ORDER 146. ROXBURGHIACE^E. 703 



ceous, oval-lanceolate or oblong, varying to linear, 3 to 5-veined (Uie lateral veins 

 marginal), cuspidate, acute at base, evergreen ; petioles and ped. short, the latter 

 sometimes panicled; berries black, 1 -seeded. N. J. to Ga. A vigorous, ever- 

 green climber, ascending trees to a great height. St. with a few scattered prickles. 

 Lvs. numerous, very thick and smooth, 2 to 4' long, often more abrupt at apex 

 than base. Jn. Aug. 



10 S. lanceolata L. St. aculeate below, terete, branches and unarmed branch- 

 lets subangular, Ivs. membranous, lanceolate and lance-mate, varying to ovate (in 

 the $ plants), 5-veined, acuminate-cuspidate, narrowed at base to a short petiole 

 which is twice longer than the very short peduncle ; berries 1 to ^-seeded, red until 

 ripe when they are also perfectly black. Damp woods coastward, Va. to Fla. A 

 stout vine, often 1' diam. and 40f high on trees. Lvs. 2 to 4' long, a third to 

 two-thirds as wide, ped. 1 to 5" long, 10 to 20-flowered. Jn., Jl. (S. alba Ph). 

 Closely related to No. 9. 



11 S. piimila "\Valt. Unarmed, low; branchlets terete, pubescent; Ivs. ovate, 

 cordate, acutish, 3 to 5-veined, shining above, soft pubescent beneath; ped. as 

 long as the petiole ; berries red, 1 to 3-seeded. Shady rich soils, S. Car. to Fla. 

 and La. Quite different in habit from our other species. St. 1 to 3f long, run- 

 ning along on the ground. Lvs. perennial, becoming firm, 2 or 3' long, varying 

 from oblong-ovato to roundish-ovate, always cordate. Ped. G to 8" long, with 

 small, white flowers and berries red when ripe. Oct. (S. pubera MX.) 



12 S. herbacea L. CARRIOX FLOWER. St. herbaceous, terete, erect, simple, 

 glabrous ; Ivs. pubescent beneath, crowded toward the summit, ovate, 5 to 7-veined, 

 cuspidate, rounded or subcordate at base, on petioles a third as long ; ped. not 

 twice longer than the petioles; berries red, becoming bluish-black when fully ripe, 

 2 to 3-seeded. Thickets and low grounds, Can. and U. S. St. 2 to 3f high, 

 without tendrils. Lvs. 3 to 5' long, two-thirds as wide, more or Jess downy be- 

 neath. Ped. 2 to 3' long, with an umbel of 8 to 1C yellowish-green flowers of a 

 sickening odor. Apr. Jn. 



13 S. lasioneuron Hook. St. terete, climbing, subsimple, unarmed ; Ivs. oblong, 

 broadly -ovate, cordate, rounded and mucronate at apex, 7-veined, glaucous and 

 hispid-pubescent on the veinlets beneath, glabrous and green above ; ped. a little 

 longer than the petiole, many-flowered ; tendrils from the base of the petioles. 

 Thickets, Ind., 111., Wis. and Can. Sts. slender, several feet long. Ped. much 

 shorter than the leaves, which are often 5' by 3', beautifully fringed on the veins 

 beneath. 



14 S. peduncularis Muhl. TALL CARRIOX FLOWER. St. herbaceous, angular, 

 tall, striate, inclining or leaning, branched ; leaves 7 to ^-veined, ovate, acuminate, 

 glabrous, glaucous, especially beneath, rounded or subcordate at base, the lower 

 subtriangular, petioles a third as long, bearing 2 filiform tendrils at base ; ped. 

 much longer than the leaves, OO-flowered ; berries red, at last blue G-seeded. 

 Damp thickets and meadows, Can. and U. S. St. 3 to G to Sf long, its slender 

 summit nodding or climbing. Lvs. 2 to 4' long. Ped. 5 to G' long, 30 to 50- 

 flowered, greenish, with a disgusting odor. May, Jn. 



15 S. tamnifoiia MX. St. herbaceous, terete, climbing; Ivs. long-petioled, 5- 

 veined, glabrous, sultriangular-hastate, cordate, tapering to the obtuse apex, base 

 lobes rounded, upper Ivs. lanceolate ; ped. longer than the petioles ; (berries bluish- 

 black, Dr. Gray). N. J. to Car. (Michaux.) (S. tamnoides Ph.) 



ORDER CXLVI. ROXBURGHIACILE. 



Shrubby plants with twining or creeping stems and many-veined, netted leaves. 

 Flowers perfect with a 4-parted, petaloid, persistent perianth. Stamens 4, on the 

 lowest base of the segments. Ovary free, oblique, 1-celled. Pericarp follicular ? at 

 length 2-valved. Seeds several, costate, fimbriate-arillate. 



A small Order, of 2 genera (now that Croomia is added) and 5 species, Roxburgh^ 

 grows in the hotter parts of E. India. 



CROOM'IA, Torr. (In honor of the late II. B. Croom of Florida.) 



