CflAI*. CXVJ. AIM A YE.*:. 



iv. Sfcms unarmed, round. 

 A- 1,3. S. LAXCEOLA^TA L. The lanceolate-A?aved Smilax. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 1460. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 783. ; Lour. Coch., 683. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., 



ed. 2., 5. p. 390.; Pursh FL Amer. Sept., 1. p. 250. 

 Synonyme. S. non spinbsa, &c., 6'a/. Car. 

 Engraving. Cate.b. Car., 2. t. 84. 



Spec. Ckar., $c. Stem unarmed, round. Leaves unarmed, lanceolate. ( Willd.) 

 A climbing shrub, with a short, very branchy stem, and smooth, entire, 

 3-nerved leaves, and red berries. Catesby found this species in Carolina, 

 hanging from the branches of lofty trees, to which it had attached itself. 

 The leaves are long, narrowed at both ends, thick, stiffj and shining, with a 

 very conspicuous rib down the middle. They are alternate at very consi- 

 derable distances. The flowers, which are of a greenish white, are pro- 

 duced at the ends of the branches, in small tufts ; and are succeeded by 

 globular, mucilaginous, red berries, each containing one very hard round 

 stone. These berries serve as food for birds. It is a native of Virginia, 

 Carolina, and Cochin-China ; in which last country it was discovered by 

 Loureiro; and it was introduced from America in 1785, by Mr. William 

 Young. 



A- 16. S. VIRGINIA\\A Mill. The Virginian Smilax. 



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

 Engraving. Pluk. Phyt., t. 110. f. 4. 



Spec. Char., $c. Stem prickly, angular. Leaves lanceolate, unarmed, acu- 

 minate. (Mill.) This species is somewhat tender ; but there are plants in the 

 open ground at Messrs. Loddiges's. 



tL 17. S. PU V BERA Willd. The downy Smilax. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PL, 4.; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 5. p. 390. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. 

 p. 250. 



Synonyme. S. pumila Walt. Car., 244. 



Spec. Char., 8fc. Stem unarmed, round. Leaves oblong, acute, cordate, indistinctly 5-nerved ; soft 

 and pubescent beneath. Berries oblong, acute. (Willd.} A climbing shrub, a native of North 

 America. Introduced in 1806, by Mr. John Lyon, who found it in shady woods in Carolina and 

 Georgia. According to Walter, the berries arc white. We have not seen the plant. 



App. i. Kinds of Smilax which are either not introduced, or of 

 which we have not seen the Plants. 



S. ovata Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 249., has the stem subarmed ; the leaves smooth, ovate, 

 3-nerved, and very shining on both sides ; berries black. A native of Georgia, near Savannah, flower- 

 IRK in July. 



S. alba Pursh, 1. c., p. 250. Stem subarmed, slightly zngular ; leaves 3-nerved, lanceolate, cp. 

 riaceous, glabrous ; berries white. Found by Walter, in sandy ground on the edge of rivulets, in 

 Carolina ; flowering in June. 



S. pandurdta Pursh, 1. c., p. 251. Stem prickly ; leaves ovate, fiddle-shaped, acuminate, 3-nerved; 

 smooth and shining on both sides. Found by Pursh, in sandy woods, from New Jersey to Carolina; 

 flowering in July. 



S. tugra W. and S. cataldnica Poir. are natives of Spain, from which country they were 

 brought to England in 1817. The first is probably a black-berried variety of S. aspera. 



S. hdrrida Desf. is a native of North America, introduced in 1820. 



S. glatica Walt, is a native of North America, introduced in 1811 ; and is probably a variety of S. 

 Sarsaparilla. 



S. alplna W. is a native of Greece, introduced in 1820. 



CHAP. CXVI. 



OF THE HAHDY AND HALF-HAUDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS BELON(;iN(l 

 TO THE ORDER /, I LI A \JE.fc. 



THE only genera containing hardy ligneous plants, in the order Z,iliuceoe, 

 belong to the section /Isparageae, and are as follows : 



7 z 3 



