306 CLVI. LILIACEJR. (J. D. Hooker.) [Smilax. 



in breadth ; sheath of petioles of old leaves ^-1 in., axillary branches with a recurved 

 basal scale, cirrhi slender. Peduncles 1-1 in. long ; male flowers 4-6, %-% in. diam. ; 

 bracteoles minute, subulate; fruiting peduncles strict, slender, 1-1 in. ; receptacle 

 minute, pedicels --f in, ; ovary with 2 (?2-3) stigmas recurved from the base. 

 Berries % in. diam., blue-black ; seeds 2-3, small, obtusely angled. The broad thiu 

 leaves and long sheaths of the petioles best distinguish this fromparvifolia. 



** Flowers large or small ; sepals rarely less than in. long. Stamens 

 equalling or longer than the sepals ; rarely shorter. 



f Umbels many spicate on an axillary peduncle. 



12. S. aspera* Linn. Sp. PI. 1028 ; leaves l|-6 in. ovate deltoid or 

 lanceolate base hastate or cordate, sepals linear-oblong, petals rather nar- 

 rower, anthers linear shorter than the filaments. Reichb. Ic. FL Germ. 

 x. t. 428; A. DC. Monogr. Smilax, 163 (vars. genuina, Perrottetiana and 

 maculata). S. maculata, Roxb. FL Incl. Hi. 796; Wall. Cat. 5113; Royle 

 III. 384 ; Kunth Enum. v. 218 ; Wight Ic. t. 2059 ; Thwaites Enum. 338 

 (excl. syn. Villandia). Boiss. FL Orient, v. 343. S. fulgens, Wall. Cat. 

 5122. S. nilagarensis, Steud. PI. Exsicc. Hohen. n. 952. 



Throughout India, from KASHMIR, alt. 4-7000 ft., to the KHASIA HILLS, and 

 southward to TRAVANCO'RE, alt. 4-7000 ft., and CEYLON; ascending to 5000 ft. 

 DISTEIB. Syria, S. Europe, N. Africa. 



A large shrub, branches armed or not. Leaves usually blotched with white, 59- 

 nerved, acute or acuminate, basal lobes rounded or oblong; petiole ^-f in. and 

 nerves beneath often prickly ; cirrhi usually long. Spikes 2-6 iu. ; rachis slender 

 smooth, umbels many-fld., bracteoles minute ; flowers white, sweet scented, buds 

 longer than the pedicels; male sepals i in. long, fern, rather smaller; staminodes 

 6 ; stigmas oblong, recurved. Berries - 1 in., blueish, usually 3-seeded . 



ff Umbels solitary binate or panicled on a common peduncle. 

 Branches rough hispid or granulate. 



13. S. aspericaulis, Wall. Ca^.5129; branches terete scabrid, leaves 

 2-8 by 2-3 in. oblong or linear-oblong thin 3-costate from above the base 

 tip rounded or clawed^ petiole |-1 in. narrowly sheathing below the middle, 

 male sepals in. linear-oblong, petals very narrow, stamens as long as the 

 sepals. A.DC. Monogr. Smilax, 195. S. Roxburghiana, Wall. Cat. 5115, 

 in part. PS. odoratissima, Blume. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 1-3000 ft., /. D. B. (6000 ft., King). The KHASIA 

 HILLS and BURMA, Wallich, &c. ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Kurz. PERAK, King's 

 Collector. 



Branches, unarmed or aculeate, sometimes closely. Leaves rounded or cuneate 

 at the bases. Umbels many-fld., solitary or 2-3 on a common peduncle % in. long, 

 partial peduncle as long; buds clavate ^ in. long; bracteoles obsolete ; fern, recept. 

 globose; pedicels ^ in. ; fern. fl. not seen. Berries nearly \ in. diam. If this is 

 Blume's 8. odoratissima that is the earliest name. 



14. S. barbata, Wall. Cat. 5125 ; branches very stout terete densely 

 bristly, leaves 6-10 in. loug and broad elliptic or orbicular-cordate coria- 

 ceous cuspidate 7-costate from above the base, petiole very stout, base 

 sheathing and bristly, umbels very long-peduncled. A.DC. Monogr. 

 Smilax, 196. S. setosa, Miq. Fl Ind. Bat. Suppl. 610. 



SINGAPOEE, WallicTi, Hullett. DISTRIB. Banca. 



Leaves coarsely reticulate, white beneath ; petiole 1-11 in- J male umbels very 



