308 CLVI. LILIACE2E. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Smilax. 



18. S. laevis. Wall. Cat. 5116; unarmed, leaves 4-6 by 1-2 in. 



lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate acuminate 3-5-costate from or above the 

 acuminate or cuspidate base, petiole ^-f in. shortly sheathing, umbels 

 solitary; peduncle bracteate below the middle much longer than the 

 petiole. A. DO. Monogr. Smilax, 56. S. oxyphylla, Kuntli jEnum. v. 239 

 (the Penang plant of Wallich). 



PENANG, Wallich, Curtis, &c. MALACCA ; Mt. Ophir, Griffith, PERAK, alt. 

 3-4000 ft., King's Collector. DISTEIB. China. 



Branches slender, terete, smooth. Leaves jointed suddenly at the narrowed 

 base, finely reticulate. Peduncle f-1 in.; pedicels of male fl. very short; bracteoles 

 obsolete ; flowers \ in. diam. ; sepals linear-oblong ; petals very narrow ; stamens 

 nearly as long as the sepals ; staminodes 3; stigmas large recurved. Berries small, 

 i in. diam., fruiting pedicels in., very slender. The Mt. Ophir specimens (var. 

 ophirense, A. DC.) have very strongly reticulated leaves. 



19. S. lanceaefolia, Eoxl. Fl. Ind. iii. 792 ; leaves 4-6 by l|-3 in. 

 orbicular- oblong- or oblong-lanceolate acuminate 3-costate base acute, 

 petiole ^-f- in., sheath obscure, male umbels subsessile very many-fld., 

 peduncles naked shorter than the petioles. Wall. Gat. 5132; A.DG. 

 Monogr. Smilax, 57. S. micropoda, A.DG. I. c. 58. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 4-7000 ft. The KHASIA, NAGA and MUNNIPORE HILLS, 

 Clarke, 8fc. BUEMA, in the Shan States. DISTEIB. China. 



'Branches slender, subterete, prickles few or 0. Leaves membranous, subcaudate, 

 intra-marginal nerves very slender, punctulate and lineolate. Male umbel 15-25- 

 fld., pedicels in., filiform, bracteoles ovate, acute; flowers in. diam. ; sepals 

 and petals linear, subequal ; anthers oblong, much shorter than the filaments. Fern, 

 umbels subsimilar ; peduncle stout, flattened ; bracteoles very minute, subulate or 

 ; staminodes 3, ovary short, obtusely trigonous ; stigmas short, obtuse, recurved. 

 JBerry about in. diam. The Chinese plant (var. opaca, A. DC.) has more rigid 

 epunctate leaves. The leaves are subcordate in the Burmese specimens. A specimen, 

 apparently of this from the Duphla hills has leaves 5-6 by 3|-4 in., broadly ovate 

 deeply cordate, and fruiting peduncle 1^ in., with pedicels 1 in. 



20. S. oxyphylla, Wall. Cat. 5128; branches very slender, leaves 

 2^-5 by f-l| in. narrowly oblong-lanceolate acuminate 3-costate base 

 acuminate, petiole %-% in., sheath obscure, peduncle of male umbel 

 equalling or rather longer than the petiole ebracteate very slender naked, 

 pedicels capillary. Kunth Enum. v. 238 (excl. syn.) ; A.DG. Monogr. 

 Smilax, 59. 



SILHET, the KHASIA HILLS, and CHITTAGONG, WalUch, Griffith, &c. 



Branches terete, with a very few short prickles or 0. Leaves membranous, 

 sometimes caudate, very finely reticulate, lineolate, hardly punctulate, intramarginal 

 uerves very slender. Male umbel 15-30-fld., bracteoles very minute ; sepals and 

 petals obovate -oblong, rather longer than the stamens ; anthers oblong, much 

 shorter than the very slender filaments. Hardly distinguishable from narrow-leaved 

 specimens of S. lancecefolia. I have seen no fern. fl. 



. Umbels 2-3 on a common peduncle. Staminodes 3. Except in 

 S. zeylanica. 



t Costse of leaves free from the base, or connate in S. quadrata. 



21. S. quadrata, A.DG. Monogr. Smilax, 183; branches 4-angled 

 zigzag, leaves 4-6 by l|-2 in. oblong or elliptic-oblong broadly cuspidate 

 me'mbranous 3-costate from the rounded base or above it, petiole -| in. 

 narrowly sheathing for half its length, fern, umbels solitary or 2-3 on a 



