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ARBORETUM ET FRUTJCETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stem tetragonous. Leaves unarmed, ovate, acute, 5-nerved. 

 (Willd.) An evergreen climbing shrub. North America. Height 5 ft. to 

 10 ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers pinkish; June and July. Berries 

 black ; ripe in September. 



iv. Stems unarmed, round. 



fl_ 18. S. LANCEOLA'TA L. The lanceolate-/cm'/ 

 Smilax. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 14GO. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. 



p. 250. 



Synonyme. S. non-spinbsa, &c., Cat. Car. 

 Engravings. Catesb. Car., 2. t. 84. ; and our fig. 2057. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Stem unarmed, round. Leaves 

 unarmed, lanceolate. (Willd.) An evergreen 

 climbing shrub. Carolina. Height 15 ft. to 20 ft. 

 Introduced in 1785. Flowers greenish white ; 

 July and August. Berries red ; ripe in September. 



&_ 19. S. VIRGINIA V NA Mill. The Virginian Smilax. 



Identification. Mill. Diet, No. 9. ; Mart. Mill., No. 20. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Engraving. Pluk. Phyt., t. 110. 4. ; and owe fig. 2058 



Spec. Char., fyc. Stem prickly, angular. Leaves lanceolate, 

 unarmed, acuminate. (Mill.) An evergreen climbing shrub. 

 Virginia. Height 5ft. to 10ft. Introduced in 1800. Flowers 

 greenish white ; June and July. 



This species is somewhat tender ; but there are plants in the 



2058. s. Virginia, open ground at Messrs. Loddiges's. 



fl_ 20. S. PU'BERA Willd. The downy Smilax. 



. PI., 4. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1., p. 250. 

 lit. Car. 244. 



Identification. Willd. Sj 

 Synonyme. S. pumila IV 

 Engraving OUT fig. 2059. 



Spec. Char., %-c. Stem unarmed, round. Leaves 

 oblong, acute, cordate, indistinctly 5-nerved ; soft 

 and pubescent beneath. Berries oblong, acute. 

 (Willd.) An evergreen climbing shrub. North 

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

 1806. Flowers greenish. Berries white. 



2059. S. pubera. 



Kinds of Smilax which are either not introduced, or of which we have not seen 



the Plants. 



S. ovdta Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 249. Stem subarmed ; leaves 

 smooth, ovate, 3-nerved, and very shining on both sides ; berries black. A 

 native of Georgia, near Savannah ; flowering in July. 



S. alba Pursh 1. c. p. 250. Stem subarmed, slightly angular; leaves 

 3-nerved, lanceolate, coriaceous, glabrous ; berries white. Found by Walter, 

 in sandy ground on the edge of rivulets, in Carolina ; flowering in June. 



S. pandnrdta Pursh 1. c. p. 251. Stem prickly; leaves ovate, fiddle- 

 shaped, acuminate, 3-nerved ; smooth and shining on both sides. Found by 

 Pursh, in sandy woods, from New Jersey to Carolina ; flowering in July. 



S. nigra W. and S. catalonica Poir. are natives of Spain, from which coun- 

 try they were brought to England in 1817. The first is probably a black-ber- 

 ried variety of S. aspera. 



S. horrida Desf. A native of North America, introduced in 1820. 



S. Villdndsia. Ham., S. macrophylla Eoxb., (Royle 111. vol. 1. p. 384., and 

 vol. 2. t. 94. fig. 2. ; and our fig. 2109. in p. 1110.) has elliptical, mucronate, 

 5-nerved, smooth leaves. Mysore. Not yet introduced. 



S. alpma W. A native of Greece, introduced in 1820 



