6 SMILACACEAE. 



1. S. glauca Walt. Leaf -blades broadly ovate or orbicular-ovate, 3-9 cm. long, 

 rounded or cordate at the base: staminate peduncles mostly less than 2 cm. 

 long: pedicels 3-8 mm. long: sepals and petals 3.5-4 mm. long: anthers mostly 

 shorter than the filaments: berries 6-8 mm. in diameter: seeds mostly 4 mm. 

 long or less. 



Sandy thickets and woods, n. Fla. and the upper pen. (Cont.) 



2. S. cinnamomifolia Small. Leaf-blades lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, or del- 

 toid-ovate, 7-10 cm. long, cuneate to truncate at the base: staminate peduncles 

 mostly over 3 cm. long: pedicels 7-12 mm. long: sepals and petals 4-5 mm. 

 long : anthers mostly shorter than the filaments : berries 10-12 mm. in diameter : 

 seeds mostly 5 mm. long or more. 



Woods and rich thickets, w. Fla. (Cont.) 



3. S. Pseudo-China L. Leaf -blades ovate to suborbicular, green on both sides, 

 obtuse or cordate at the base: pistillate peduncles mostly more than twice the 

 length of the petioles: pedicels 6-8 mm. long: sepals and petals dark-green, 

 those of the staminate flowers about 5 mm. long: berries 4-6 mm. in diameter. 

 BAMBOO. CHINA-BRIER. 



Dry thickets and woods, n. Fla. and the upper pen. (Cont.) 



4. S. Bona-Nox L. Leaf -blades broadly ovate to hastate or fiddle-shaped, 3-12 

 cm. long, sometimes spinulose-margined, truncate or cordate at the base: pistil- 

 late peduncles mostly less than twice the length of the petioles: pedicels 4-8 

 mm. long: sepals and petals deep-green, those of the staminate flowers 4-5 mm. 

 long: berries 4-6 mm. in diameter. STRETCHBERRY. 



Hammocks and thickets, nearly throughout n. and pen. Fla. (Cont., W. I.) 



5. S. rotundifolia L. Leaf-blades broadly ovate to orbicular-ovate, 3-8 cm. 

 long (those of vigorous shoots suborbicular and much larger), abruptly pointed, 

 smooth-edged : peduncles of the pistillate umbels slightly longer than the petiole- 

 like bases of the leaves: pistillate sepals and petals bread, less than 4 mm. 

 long: anthers oblong: berries bluish-black, 6-7 mm. in diameter. 



Thickets and woods, n. Fla. and the upper pen. (Cont.) 



6. S. Walter! Pursh. Leaf-blades lanceolate to ovate, 5-12 cm. long, cuspidate 

 at the apex, smooth-margined: pedicels slightly unequal, 4-6 mm. long: sepals 

 and petals green, those of the staminate flowers linear, 6-8 mm. long: anthers 

 lanceolate: berries coral-red, 6-8 mm. in diameter. 



Swamps and pinelands, n. Fla. and the upper pen. (Cont.) 



7. S. lanceolata L. Leaf-blades lanceolate or narrowly ovate-lanceolate, 5-8 

 cm. long, acute to acuminate, lustrous above, dull-green beneath, smooth-mar- 

 gined: pedicels very unequal, 4-14 mm. long: sepals and petals light-green, 

 those of the staminate flowers linear-spatulate, about 4 mm. long: berries dark- 

 red, 4-6 mm. in diameter. 



Dry woods and pinelands, n. Fla. and the upper pen. (Cont.) 



8. S. Morongii Small. Leaf-blades elliptic, 5-10 cm. long, abruptly acute or 

 cuspidate at the apex, smooth-margined: flowers not seen: pedicels 6-8 mm. 

 long: berries red, 6-10 mm. in diameter. 



Pinelands, e. Fla. (Endemic.) 



9. S. laurifolia L. Leaf -blades elliptic, oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, or rarely 

 linear, 5-15 cm. long, acute at the apex, the base narrow: sepals and petals of 

 the staminate flowers 5-6 mm. long: berries ovoid or globose-ovoid, 4-6 mm. 

 long, commonly white during the first year, black when mature. 



Swamps and moist thickets, nearly throughout Fla. (Cont., W. I.) 



10. S. pumila Walt. Leaf -blades ovate-oval to oblong, 5-10 cm. long, acute or 

 mucronate at the apex, pale-pubescent beneath, not lobed, cordate at the base: 



