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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



Carolina, on the river sides. Heii,fht 3 ft. to 5 ft. 

 Introduced in 1820, or before. Flowers greenish 

 white; August. 



L 8. S. macula'ta Roxb. The s^otied4eaved Smilax. 



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

 Engravings. Royle 111., t. 94., fig. 1. ; ourj^. 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 5 ft. 

 to 10 ft. Flowers whitish ; August. 



204.S S. maculita. 



2949. S. China. 



ii. Stems prickly, round. 

 L 9. S. China L. The Chinese Smilax. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 14.59. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 5. p. 388. 



Hynunymes. China radix Bauh. Pin. 896. ; .S'milax aspera minor Plum. Ic. 183. ; Sankira, vwlg 



Quaquara, &c., Kietnp/er Amien. Ex. p. 781. ; Cena gentila, Ital. 

 Enf;ravings. Blackw., t. 423. ; Ksempf. Araoen., t. 782.; Pluk. Amal., t. 408. f. 1.; and our ^g, 



2049. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Stem round, with a few spines ; 

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

 (JVi/hl.) An evergreen climbing shrub. China 

 and Japan. Height 20ft. Intioduced in 17o&. 

 Flowers greenish white ; August. Berries red. 



The root is very large, fleshy, and reddisii : 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 thegi"een-house ; and 

 it has since been found hardy. 



fl. 10. S. rotundifo'lia L. The round-leaved Smilax. 



Id'-ntification. Lin. Sp., 1460. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 2. p. 250. 

 Engraviyig. Oar Jig. 'J050. 



Spec. Char., i^-c. 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. 

 2050. s. rotundifoiia. Introduccd in 1760. 



L II. S. iAURiFOLiA L. The Laurel-leaved Smilax. 



Identification. Lin. 3p. Pt., 1400. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 2.'J0. 

 Synouymes. S. altera. Sec, Plum. Ic. ; S. lieWis, itc, Catesb. Car. 1. 



t. 15. 

 Engravings. Cat. Car., 1. t. 15. ; Plum. Ic. ; arnl oar fig. 2051. 



Spec. Char., S^. Stems round ; main stem prickly. 

 Branches unarmed. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, 3- 

 nerved. Umbels on very short peduncles. {Wi/ld.} 

 A very handsome evergreen climbing .shrub. North 

 America, in s;indy boggy woods, from New Jersey 

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

 1739. Flowers greenish white ; August. Berries 

 black ; ripe in September and October. 



L 12. S. TAMNoiDEs L. The Black-Bryony-Iilie 



Smilax. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1460. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 251. 





20^1. S. /aurifoli.^ 



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