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AKBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 



2057. S, lanceolata. 



Spec. Char.,Sj-c. Stem tetragonous. Leaves unarmed, ovate, acute, 5-nervecl. 

 (IVil/d.) An evergreen climbing shrub. North America. Height oft. to 

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

 black ; ripe in September. 



iv. Stems unarmed, round. 



L 18. S. lanceola'ta L. The lanceolate-leaved 

 Smilax. 



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



p. 250. 

 Synoni/me. S. non-spin6sa, &c.. Cat. Car. 

 hngravings. Catesb. Car., 2. t. 84. ; and our Jig. 2057. 



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

 unarmed, lanceolate. (JVilld.) An evergreen 

 climbing shrub. Carolina. Height 13 ft. to 20 ft. 

 Introduced in 178.5. Flowers greenish white; 

 July and August. Berries red ; ripe in September. 



fl_ 19. S. viRGiNiA^NA Mill. The Virginian Smilax. 



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

 Engraving. Pluk. Pliyt., t. 110. t 4. ; and our^g. 2U58 



Spec. Char., S^c. Stem prickly, angular. Leaves lanceolate, 

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

 Virginia. Height 3 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1800. Flowers 

 greenish white ; June and July. 



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

 2058. s. TirRiniana. open grouod at Messrs. Loddiges's. 



a. 20. S. pu'isERA JVil/d. The downy Smilax. 



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

 St/noni/me. S. pilmila Halt. Car. 244. 

 Engraving Our fig. 205U. 



Spec. Char., S^c. Stem unarmed, round. Leaves 

 oblong, acute, cordate, indistinctly 3-nerved ; soft 

 and pubescent beneath. Berries oblong, acute. 

 (JVilld.) An evergreen climbing shrub. North_ 

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

 1806. Flowers greenish. Berries white. 2059. s. pubera. 



Kinds of Snula.v 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. 230. 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. jyaiidiirdla Pursh 1. c. p. 231. Stem prickly; leaves ovate, fiddle- 

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

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



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

 trv 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. Villdnds'm Ham., S. macrophjlla Roxb., ( Royle 111. vol. 1 . ]). 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. alphia W, A native of Greece, introdi:ced in 1820. 





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