504 , SMILACE.E. (SM1LAX FAMILY.) 



ruptl.. pc.inted, mostly rounded or slightly cordate at the base; peduncles few- 

 lowered, flattened; berry 3 seeded, blue-black. Swamps in the middle and 

 itppfi: districts. June. Plant yellowish green. Leaves 2'-4' long. 



'.. S. lanceolata, L. Stem tall, mostly unarmed ; branches terete ; leaves 

 evergreen, rather thin, varying from lanceolate to oblong-ovate, acute at each 

 end, 5-ribbed, paler beneath ; peduncle terete, as long as the petiole, manv- 

 Howered; stigmas 3; berry globular, 3-seeded, Rich woods and margins of 

 swamps. August. Stem climbing high, Rootstock tuberous. Leaves 3'- 

 4' long. 



10. S. Havanensis, Jacq. Branches angular, prickly; leaves coria- 

 ceous, ovate or roundish, obtuse or emarginate, H'-2' long, the thick margins 

 mostly prickly ; peduncles as long as the petioles ; flowers small, globose in 

 the bud ; berries " purple." - Coast of South Florida (Curtis). 



2. COPROSMANTHUS, Torr. 



Cells of the ovary 2-ovuled. Stems herbaceous, unarmed. Peduncles and 

 petioles elongated. Berry blue-black. Otherwise like Smilax. 



1 . C. ecirrhatUS. Stem erect ( 1 - 3 high), mostly simple, leafy above ; 

 leaves few, oblong or oval, mucronate, pubescent, 5-nerved, the upper ones 

 whorled, the lower bract-like ; peduncles few (3' -4' long), below the leaves ; 

 berry 2 -3-seeded. (Smilax ecirrhata, Watson.) Dry fertile soil. June. 



2. C. peduncularis, Kuntli. Stems curving or climbing (3-5 long), 

 branched, leafy ; leaves alternate, round-cordate, acuminate, smooth ; peduncles 

 numerous, axillary (4'- 6' long); berry 6-seeded. (Smilax, M/i/il.) Rich 

 soil in the upper districts. June. Flowers fetid. 



3. C. tamnifolius, Kuntli. Stems erect or climbing ; leaves hastate, 

 cordate, obtuse, mucronate, 5-nerved. smooth, the upper ones narrower ; pedun- 

 cles longer than the petioles; berry 2 -3-seeded. (Smilax, Miclix.) Pine 

 barrens, South Carolina, and northward. July. 



3. TRILLIUM, L. 



Flowers perfect. Perianth 6-leaved, the three exterior leaves calyx-like, 

 persistent, the interior withering. Stamens 6, inserted at the base of the 

 perianth. Filaments short : anthers actuate, linear, 2-celled. Ovary 6-ribbed, 

 3-celled, with numerous anatropous horizontal ovules in each cell. Styles or 

 stigmas 3, slender, stigmatic within, recurved, persistent. Fruit a roundish 

 C) siiled many-seeded purple berry. Low perennial herbs, with tuberous 

 rootstocks, and simple mostly solitary stems, which are sheathed at the base, 

 and terminated with a whorl of three broad leaves and a single sessile or pe- 

 duiiled showy flower. 



* Flower sessile, erect. 



1. T. sessile, L. Rootstock horizontal ; leaves sessile, broadly oval, 

 widest in the middle, abruptly short-pointed, narrowed at the base, 3-5- 

 nerved, variegated above with paler and deeper green ; petals dark purple, 

 lanceolate, erect, much longer than the lanceolate spreading sepals. Rich 

 shady woods, in the upper districts, and northward. March -April. Stem 



