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pressed, berries black, ombels globose, often 100 

 flowers. N. Amer. 



948, Nemexis cerulea R. neog. Sm. pedun- 

 cularis Mg. O.— It differs by leaves smooth 

 ovate acute cuspidate glaucous beneath, berries 

 blue, stem angular, fewer flowers. N. Amer. 



949, Var. oblongata, differs by stem slender 

 terete, leaves ovatoblong concolor— is it a sp ? 

 fl. not seen. Alleghanies. 



950, Nemexis elliptica Raf. humilis angulosa, 

 fol. apice quaternis, omnis ellipt. utrmque acutis 

 concolor, onervis erosis ; t>e-i'^nc. compressis 

 contortis fol. brevier, umbeliis non globosis— 

 Alabama, 6 to 12 inches hi-h, leaves uncial, pe- 

 tiols as long, pedicels of fl. flexuose, petals lan- 

 ceol. acute, berries not seen. 



951, Nemexis glauca Raf. humilis, caule te- 

 rete .gracilis, fol. alt. longe pet. deltoideis oblon- 

 gis acutis trinervis utrinque levigatis glaucis, 

 bast truncatis — Florida, neither fl, nor fruits, 

 but evidently distinct, leaves half size of others 

 narrow uncial, glaucous on both sides, petiols 

 filiform. 



DILAX Raf. diff. Smilax, 6 sepals lanceol, 

 reflexed, stam. 6 erect equal, fl. fem. stig. 2 li- 

 gulatis simplex, baccis ovalis compr. 2loc. 2sp. 

 fraticosus erectus, fol alt. pedunc. longissi- 

 mis umbellatis—nesir N( mexis by peduncles, 

 but differing as Clintonia does from Vagnera. 



952, Dilax muricata Raf: (an Sm, tamnifol. 

 nonulis ?) caule basi fruticoso angulato, angulis 

 muricatis, fol. brevi pet. ovatis, basi subcord. 

 acum, Snervis retic. margine scabris, glauces- 

 cens ; pedunc. compressis longissimis, umbeliis 

 10-15floris, baccis ovalis— Florida, quite differ- 

 ent from Sm. muricata, perhaps one of the ob- 



