceetiae, Seem., which is confined to the. Hawaiian, Viti and N Shoptiten ia Islands, 
differs in the p resence of more than 6 stamens in the male flow 
Un armed; leaves Seatie ordate or orbicular che E is 
More or sin prickly; leaves ovate-oblong . : : : 2. 8. metastomacfolia. 
1. S. Sandwicensis, Kunth, Enum. Pl. V, 253. — A tall climber — 
broadly ovate, 3—5‘ « 2—4! jo! 9 abruptly acuminate or cuspidate, gee 
cordate with narrow sinus, coriaceous, 5—7-nerved, glossy, dark green, 
with minute pellucid Pu and lines in the dark areoles. Petioles 6”; 
twisted, bicirrhose between middle and base and slightly margined below 
the cirrhi. Umbels in both sexes 1—3 from an axillary bud or spur, 
each supported by an ovate bract of 2—4” in length. Peduncles com- 
ssed, 9—12”, bearing 12—20 pedicels on a globose receptacle, each 
3—6" long, seivelets at the base and supported by a small bracteole. 
Perianth 4—6", white, its segments linear- -lanceolate, equal, spreading in 
the male, revolute in the female fl. Stamens 1 12—18, rarely less or more 
8—2 , as long as the perianth or longer; anthers linear, erect, 1/3 
the length of thé flattened filaments, curved or twisted at last. No trace 
of ovary in the male fl. Fem. fl. Ovary trigonous, surrounded by 6 sterile 
stamens. Ovules 2 (or 1) in each cell, pendulous. Stigmas distinct, ee ‘ 
thick, revolute. Berry globose, 3—4", green or bluish, 3-seeded. Seeds 
