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AriBORlCTUiAI AND FRUTICETUM. 



I'ART in. 



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

 Loddiges's. 



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



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1460. ; WiUd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 780. ; Mart. Mill., No. 10. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., 

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



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

 ( WiUd.) A deciduous cHmber, 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 SSpain ; and he describes it as ri.sing to the height ot 

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

 is said to be a native of Canada, and introduced before 1 759 ; but Martyn 

 says that it was introduced in 1775, by iNIr. 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 Linnaeus; but Professor Martyn appears to 

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

 climates so different as those of Canada, South America, and China. There 

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



§ iii. Stalks unarmed, 4-a?iglcd. 

 L 12. S. Bo\\A No'x L. The Bona nox,or 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. ; I'ursh h'\. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 249. 

 Synonymes. S. aspcra India- occidentalis Batth. Pin. ; S. fbliis l^tis, &n., Ptuk. Plnjt., 348. ; S. 



variegata Wnlt. Fl. Car., 244. 

 Engrnving. Pluk. Phyt., t. 111. 1". 1. 



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

 point, ciliated, 7-nerved. (ll'i/hl.) A native of North America, in the 

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

 Horfu.1 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 Pliilc. Phi/t. t. 111. f. 3. There are plants in the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden. 



^ 13. S. latiko'lia B. Br. The broad-leaved Smilax. 



h/fnfificafion. 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, 5-ncrveil; 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- l-i. S. quadrangula'ris Muhl. The four-angled Smilax. 



Identification. 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 our fig. 2386. 



Spec. Char., <$-c. Stem prickly, tetragonous. Leaves un- 

 armed, ovate, acute, 5-nerved. {Willd.) A native of 

 North America. Introduced in 1812, and flowering in 

 June ami July. 



Description, Sfc. A weak twining shrub, with 4-angled 

 glabrous branches, covered with pale sf)Ots. Leaves gla- 

 brous, alternate, deltoid-orbicular, 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, fihform, 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, 

 in the Botanic Garden, Twickenham. 



There are plants 



