SMILACK.i;. (SMILAX FAMILY.) 505 



6' -12' high. Leaves l'-3' long. Totals 10"- 15" long, rarely green or 

 yellowish. 



'2. T. discolor, Wray. Rootstoek tuberous, vertical ; stem stout ; leaves 

 sessile, varying from ovate-lanceolate to broadly ovate, tapering from near 

 the base to the apex, 3-7-nerve.l, variegated above with green and bru\vn or 

 dark purple ; petals erect, oblong, obtuse, narrowed below, dark purple vary- 

 ing into green, rather longer than the lanceolate, spreading sepals ; filaments 

 very short, purple. Rich woods, in the middle and lower districts. Feb.- 

 Mareh. Stem 6' - 12' high. Leaves 3' - 5' long. Petals 1 i' - 2' long. 



3. T. recurvatum, Beck. Stem (1 high) erect from a horizontal tuber; 

 leaves oblong-ovate, acute, contracted into a short petiole, faintly mottled; 

 petals purplish brown, erect (!' long), linear-spatulate, twice as long as the 

 lanceolate refiexed sepals ; filaments as long as the incurved anthers and the 

 spreading stigmas. Rich valleys of the mountains of Georgia. April. 



Yar / laiiceolatum, Watson. Leaves sessile, lanceolate ; sepals less 

 strictly reflexed ; petals almost linear ; filaments longer. Georgia and Ala- 

 bama, in the npper districts. 



* * Flower on an erect or declining peduncle. 



4. T. pusillum, Michx. Leaves sessile, lanceolate or oblong, obtuse, 

 3-nerved ; peduncle erect, shorter than the spreading flower; petals lanceolate, 

 pale Hesh-color, acutisli, one third longer than the lanceolate obtuse sepals; 

 filaments slender, as long as the anthers ; stigmas united below into a slender 

 style, longer than the filaments. Pine barrens in the low country of South 

 and North Carolina. Stem 6'- 8' high. Leaves 1 '- 2' long. t Flower 8"- 

 10" long. 



5. T. erectum, L. Leaves sessile, broadly rhomboidal, abruptly acumi- 

 nate, acute at the base ; peduncles longer than the spreading flowers (l^'-3' 

 long), at length declined ; petals oval or oblong, obtuse or acutish, dark purple, 

 rather longer than the lanceolate-ovate acute sepals ; filaments shorter than 

 the anthers, or the short and distinct stigmas. Varies with smaller white or 

 yellowish flowers. Shady woods on the mountains of North Carolina. May, 



Stem 1 high. Leaves 3' -5' long, and of the same width. Flowers l'-l|' 

 long, fetid. 



6. T. grandiflorum, Salisb. Leaves rhombic-ovate, abruptly acumi- 

 nate, nearly sessile; peduncle longer than the erect-spreading flower, erect or 

 slightly declined; petals obovate, white, much longer and broader than the 

 lanceolate acutish sepals; filaments slender, shorter than the anthers, nearlv 

 equalling the short recurved stigmas. Shady woods on the mountains of 

 Carolina (Elliott). May. Stem 1- H high. Leaves 3' -5' long. Petals 

 2' long, changing to rose-color. 



7. T. erythrocarpum, Michx. Leaves ovate, long-acuminate, rounded 

 at the base, short-petioled ; peduncle (l'-2' long) erect, longer than the 

 widely-spreading flower ; petals oblong, acutish, wavy, much longer than the 

 lanceolate sepals, white, striped with purple at the base ; stigmas slender, 

 longer than the anthers; berry red. Rich shady woods in the upper dis- 

 tricts. April -May. Stem 1 high. Leaves 3' -5' long. Flowers 9" -12" 

 long. 



