LXXIX. SMILA^CEJE I tfMI ''LAX. 



1093 



furrow ; slightly canaliculate above ; about i in. long ; sometimes crowded 

 as if verticillate. Flowers unisexual on the same plant ; axillary, sessile, 

 numerous (2 4), rarely solitary, brownish ; sometimes (like the leaves) 

 verticillate. Berries yellow. 

 Shrub small, upright, branchy, 

 rigid ; native of North America. 

 Grown in British gardens, in peat 

 soil, and propagated by cuttings. 



* 1. C. Ric6YDES. The Erica-like 

 Ceratiola. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 



222. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. t. 13. 

 Engravings. Pursh, 1. t. 13. ; Bot. Mag., t. 



2758. ; our .fig. 2041. to our usual scale, and 

 fig. 2040. of the natural size. 



Spec. Char., Sf-c. Flowers in the axils 

 of the upper leaves, solitary, ex- 

 cept a small abortive one by the 

 side of the principal flower. An 

 upright much branched evergreen 

 shrub, greatly resembling a heath ; 

 very handsome, but somewhat ten- 

 der in British gardens. South Caro- 

 lina. Height 2 ft. to 8ft. Introd. 

 1826. Flowers brownish; June. 

 Berries yellow ; ripe in October. 



CLASS II. ENDO'GEME. 



Stems increasing from within ; Leaves with parallel Veins. 



ORDER LXXIX. 



FT! 



Lffii 



Identification. Lindl. Nat. Syst. Bot, p. 359. 



Synonymes. TJliaceae, in part, Juss. , Sarmentacese, in part, Nees; Smilaceae, in part, R. Brown. 

 Derivation. From Sm/lax, a beautiful youth, fabled to have been changed into this plant (see Ovid, 

 Met.) ; or, from smile, a scraper, from the roughness of he stems of most of the species. 



ORD. CHAR. Flowers unisex-ual or bisexual. Perianth regular, usually 6- 

 parted ; but often 4 8-parted. Stamens equal in number to the segments 

 of the perianth. Ovnrium free. Styles 1 or more. Fruit either a capsule 

 or berry, 3 ^-celled, but of one cell by abortion. Seeds 1 to 3 in each 

 cell, albuminous. 



Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, mostly evergreen ; reticulated, though 

 the genus is considered monocotyledonous. Flowers corymbose, axillary. 

 Rambling shrubs, rarely attaining a large size in British gardens j natives of 

 Europe, Asia, and North America. 



GENUS I. 



SMIL AX L. THE SMILAX. Lin. Syst. Dicecia Hexandria. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 1120. ; Reich., No. 1225. ; Schreb. No. 1528. ; Tourn., t. 421. ; Juss., 



42. ; Gaertn., t. 16. ; Mart. Mill. 

 Synonymes. Smilax, Fr. and Ger. ; Smilace, Ital. 



4 A 3 



