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and rigid but rather slender prickles ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, (on young 

 plants often somewhat panduriform,) smooth on both sides, glaucous be- 

 neath, 3 5 nerved. ( Torr. N. Y. PL} S. Sarsaparilla Linn, (in part.) 7 



Sandy woods. N. Y. and N. J. Torr. }^Slem 36 feet long, trailing or 

 climbing. Leaves 2 3 inches long, often dilated at base, cuspidate. 



Spinulose Greenbrier. 



3. S. rotundifolia Linn. : stem prickly, nearly round ; leaves unarmed, 

 roundish-ovate, acuminate, slightly cordate, 5-nerved; common peduncles 

 scarcely longer than the petioles. 



Moist woods. Can. to Car. June. fy- Stem climbing upon trees and 

 bushes, with strong tendrils. Flowers yellowish-green, in small globose axillary 

 umbels. Berry bluish-black, spherical. Common Greenbrier. 



4. (S. hispida Muhl. : stem round, the lower part very hispid ; branchlets 

 angular ; leaves ovate, acute, mostly cordate at the base, 5-nerved, smooth 

 and green on both sides, margins crenulate ; peduncles twice as long as 

 the petioles. ( Torr. N. Y. Fl.} 



Woods. N. Y. Penn. and Mich. June. \i . Stem climbing. Flowers 4 6 

 in an umbel. Berry black. Hispid Greenbrier. 



5. . caduca Linn. : stem prickly ; leaves ovate, mucronate, 5-nerved ; 

 common peduncles longer than the petioles. 



Moist woods. Can. to Car. June. ^3. Stem 8 10 feet long, flexuous, 

 leaning or climbing, somewhat angled. Flowers yellowish-green, in small axil- 

 lary umbels. Berry bluish-black. Caducous Greenbrier. 



6. <S. laurifolia Linn. : stem prickly ; branches unarmed ; leaves coria- 

 ceous, oval-lanceolate, slightly acuminate, 3-nerved ; umbels on very short 

 peduncles. 



Boggy woods. N. J. to Geor. June Aug. T^. Stem climbing to a great 

 height. Leaves somewhat crowded, coriaceous and perennial. Peduncles 

 scarcely as long as the pedicels. Laurel-leaved Greenbrier. 



7. /S. pandurata Pursh : stem prickly ; leaves ovate-panduriform, acu- 

 minate, 3-nerved; common peduncles twice as long as the petioles. S. 

 iamnoides Ell. not of Linn. ? 



Sandy woods. N. J. to Car. July. 17. Stem twining, round. Leaves 

 emooth and shining on both sides. Berry black. 



Panduriform-leaved Greenbrier. 



** Stem herbaceous, unarmed. 



y. S. herbacea Linn. : stem erect or climbing, nearly simple, angular ; 

 leaves ovate or oblong, cordate, acuminate, (sometimes obtuse ;) peduncles 

 very long, compressed. S. peduncularis Muhl. 



Meadows and woods. Can. to Car. May, June. 1\.. Stem 3 5 feet 

 long, climbing or leaning on other plants. Flowers yellowish-green, fetid, nu- 

 merous, in globose axillary umbels of about an inch in diameter. Berry bluish- 

 black. Carrion Flower. 



2. SM1LACINA. Desf. Smilacina. 



(The diminutive of ffpXa|, to which thii genus, however, has little resemblance N 



Perianth 6- (rarely 4-) parted, spreading. Stamens as man) 



as the segments of the perianth and inserted at their base. 



