NO. 25] Lily (Liliacece). 181 



Fruit, black, one- to three-seeded. 



Found, from Connecticut westward and southward. 



A woody vine eight to twelve feet in length. The stem 

 is usually densely armed toward the base with long, very 

 weak, needle-shaped, blackish prickles. 



Fig. 86. (8) False China-Briar. S. PseMo-Ch\na, L. 



Flowers, in clusters of many blossoms. Cluster-stems, 

 two to three inches in length three times as long as 

 the leaf-stem ; flattened. July. 



Leaves, egg-shape to heart-shape, in old plants sometimes 

 broader than long, often minutely bristle-toothed 

 along the edge, five-veined, rather thin, green on 

 both sides. Apex, bristle-pointed, Leaf-stem, short, 

 Base, heart-shape or rounded. 



Fruit, black, three-seeded. 



Found, in dry soil from New Jersey to Florida and west- 

 ward. 



A woody vine. Stems cylindrical, purplish-brown, un- 

 armed or rarely with a few weak prickles. Root with 

 large tubers. 



Fig. 87. (9) Laurel-Leaved Smilax. S. laurifblia, L. 



Flowers, in six- to thirty-blossomed clusters. Cluster-stem, 

 cylindrical, one sixth to five sixths inch long, short, 

 seldom longer than the short leaf-stem. Stigma, one. 

 Seed-case, one-celled, one-seeded. June to August. 



