LXXIX. MILAEJE: SMTLAX. 



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obtuse, mucronate, coriaceous, 5-nerved ; margin 

 mucronate-denticulate near the base. ( Wats.) A 

 handsome evergreen climbing shrub. North Ame- 

 rica, in woods and by streams. Height 3 ft. to 

 4 ft. Flowers greenish white ; July. 



g_ 4. S. SARSAPARILLA L. The medicinal Smilax, 

 or Sarsaparilla. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1459. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 249. 

 Synonymes. S. peruviana Sarsaparilla Ger. Emac. 859. ; S. glauca 

 Miche. 2. p. 237., Walt. Fl. Car. 245. ; the glaucous-leaved Smilax ; 

 Salsa pariglia, Ital. 



Derivation. Sarsaparilla is compounded of two Spanish words ; 

 viz., zarza, red, and parilla, a little vine. 



Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 111. ; 

 and our fig. 2045. 



Spec. Char.,fyc. Stem prickhy, 

 angular. Leaves unarmed, 

 ovate-lanceolate, ending in 



a long sharp point ; 5-nerved, glaucous beneath. 

 (Willd.) An evergreen climbing shrub. North and 

 South America. Height 3 ft. to 4 ft. Introduced 

 in 1664. Flowers greenish white ; August. 



Stems shrubby, long, slender, and climbing. Roots 

 divided into several long slender branches, which are 

 somewhat thicker than a goose-quill, straight, brown 

 on their exterior, but white internally, and from 3 ft. 

 to 4 ft. long. Sarsaparilla, on its first introduction, 

 was considered as a specific against numerous dis- 

 orders, and it is still emploved in rheumatic complaints, 

 *H5. s. sar, ap ar{iia. scrofula, and all cutaneous" diseases. 



a. 5. S. HASTA'TA Willd. The Spear-shaped Smilax. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 782. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 249. j 



237. ; S. aspera var. Lam. 



Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Synonymes. S. B6na n6x Michx. Fl. Amer. 2. p 



Encyc. 

 Engravings. Pluk. Aim., t. 111. f. 3. ; and ova fig. 2046. 



2047. s. watsom. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Stem subarmed. Leaves 

 lanceolate, acuminate ; auriculate, or spear- 

 shaped, at the base ; ciliated or prickly 

 on the margin ; 3 5 nerves. Berries 

 round. (Willd.) An evergreen climbing 2 oi6. 

 shrub. Carolina and Florida, on the sea- 

 coast. Height 4ft. to 5ft. Introduced in 1820. Flowers 

 green ; August and September. 



fi_ 6. S. WA'TSON/ Swt. Mr. Watson's Smilax. 



Identification. Swt. Hort. Brit, 3. p. 68]. 



Synonymes. S. longifolia Wats. Dend. Brit.; S. h. 2 lanceolata Arb. Brit. 



1st edit. p. 2512. 

 Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 110. ; and our fig. 2047. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Stem prickly, angular. Leaves ovate, acu- 

 minated, somewhat cordate at the base, glabrous, 3 5- 

 nerved. Berries elliptic. An evergreen climbing shrub. 

 North America. Height 3 ft. to 5 ft. Introduced in 1820, 

 or before. Flowers greenish ; August. 



L 7. S. WALTE^R// Pursh. Walter's Smilax. 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 249, 

 Sijnonyme. S. China Walt. Fl. Car. p. 245. 

 Engraving. Our fig. . in p. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stem prickly. Leaves ovate-cordate, smooth, 3-nerved. 

 Berries acuminate. (Pursh.) A climbing evergreen shrub. Virginia and 



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