LXXIX. SMILA CE- : SMI LAX. 



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

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

 numerous (2 I), 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 ricoi'des. The Erica-like 

 Ceratiola. 



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



22-'. ; 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. Ckar.y 8^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 8 ft. Introd. 

 1826. Flowers brownish; June. 

 Berries yellow ; ripe in October. 



2040. C. ericoides. 



2041. 



Class II. ENDO'GENiE. 



Stems increasing Jj-om within ; Leaves with 'parallel Veins. 



Order LXXIX. ^MILA'CEiE. 



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Identification. Lindl. Nat. Syst. Hot., p. 3-59. 



Synonymes. /Jliaceae, in part, Juss. ; Sarmentaceae, in part, Nees ; Smilaces, 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 the stems of most of the species. 



Ord. Char. Flowers unisexual or bisexual. Perianth regular, usually 6- 



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



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



or berry, 3 4-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; natives of 



Europe, Asia, and North America. 



Genus I. 



5'MrLAX L. The Smilax. Lin. Syst. Dioe'cia Hexandria. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 1120. ; Reich., No. 1225. ; Schreb. No. 1.528. ; Tourn., t. 42L ; Juss., 



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

 Synonymes. Smilax, Fr. and Ger. ; Smllace, Ilal. 



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