310 CLVI. LILIACE.E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Smilax. 



small many-fld., special peduncle and pedicels snort, sepals -J in. linear, 

 petals mnch narrower, stamens as long as the sepals. A.DG. Monogr. 

 tSmilax, 190 ; Thwaites Enum. 338 ; Wall. Cat. 5130 A. S. indica, Vitm. 

 Summa, v. 422 ; A.DC.l.c. 187. S. laurifolia, Hohen. PI. Exsicc. n. 122. 

 S. Hohenackeri, Kunth Enum. v. 240. S. umbellata & pseudo-China, 

 Serb. Madr.Burm. Fl. Zeyl. 217 excl. syn.Rheede Hort. Mai. vii. t. 

 31. 



Throughout the hilly tropical districts of India, from the EASTERN HIMALAYA 

 and BURMA to the MALAY PENINSULA, and from the CONCAN to CEYLON. DISTEIB. 

 Java. 



Branches unarmed or with a few prickles; hranchlets often zigzag. Leaves 

 more uniform than in most species, base rounded or subcordate, or in the terminal 

 leaves often acute ; petiole jointed in the middle, at length cirrhose. Peduncle 

 bracteate at the base, umbels 20-30-fld., male pedicels in., fern. % in. ; staminodes 

 in fevv-fl. Berries -5 in. diam., /usually 2 plano-convex. The var. sisparensis A. DC. 

 (S. laurifolia, Hohen.) is the (common Deccan form, and not distinguishable from 

 the Ceylon. 



25. S. macrophylla, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 72 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 793 (not of 

 Willd.) ; branches stout terete, leaves 6-18 in., as broad or narrower orbicular 

 or broadly oblong cuspidate 5-7-costate from the rounded subcordate or 

 suddenly cuneate base, petiole 1-H in. very stout narrowly sheathing below 

 the middle, umbels 2-3 on a short common peduncle, male partial peduncle 

 slender, sepals % in. linear, stamens as long as the sepals. A.DG. 

 Monogr. Smilax, 193 (excl. var. cackarensis). S. ovalifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 iii. 794 ; Wif/ht, Ic. t. 809; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 246 ; Kunth Enum. v. 

 248. S. Roxburgh!!, Kunth 1. c. 852. S. retusa, Roxb. I. c. 793. S. pro- 

 lifera, Wall. Gat. 5724 C. D. F. S. prolifera & ovalifolia, Herb. Ind. Or. 

 Hook. f. & T. S. grandis, Wall, ex Voigt Hort. Sub. Gale. 648. S. 

 grandifolia, Voigt. I. c. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA, from KUMAON (Herb. Stretch, fy Winterb. 8) East- 

 wards, ASSAM, BENGAL, CHITTAGONG, BURMA, the CENTRAL PROVINCES and 

 CONCAN. 



Stem stout, scandent, prickly, as thick as the thumb below. Leaves glossy 

 above; cirrhi long. Male peduncles -! in., slender; umbels many-fld.; 

 pedicels |j in., shorter than the buds; staminodes of fern. fl. 3. Ovary oblong; 

 stigmas 3 sessile. Berries -5-!^ in. diam., 1-2-seeded ; pedicels short, stout. Seeds 

 biconvex. This is, I think, undoubtedly Roxburgh's ovalifolia as well as his 

 macrophylla. It is best distinguished from prolifera, by the narrow sheath of the 

 petiole, but both are so variable in foliage, that young shoots of prolifera with 

 undeveloped sheaths may be mistaken for macrophylla. De Candolle unites 

 Roxburgh's ovalifolia -with prolif era, but cites Wight's t. 809 under macrophylla, 

 overlooking the fact that Wight's figure is an acknowledged copy of Roxburgh's 

 drawing of ovalifolia and bears that name, as also that of " Kunda gurvatiga," 

 which Roxburgh also gives. De Candolle's 8. ovalifolia must therefore take the 

 name of S. prolifera. 



26. S. Wig-htii, A.DG. Monogr. Smilax, 174; branches robust, 

 leaves 3-4i in. coriaceous orbicular or broadly ovate or elliptic subcordate 



5-7-costate from above the base, petiole very stout sheathing for about half 

 its length, umbels solitary or 2-3 on a common peduncle many-fld., sepals 

 male i in. long and petals subequal 1" 

 Linens. S. zeylanica, Wight, Ic. t. 2057- 



NILGHIRI HILLS, alt. 4-6000 ft., Wight, &c. 



