SmilaxJ] CLVI. LILIAOE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 305 



8. S. vaglnata* Decne. in Jaquem. Voy. Sot. 169, t. 169; leaves 

 f-l^ in. elliptic-ovate or cordate obtuse acute or mucronate 5-7-nerved, 

 petiole |-f in. very_ slender narrowly sheathing for |to | its length, sepals 

 and petals subsimilar oblong much longer than the stamens. A.DC. 

 Monogr. Smilax, 109. 



WESTERN HIMALAYAS ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 6-9000 ft., Falconer, 

 Jacquemont, Thomson. UPPER ASSAM ; Naga hills, alt. 9000 ft., Clarice. 



A slender diffuse unarmed shrub, branches white, smooth, terete. Leaves mem- 

 branous, cuneate or subcordate at the base ; petiole jointed below the top. Peduncles 

 and pedicels very slender ; male umbel many-fld., fern. 1-fld. ; flowers purplish ; 

 bracteoles 0. De Candolle says of this manifestly allied to S. parvifolia (his 8. 

 elegans), differing in the petiole articulate below the limb without cirrhi, and stami- 

 nodes 6. The habitats he gives of Hyderabad, alt. 4000 to 6500 ft., cannot apply 

 to the city of that name in the Deccan. 



9. S. longrebracteolata, HooTc.f.\ stems slender, branches terete, 

 leaves 2-3i in. ovate-cordate acuminate 5-costate, petiole 1 in. narrowly 

 sheathing for half its length, tips of sheaths acute, umbels long peduncled, 

 bracteoles subulate rigid \-\ as long as the pedicels, sepals and rather 

 narrower petals of male linear oblong, stamens very short. S. elegans, 

 var. major, A.DC. Monogr. 8milax, 107. 



KHASIA HILLS ; at My rung, alt. 5-6000 ft., /. D. H. Sf T. T. 



Branches terete, quite smooth, rather slender. Leaves thin, finely reticulated ; 

 petiole articulate at the top ?, sheathing portion coriaceous, margins recurved, tips 

 cuspidate, recurved, cirrhi inserted above the cusps. Male umbels small, few-fld., 

 shortly peduncled, pedicels in.; bracteoles shorter than in the fern., subulate; 

 sepals -Jg- in.; fern, peduncles naked at the base, inserted a little above the axil of 

 the leaf ; pedicels - in. ; sepals lanceolate, acuminate ; petals narrower ; stigmas 

 very short. The larger leaves and long rigid bracteoles of the fern, umbels dis- 

 tinguish this from S. parvifolia and minutiflora. 



10. S. minutiflora, A.DC. Monogr. Smilax, 109 ; branches slender 

 terete or grooved, leaves 2|-4| by f-l in. ovate-lanceolate or linear-oblong 

 acuminate membranous 3-5-costate base obtuse rounded or subacute, petiole 

 | f in., sheath oblong i of its length narrowed upwards, male umbels 

 many-fld., sepals and petals subequal lanceolate 3-4 times longer than the 

 stamens, fern, umbels very few-fld., peduncle very long slender. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 6-9000 ft., J. D. H. KHASIA HILLS, Griffith. 



Branches strict, woody, unarmed, smooth ; scales at the base of the flowering 

 branches in. long. Leaves pale beneath, nervules laxly reticulate ; petiole 

 articulate below the limb, cirrhi 0. Peduncle of male umbel slender; pedicels 

 - in. ; buds globose. Berries % in. diam., black. " Differs from S. vaginata in 

 the more acute or acuminate leaves, and shorter petiole ; from S. parvifolia in the 

 nerves of the leaf descending into the petiole before reaching the joint/' A.DC. ; I 

 doubt its being anything but parvifolia. 



11. S. elegrans, Wall. Cat. 5117 A; branches slender terete, leaves 

 2-3 in. ovate or ovate-cordate acute or acuminate thin 5-costate, petiole 

 i-| in. sheathing half way up or more, male and fern, peduncles and 

 pedicels capillary, umbels few-fld., sepals ovate-oblong, petals obovate, 

 anthers subsessile, ovary globose. S. menispermoidea, A.DC. Monogr. 

 Smilax, 108. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; Kumaon and Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 7-11,000 ft., 

 J. D. H., Clarke. 



A small shrub ; branches and branchlets quite smooth, unarmed. Leaves variable 

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