370 LiLiACE.^. [Smilax. 



ceolate, rarely almost ovate, green above and white underneath, as in S. glabra, 

 but obtuse or with a very short callous point. Male inflorescence as in 8. glabra. 

 Elower-buds ovoid, about 1 line long ; the outer segments ovate, concave, 

 rather obtuse ; the inner shorter and lanceolate. Anthers shorter than the 

 perianth, on thick filaments almost as long as themselves. Female flowers 

 very few in the umbel, larger than the males ; outer segments broadly ovate, 

 obtuse ; inner ones as large, with a minute point. Berry rather larger than in 

 S. glabra. 



Abundant in the Happy Valley woods, Ilance, Champion, Wright, Wilford. Not known 

 from elsewhere. It is allied to S. glycTjiihijUa, Sm., from Australia, hut distinct in inflo- 

 rescence and some other characters. 



3. S. lancesefolia, lioxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 792; Seem. Bot. Her. t. 99. 

 Unarmed (or rarely with a few short recurved prickles). Leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, lanceolate or oval-oblong, usually shortly acuminate with a callous tip, 

 3 or 4 in. long, 3- or 5-nerved, green and shining on both sides. Umbels 

 solitary in the axils of full-grown leaves, on short peduncles issuing from 

 2 or 3 thick concave often united scales. Perianth fidl 2 lines long, cylin- 

 drical when in bud ; segments narrow-oblong, all six nearly equal. Filaments 

 as long as tlie perianth. Anthers small. Ovules 2 in each cell of the ovary. 



Hongkong, Sefima,m,Hance ; common in ravines, Wilford. In the east frontier of India 

 {Roxburgh). The S. o.rgphyUa, Wall. ; Kunth, Enum. v. 238, a common Sikkim and Khasia 

 plant, may be only a variety differing in its usually prickly stem, less coriaceous leaves, and 

 smaller flowers. Both belong to the biovulate group [Coprosmanthns, Kunth). 



4. S. ferox, Wall.; Kunth, Enum. v. 251. Stems prickly or rarely un- 

 armed. Leaves when fidl grown oval, obovate, or almost orbicidar, about 2 in. 

 long, coriaceous and shining; when young often much narrower and more 

 acute at both ends. Umbels pedunculate, solitaiy in the lowest axil of each 

 young shoot, or rarely in the 2 lowest axils, without scales at the base of the 

 peduncle, although there is always one at the base of the shoot. Perianth, 

 stamens, and biovulate cells of the ovary as in S. lanceafolia. — Copromiantlius 

 japonicus, Kunth, Enum. v. 268 ? 



Hongkong, Harland, Ilance ; in ravines, Wilford. In Nepal, Khasia, Sikkim, near 

 Amoy, and perhaps in Japan. 



5. S. ovalifolia, Roxb. Tl. In J. iii. 794; WigJd, Ic. t. 809. Stems 

 stout, prickly, climbing to a great height. Leaves from nearly orbicular to 

 ovate-lanceolate, 5 to 8 in. long, 5- or 7-nerved. Umbels pedunculate, 

 several together in axillary racemes or panicles. Perianth about 2 lines long, 

 with narrow lobes. Filaments rather longer than the linear anthers. Ovary 

 globular, witli 1 pendulous ovule in each cell. Styles shortly united at tlie 

 base. — S. macrophylla, Eoxb., FL Ind. iii. 793, and 8. prolifera, Eoxb. 1. c. 

 795. 



Hongkong, Ilance, judging from a single specimen without flowers, w^hich is probably 

 correctly ascribed to this species by Seemann. The specimens I describe are fi"om India, 

 where it is widely diffused from Ceylon and the Peninsula to Kumaon, Sikkim, and Burmah. 



6. S. Gaudichaudiana^ Kmdli, Enum. v. 252. Unarmed. Leaves 

 broadly ovate-cordate or almost orbicular, 5-, 7-, or 9-nei'ved, 1^ to 3 in. long, 

 gTcen on both sides and rather thin. Umbels solitary, on simple axillary 

 somewhat flattened peduncles of ^ to | in., without scales at the base. 

 Perianth about 2 lines long, oblong, minutely 3 -toothed. Stamens shorter, 



