LXXIX. S'.AIILA^CE^ : ^MI'LAX. 



1097 



Synonymc. S. Bry6niae nlgrae, &c., Catesb. Car. 1. t. 52. 

 Engravings. Cat. Car., 1. t. 53. ; and our Jig. 2052. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Stem round and prickly. 

 Leaves unarmed, cordate-oblonir, 7-nerved. 

 (IVil/d.) A climbing evergreen shrub, 

 rather suffrutescent than woody. Virginia 

 and, Carolina, in sandy wet woods and 

 bogs. Introduced in 1739. Flowers 

 greenish white ; June and July. Berries 

 black ; ripe in August and September. 



2052. S. /amniJides. 



J 1.3. S. CADU^CA L. The deciduous Smilax. 



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

 Engraving. Out Jig. 20.'i3. 



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

 ovate, 3-nerved. (Wi//d.) A deciduous climbs, with a 

 flexible stem, armed with a few short spines, black at 

 the tip. Carthagena in New Spain, and Canada. 

 Height 30 ft. Introduced in 1759. Flowers greenish 

 white ; July. Sparingly produced in British gardens. 



ft. 14. S. GLAU'CA Sims. 



The glaucous Smilax. 



2053. S. cadica. 



Identification. Sims in Bot. Mag., t. 1846. 



Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 1846. ; and oar fig. 2109. in p. 1110. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Stem round, prickly. Leaves unarmed, rotund-ovate, mucro- 

 nate, somewhat nerved, glaucous beneath. Peduncles, short, two-flowered. 

 North America. Height 3 ft. Introd. 1815. Flowers greenish white; July. 



iii. Stems unarmed, 'i- angled. 

 ft. 15. S. Bo^NA-No'x L. The Bona-nox, or ciliated, Smilax. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1460. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 249. 



Synonymes. S aspera Indife occidentalis Bau/i. Pin. ; S. variegata Walt. Fl. Car. 244. 



Engravings. Pluk. Phyt., t. 111. f. 1. ; and our^^. 2054. 



Spec. Char., ^-c. Stalks unarmed, angular. Leaves cordate- 

 ovate, with an acute point, ciliated, 7-nerved. (JVilld.) An 

 ^ evergreen climbing shrub. Carolina and Georgia, in woods. 

 Height 5 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1739. Flowers greenish 

 white; June and July. 



Plukenet mentions a variety, which he 

 has figured under the name of S. B. caro- 

 liniana Pluk. Phyt. t. 11 1. f. 3. 



2054. S. Bona-ndx. 



ft. 16. S. LATIFO^IA R. Br. 



The broad-leaved Smilax. 



293.: Ait. Hort. 



Identification. Brown Prod., 



Kew., ed. 2.,5. p. 390. 

 Engraving. Out fig. 20.55. 



Spec. Char., t^c. Stem unarmed, an- 

 gular. Leaves ovate ; base half- 

 heart-shaped or obtuse, glabrous, 

 5-nerved ; petioles bearing tendrils. 

 (Brown.) An evergreen climbing 

 shrub. New Holland. Height 3 ft. 

 to 5 ft. Introduced in 1791. 



It was first placed in the green-house, but has since 

 been found to stand out at Kew. 



fl- 17. S. quadrangula'ris MuM. The four-angled 

 Smilax. 



^ Identification. Muhl. in Flora Dan. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 249. 



2056. s. <iu=drangulans. Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 109. ; and our 7?g. 2056. 



2055. S. latifolia. 



