130 AUT. BOT. 



lax do L. Virg. to Louisiana, stem terete rugose 

 leaves obi. thick coriaceous reticul. Snerve, 

 smooth acute at both ends, ombels muitifl. sub- 

 sess. on a capitate peduncle, formed of abortive 

 fi. This G. differs fr. Smilax by berry mono- 

 sperm, one stigma, fem. fl. with 3 abortive sta- 

 mens &c. liofty vine, 



945, Parilax piimila Raf. neog. 36 Sm. pu- 

 mila Walt. Elliot, pubera Mx. humble prostrate 

 Vine, leaves obi. cordate acute hairy beneath, 

 ombels as. in last, berries ovate acute red, El- 

 liot calls them white — I suspect that ^m. lanceo- 

 lata and heterophyla belong to this G. the om- 

 bels are similar. 



ANIKETON Raf, diff. Smilax. fl, capUatis 

 calix parvus tripartitus, masc. stam. 3 ? fem. ea- 

 lix brevissimis, baccis monosp. capitatis — near 

 Parillax, habit similar but fl. not umbellate, the 

 name is grecian for Smilax, 



946, Aniketon coriaceum Raf. inermis, ra- 

 mis angulatis flexuosis, petiolis amplex. fol. 

 perennis coriaceis ellipt. obtusis vel retusis un- 

 datis glaucescens, glabris, 5 nervis, rugoso-re- 

 ticulatis, capitulis petiolis subeq. brevissime pe- 

 duncul. baccis globosis rnbris — Cuba, found by 

 Jalambic, leaves uncial, flowers and berries mi- 

 nute. 



NEMEXIS Raf. neog, 37, distinct habit,her- 

 baceous, some leaves opposite or vertic, flowers 

 in multiflore ombels on long peduncles, sepals re- 

 flexed, stamens filiform, 6 sterile in fem. fl. 31o- 

 bate stigmas, berry 31oc. 6sp. by abortion 3-4sp. 

 — The name means 6 threads, I had only 2 types 

 in 1825, I now have 4 species if not 5. 



947, Nemexis nigra Raf. neog. Smilax her- 

 bacea L. O, known by cordate leaves, pubes- 

 cent beneath, acum. 5-7n«rved, peduncles com- 



