356 MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



dra] inserted into the base of the divisions of the perianth* 

 rarely hypogynous. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules I or several in 

 each cell ; style usually trifid ; stigmas 3. Fruit a roundish 

 berry. Seeds with a membranaceous (no't black or brittle) 

 integument ; albumen fleshy cartilaginous ; embryo usually 

 remote from the hilum. 



Herbs or undershrubs usually climbing. Leaves sometimes 

 with' reticulated veins. 



1. SMIL AX. Linn. 



Dioecious. Perianth campanulate-spreading, 6-parted. 

 STERILE FL. StamensG. FERTILE FL. Ovary I. Styles 

 3. Stigmas 3. Berry globose, 3-celled. 



IHoccia. Hexandria. 

 * Stem frutescent. 



* 1. & qvadrangularis Wittd. : prickly ; stem 4-angled, unarmed above; 

 leaves unarmed, ovate, subcordate, acute, 5-nerved. 



HAB. Dry woods. Penn. to Car. Juno, July. 11- Berries 

 black. Pursh. 



2. S>. sarsaparilla Linn. . stem prickly, slightly 4-angled ; leaves 

 unarmed, ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate, somewhat 5-nerved, glaucous 

 beneath ; common peduncle longer than the petioles. 



HAB. Swamps. Penn. to Car. June, July. If. Stem climb- 

 ing, with scattered prickles. Flowers small. Berries black, 3- 

 seeded. 



3. <S. rotundtfolia Linn. : stem prickly, nearly round ; leaves unarm- 

 ed, roundish-ovate, acuminate, slightly eordate, 5-nerved ; berries sphe- 

 rical. 



HAB. Moist woods. Can. to Car. June. If. Stem climbing 

 upon trees and bushes, with strong tendrils. Umbels small, on 

 short axillary peduncles. Berries black. 



4. SL caduca Lino. / prickly ; leaves ovate, mucronate, 5-nerved ; 

 common peduncles scarcely longer than the petioles. 



HAJB. Dry fields. Can. to Car. June. ^>. Stem flexuous, 

 somewhat angled. Pedicels of the flowers as long as the com- 

 mon peduncle. 



5. S. laurtfolia Linn. : prickly ; branches unarmed ; leaves coriace- 

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

 short peduncles. 



HAB. Boggy woods. N. J. to Geor. June Aug. *>. Stem 

 climbing to a great height. Leaves somewhat crowded, coriace- 

 ous and perennial. Peduncles scarcely as long as the pedicels. 



6. S. pandurata Pursh. : prickly ; leaves ovate-panduriform, acumi- 

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

 tarnnoides Ell. not of Linn. .? 



