SMILACEJ2. 357 



HAB. Sandy woods. N. J. to Car. July. J?.Stem twining, 

 round. Leaves smooth and shining on both sides. Berries black. 



7. & pseudo-china Linn. : unarmed ; leaves unarmed ; cauline ones 

 cordate ; those of the branches ovate-oblong, 5-nerved ; peduncles 

 very long. 



HAB. Sandy woods. N. J. to Car. May, June. V- R ot 

 large, tuberous. Stem climbing.. Lower leaves distinctly cordate. 



** Stem herbaceous, unarmed. 



8. S. herbacea Linn. : stem angled, erect, simple ; leaves on long pe- 

 tioles, oval and cordate-ovate, acuminate, nerved, pubescent beneath ; 

 the lower ones alternate ; the upper ones verticillate and crowded ; 

 peduncles very long, compressed. 



HAB. Woods. N. Y. to Car. June, July. U.Stem 23 feet 

 high, with 1 2 small branches. Leaves, when young, oval or 

 ovate ; when old, slightly cordate. Berries black. 



9. & peduncularis Muhl. : ^tem round, climbing ; leaves roundish- 

 ovate, cordate, acuminate, 9-nerved ; umbels on very long peduncles. 



HAB. Low woods. Can. to Penn. June. If. Stem climbing 

 by stipular tendrils, 3 5 feet high. Flowers small, greenish, in 

 simple umbels, fetid. Peduncles 4 6 inches long. 



2. STYRANDRA. Raf. 



Perianth 4-parted, spreading. Stamens 4, divergent. Ber- 

 ry 2-ceIled. Tetrandria. Monogynia. 



OBS. After a most careful examination of the subject, I have deter- 

 mined to adopt the views of Mr. Rafinesque, in regard to the Linnsean 

 genus Conrallaria. The habit and flowers of these plants are so wide- 

 ly different, that it is almost impossible to present any collective cha- 

 racters. I am as much opposed as any one, to unnecessary division^ 

 but the very purpose of botanical arrangement is frustrated when a 

 genus is allowed to have such an unnatural range. See Raf. Med. Bot. 

 ii. 84. 



S. bifolia Raf. : stem 2-leaved ; leaves on short petioles, eordate-ob- 

 long, very smooth on both sides ; raceme simple, terminal ; flowers 

 tetrandrous. Convattaria bifolia Linn. Smilacina canadvnsis Pursh. 

 Mayanthemum canadense Desf. 



HAB. Shady woods. Can. and N. S. May. 1. Stem 46 

 inches high. Floicers white, small. Agrees in habit with the 

 next genus, but differs in being tetrandrous and in having a 2- 

 celled berry. 



3. SMILACINA. Desf. 



Perianth 6-parted, spreading, Stamens 6, divergent, at- 

 tached to the base of the segments. Berry globose, 3-celled. 



Hexandria. Monogynia. 



