SMILACE^E, LILIACEjE. 237 



between Hamilton and Dundas, Ont., the banks of the 

 Thames at London, Ont., and Niagara Falls. 



OBDEB CIV. SMILA'CE-E (SMILAX FAMILY.) 



Climbing plants, more or less shrubby, with alternate 

 ribbed and net-veined petioled leaves, and small dioecious flow- 

 ers in umbels. Perianth regular, of 6 greenish sepals, free 

 from the ovary. Stamens as many as the sepals, with 1- 

 celled anthers. Ovary 3-celled, surrounded by 3 sessile 

 spreading stigmas. Fruit a small berry. Represented by 

 the single genus 



SMILAX, Tourn. GREEN-BRIER. CAT-BRIER. 

 (Included in Liliacece, in Macoun's Catalogue.) 



1. S. his'plda, Muhl. Stem woody, densely covered below 

 with long weak prickles. Leaves large, ovate or heart-shaped, 

 pointed, thin, 5-9 - nerved. Peduncles of the axillary 

 umbels much longer than the petioles. Berry black. Moist 

 thickets. 



2. S. rotundifo'lia, L., var. quadrangularis, Gray. (S. 

 quadrangularis,Pursh, in Macoun's Catalogue.) Stem woody, 

 it and the branches armed with scattered prickles. Branches 

 4-angular. Peduncles not longer than the petioles. Leaves 

 ovate, broader than long, slightly cordate. Berry blue- 

 black. South-western Ontario. 



3. S. herba'eea, L. (CARRION-FLOWER.) Stem herbaceous, 

 not prickly. Leaves ovate-oblong and heart-shaped, 7-9- 

 ribbed, long-petioled, mucronate. Flowers carrion-scented. 

 Berry bluish-black. Meadows and river banks. 



ORDER CV. LILIA'CE^l. (LILY FAMILY.) 



Herbs, distinguished as a whole by their regular and sym- 

 metrical flowers, having a 6-leaved perianth (but 4-leaved 

 in one species of Smilacina) free from the usually 3-celled 

 ovary, and as many stamens as divisions of the perianth 

 (one before each) with 2-celled anthers. Fruit a pod or berry, 



