SMILAX FAMILY. 



7. Smilax Pseudo-China L. Long- 

 stalked Greenbrier. (Fig. 1056.) 

 milax Pseudo-China L. Sp. PI. 1031. 1753. 

 Glabrous throughout, rootstock often bearing 

 e tubers, stem terete, the branches angled, 

 wer part of the stem beset with straight 

 needle-shaped prickles, the upper part and tin- 

 branches mostly unarmed; petioles 3"-i2" 

 long; leaves firm, or becoming quite leathery 

 when old, green on both sides or occasionally 

 glaucous beneath, ovate, often narrowed at 

 about the middle or lobed at base; acute or cus- 

 pidate at the apex, 7-9-nerved, *%'-$' long, 

 I'z'-jft' wide, often denticulate on the mar- 

 gins; peduncles flattened, i / -3 / long, umbels 

 i2-4o-flowered; pedicels $"-$" long; stamens 

 6-10; anthers as long as the filaments or longer; 

 berries black, 8-16 in the umbels, 2 // -3 // in 

 diameter, i-3-sceded, maturing the first year. 



In dry or sandy thickets, Maryland to Nebraska, 

 south to Florida and Texas. March-Aug. 



g. Smilax laurifolia L. 



Smilax laurifolia I,. Sp. PI. 1030. 1753. 



Rootstocks bearing tubers sometimes 6' thick, 

 stem stout, high-climbing, terete, striate, armed 

 with strong straight prickles, the branches angled, 

 mostly unarmed. Petioles stout, 3"-8" long; 

 leaves leathery, evergreen, elliptic or oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute or abruptly cuspidate at the apex, 

 narrowed at the base, entire, 3-nerved, or some- 

 times with an additional pair of nerves near the 

 margins, 2 / -4^ / long, ^ / -2 / wide; peduncles 

 stout, angled, 2 // -io // long; umbels 6-3O-flowered ; 

 pedicels 2 // -3 // long; anthers usually about one- 

 third shorter than the filaments; stigma i, some- 

 times 2; berries black, ovoid, 2 // -3 / ' thick, not 

 ripening until the second year. 



In moist woods and thickets, southern New Jersey 

 to Florida and Texas, north in the Mississippi Valley 

 to Arkansas. March-Sept. 



Bristly Greenbrier. (Fig. I.K 



Smila i Hona M.M I. Sp I'l i. 1753. 

 Smilax hastala Willd 



Smiia.r tamiundc, A C.ray, Man. 485. i8 Not L. 

 Rootstocks bearing large tuber*, stem terete or 

 slightly angled, the branches often 4 -angled. 

 Prickles scattered or numerous, stout or needle- 

 like, often wanting on the branches; petioles 3"- 

 6" long, often prickly; leaves thick, ovate or com- 

 monly deltoid-hastate, sometimes narrowed at the 

 middle, glabrous, green and usually shining (Mi 

 both sides, often spiny on the margin* and on the 

 veins beneath, acute or abruptly cuspidate at the 

 apex, obtuse, truncate or cordate at the hue, 5-9- 

 nerved, i %'-$%' long, 8"~3' wide; peduncles 

 slender, flattened, 7"-i5" long; umbels 15-45- 

 flowered; pedicels 2"-4" long; stigmas i-.v 

 ries 8-20 in the umbels, a"-3" in diameter, mostly 

 i-seeded, ripening the first y< 



In thickets, Massachusetts to Kansas, Florida and 



Texas. April-July. 



Laurel-leaved Greenbrier. s8.) 



