1096 



ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BR1TANNICUM. 



2048. S. maculita. 



Carolina, on the river sides. Height 3 ft. to 5 ft. 

 Introduced in 1820, or before. Flowers greenish 

 white; August. 



4. 8. S. MACULA'TA Roxb. The spotted-leaved Smilax. 



Identification. Roxb. ; Royle 111., p. 384. 

 Engravings. Royle 111., t. 94., fig. 1. ; our fig. 2048. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stem angular, prickly. Leaves cordate, 

 somewhat hastately lanceolate, coriaceous, the under 

 sides of the nerves and petioles prickly. (G. Don.) A 

 climbing evergreen shrub. Nepal, 1819. Height 5ft. 

 to 10ft. Flowers whitish ; August. 



ii. Stems prickly, round. 

 i_ 9. S. CHI^NA L. The Chinese Smilax. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 1459. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 5. p. 388. 



Synonymes. China radix Bauh. Pin. 896. ; -Smilax aspera minor Plum. Ic. 183. ; Sankira, vulgo 



Quaquara, &c., Kcempfer Amcen. Ex. p. 781. ; Cena gentila, Ital. 

 Engravings. Blackw., t. 4c3. ; Kzempf. Amcen., t. 782.; Pluk. Amal., t. 408. f. 1.; and our fig. 



2049. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Stem round, with a few spines ; 



leaves roundish-ovate, with acute points, 5-nerved. 



(Willd^) An evergreen climbing shrub. China 



and Japan. Height 20ft. Introduced in 1759. 



Flowers greenish white ; August. Berries red. 



The root is very large, fleshy, and reddish : it is 

 used for food, in some parts of China, instead of 

 rice ; and is considered extremely nourishing. Brown 

 found it in abundance in Jamaica, where the roots 

 are used to feed hogs. When first brought to Eng- 

 land, it was cultivated in the stove: it was afterwards 

 transferred to the green-house ; and 

 it has since been found hardy. 



L 10. S. RoxuNDiFoYiA L. The round-leaved Smilax. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 1460. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 250. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 2050. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Stem round, somewhat prickly. Leaves 

 roundish-ovate or cordate, very smooth, 5-nerved. Ber- 

 ries spherical. (Willd.) A climbing evergreen shrub. 

 North America, from Canada to Carolina. Height 6 ft. 

 Introduced in 1760. 



i. II. S. ZAURIFO'LIA L. The Laurel-leaved Smilax. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 1460. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 250. 

 Synonymes. S. altera, &c., Plum. Ic. ; S. lee' vis, Sec., Catesb. Car. 1. 



t. 15. 

 Engravings. Cat. Car., 1. 1. 15. ; Plum. Ic. ; and our fig. 2051. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Stems round ; main stem prickly. 

 Branches unarmed. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, 3- 

 nerved. Umbels on very short peduncles. (Wil/d.) 

 A very handsome evergreen climbing shrub. North 

 America, in sandy boggy woods, from New Jersey 

 to Georgia. Height 10ft. to 12ft. Introduced in 

 1739. Flowers greenish white ; August. Berries 

 black ; ripe in September and October. 



4. 12. S. TAMNbYDES L. The Black-Bryony-like 



Smilax. 

 Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 1460. ; Pursh FL Amer. Sept., 1. p. 251. 



2019. S. CWna. 



2051. S. iaurifblia 



