Smi1ax.~] OLVI, LILIAGE^B. (J. D. Hooker.) 309 



short common peduncle very many-fld., pedicels rigid, flowers small, 

 sepals linear-oblong, petals narrowly linear. S. zeylanica, Wall. Cat. 

 5130 D. E. 



KHASIA HILLS, Griffith; alt. 4-6000 ft. J. D. H. & T. T. MUNNIPORE, alt. 

 5500ft., Clarke. BUBMA; Tavoy and Prorne, Wallich. 



A very remarkable species, at once recognized by the square unarmed almost 

 4- winged sparsely prickly zigzag branches, and oblong thin leaves wittt callous-tipped 

 cusps ; the peduncles J in. long are very rigid, as are the pedicels which radiate 

 forming a globe 1 in. diam. or less. Fern. fl. very small, in. diam. ; staminodes 

 1-3 ; ovary contracted into a stout style with suberect stigmas. Malefl. peduncle 

 slender; pedicels capillary, shorter than the buds; sepals -i in. long; petals very 

 narrow; filaments very slender. I found only 1-3 staminodes, A.DC. in a solitary 

 imperfect flower though there were probably 6. 



22. S. Helferi, A.DC. Monogr. Smilax, 176; branches slender 

 sparingly prickly, leaves 3-5 by 1-3 in. oblong rounded at both ends 

 3-costate from the base membranous tip clawed, petiole ^ | in. sheathing 

 to above its middle, male umbels many-fld., sepals linear-oblong, petals 

 much narrower, costa thick, stamens nearly as long as the sepals. 

 ? S. luzonensis, Presl Eel. HsenJc. i. 131. 



PEGU, McLelland, TENASSEBIM, Heifer, Falconer-, MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay. 

 DISTKIB. PPhilippines. 



Branches as thick as a crow-quill, terete, grooved ; prickles small, nearly straight. 

 Leaves retuse, or tipped with a fleshy nail-like process, rarely acuminate; cortae 

 slender; cirrhi or short. Male umbels usually solitary, peduncle -1 in., bracteate 

 about the middle or lower; fruiting peduncles stout ; receptacle globose, pitted; 

 bracteoles minute, ovate; pedicels ^ in., slender; staminodes 3. Berries very small, 

 about -| in. diam. ; seeds small. De Candolle makes of Maingay's plant a variety 

 with the costa3 hardly separate above the base, and immature berries smaller, but I 

 fail to find these differences. I have seen no specimens of Heifer's and Falconer's 

 plants, nor other berries than Maiugay's. Ritchie has collected a very similar plant 

 in flowerless state at Kasarleh in Canara. 



23. S. extensa, Wall. Cat. 5126 B ; branches terete, leaves 3-6 

 by 1-2 in. elliptic or oblong-lanceolate acute or cuspidate coriaceous 

 3-costate from the cuneate or acuminate base, petiole |- in. narrowly 

 sheathing to the middle, male umbels solitary or 2-3 on a short bracteate 

 common peduncle many-fld., pedicels very short, sepals linear obtuse, 

 petals much narrower, stamens as long as the sepals. A.DC. Monogr. 

 Smila-x, 179. 



PENANG, Wallich, Curtis, 1244. 



Brandies striate, unarmed, ribs slender. Leaves shining, not margined, very 

 much narrowed at the base into the stout petiole ; some of the largest are rounded 

 at the tip with a broad cusp; cirrhi stout. Peduncle of umbels bracteate at the 

 base ; bracteoles minute, .ovate ; pedicels -i in. ; sepals in. ; stamiuodes 3. 

 S. extensa, Wall. 5126, A. is S. myosotiflora of A. De Candolle. 



ft Costss of leaves more or less connate at the base (see also S 

 quadrata. 



24 S. zeylanica, Linn. Sp. PI. 1029 ; branches slender more or less 

 4-angled, leaves 5-7 by 2^-4 in. elliptic or broadly oblong or ovate-oblong 

 cuspidate 3-5-costate from above the base, petiole |-1 in. very shortly 

 sheathing at the base, umbels solitary or 2-3 on a common pedunclo 



