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1. S. herbacea L. CARRION FLOWER. Stem herbaceous, erect, 

 simple or branched, not prickly, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves few, ovate, 

 acute, and mucronate at the apex, somewhat heart-shaped at the 

 base, 5-7 -nerved, thin, smooth above, downy below, the upper some- 

 times whorled and the lower bract-like; petiole short. Peduncles aa 

 long as the leaves, growing from below the petiole. Umbel many- 

 flowered, flowers carrion-scented. Berry blue-black, 2-4-seeded. Dry, 

 fertile soil.* 



2. S. Walter! Pursh. GREEN-BRIER. Stem low, with few prickles, 

 2-5 ft. long; branches slightly 4-angled, unarmed. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate to oval, obtuse or acute at the apex, rounded or cordate 

 at the base, 5-ribbed, smooth. Peduncles flattened, about as long as 

 the petioles and pedicels. Berry bright red, ripening the first year. 

 Wet pine barrens.* 



3. S. rotundifolia L. GREEN-BRIER, CAT-BRIER, DOG-BRIER, 

 HORSE -BRIER, WAIT-A-BIT. Stem green, strong ; branchlets, and 

 sometimes the branches, 4-angled, armed with stout hooked prickles. 

 Leaves ovate or round-ovate, with a slightly heart-shaped base and 

 an abruptly pointed tip. Berries black, with a bloom. Thickets, the 

 commonest species N. E. 



4. S. glauca Walt. GREEN-BRIER. Stem cylindrical, slender, 

 with scattered prickles, branches angled and usually without prickles. 

 Leaves ovate or subcordate, pointed at the apex, mostly 5-nerved, 

 smooth, white beneath, with a bloom, margin entire. Peduncle flat- 

 tened, 2-3 times as long as the petiole, few-flowered. Berry black, 

 3-seeded. Margin of swamps.* 



5. S. Bona-nox L. BAMBOO VINE. Stem stout, cylindrical or 

 slightly angled, scurfy when young, armed with numerous stout 

 prickles. Branches 4-angled, usually unarmed. Leaves triangular, 

 ovate, or often halberd-shaped, 5-7-ribbed, smooth on both sides 

 and often discolored ; margins usually fringed with fine prickles. 

 Peduncles twice as long as the petioles, flattened. Umbels many- 

 flowered; pedicels short. Berries 8-20 in a cluster, black, 1 -seeded. 

 In swamps and thickets.* 



11. AMARYLLIDACEJE. AMARYLLIS FAMILY 



Mostly smooth perennial herbs, from bulbs. Leaves basal, 

 with no distinction between petiole and blade. Flowers borne 

 on a scape, nearly or quite actinomorphic. Stamens 6. Style 1. 

 Limb of the 6-parted, corolla-like perianth epigynous. Ovary 

 3-celled, Capsule 3-celled, several-many-seeded. 



