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pressed, berries black, ombels globose, often 100 

 flowers. N. Amer. 



948, Nemexis cerulea R. neog. Sm. pedun- 

 cularis Mg. O. It differs by leaves smooth 

 ovate acute cuspidate glaucous beneath, berries 

 blue, stem angular, fewer flowers. N. Amer. 



949, Var. oblongata, differs by stem slender 

 terete, leaves ovatoblong concolor is it a sp ? 

 fl. not seen. Alleghanies. 



950, Nemexis elliptica Raf. humilisangulosa, 

 fol. apice quaternis, omnis ellipt. utrinque acutis 

 concolor, 5nervis erosis ; pedunc. compressis 

 contortis fol. brevior, urnbellis non globosis 

 Alabama, 6 to 12 inches high, leaves uncial, pe- 

 tiols as long, pedicels of fl. flexuose, petals Ian- 

 ceol. acute, berries not seen. 



951, Nemexis glauca Raf. humilis, caule te- 

 reto igracilis, fol. alt. longe pet. deltoideis oblon- 

 gis acutis trinervis utrinque levigatis glaucis, 

 basi truncatis Florida, neither fl, nor fruits, 

 but evidently distinct, leaves half size of others 

 narrow uncial, glaucous on both sides, petiols 

 filiform. 



DILAX Raf. diff. Smilax, 6 sepals lanceol. 

 reflexed, stain. 6 erect equal, fl. fern. stig. 2 H- 

 gulatis simplex, baccis ovalis cornpr. 2loc. 2sp. 

 fruticosus erectus, fol. alt. pedunc. longissi- 

 mis umbellatis near Nrmexis by peduncles, 

 but differing as Clintonia does from Vagnera. 



952, Dilax muricata Raf (an Sm, tamnifol. 

 nonuiis ?) caule basi fruticoso angulato, angulis 

 muricatis, fol. brevi pet. ovatis, basi subcord. 

 acum, 5nervis retic. margine scabris, glauces- 

 cens ; pedunc. compressis longissimis, umbellis 

 10-15floris, baccis ovalis Florida, quite differ- 

 ent from Sm. muricata, perhaps one of the ob- 



