126 • LILIACEiE. 



Talde coniplanatis, pedicellis 1 cm. longis basi bracteis et l)racteolis niinntis 

 insti-uctis- Perianthiuin <jbovoideum vel oblongum 8 mm. longum 2 mm. latum 

 apice brevissime 3-l(jbatum. Stamina 9 fere distincta, iilamentis 1 mm. loiigis, 

 antheris linearilms 1] mm. longis l- ^^^^- ^'^^^^^ apice obtusis adnatis, Ovarium 

 nullum. Fl. ? ignotus. 



Hab. Hogo, ad 4,000 ped. alt. leg. B. Hayata, Aprili. 191G. 



Near Pseudosmilax seisulensis Hay. ; l)ut distinguishiible froui it in tha 

 anuch more elongate leaves of thinner texture. 



Smilax Linn. 



Keij to species. 



1. Stem erect ; leaves small 2. 



Stem scandent or climbing 4. 



2. Petiole base vaginate without tendriLs S. tenuissbiux. 



Petiole base not vaginate, tendrils more or less distinct 3. 



3. TendiiLs short or nearly noue S. gracillima. 



Tendrils long S. randaiensis. 



4. Stem armed and very much scabrous or warty S. traehijclada. 



Stem armed or unarmed, but neither scabrous uor warfcy 5. 



5. Stem conspicuously armed 6. 



Stem not or slightly armed 9. 



i). Stem deusely beset with long soft spines S. horridiramula. 



Stem remotely beset with short stiif spines 7. 



7. Leaves herbaceous S. fonnosana. 



Leaves coriaceous 8. 



8. Leaves linear . . . .S. elongato-retiGulata. 



Leaves oblong S. clongato-umbeUata. 



9. Adult leaves herbaceous 10. 



Adult leaves chartaceous or coriaceous 11. 



10. Leaves ovato-lanceolate or hnear S. hcrbaoea var. daihwensis. 



Leaves cordately rounded S. ovato-rotanda. 



11. Petiole base auricled S. prdifera. 



Petiole base not amicled 12. 



