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Kiangsi: Ruling, thickets, common, alt. 1300 m., July 28, 1907 

 (No. 1723; climber 3 m.). Chekiang: vicinity of Ningpo, 1908, D. 

 Macgregor. 



Smilax microphylla Wright in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1895, 117; in 

 Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. 99 (1903). — Warburg in Bat. Jahrb. XXIX. 

 259 (1900). 



Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, thickets, alt. 1600-2300 m., June 

 1907 (No. 3247, in part; climber 2-4 m., flowers yellowish); Patung 

 Hsien, ravine, alt. 1000-1600 m., June 1907 (No. 3247, in part; climber 

 2-4 m., flowers greenish yellow). Western Szech'uan: Mupin, 

 thickets, alt. 1000-1300 m., November 1908 (No. 1256; climber 2-4 

 m., fruit blue-black). 



Smilax scobinicaulis Wright in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform. 1895, 117; 

 in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. 100 (1903). — Warburg in Bot. Jahrb. 

 XXIX. 259 (1900). 



Smilax brevipes Warburg in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 258 (1900). 



Western Hupeh: Wushan Hsien, thickets, alt. 1300-1600 m., 

 October 1907 (No. 455; climber 2-3 m., fruit greenish black); north 

 and south of Ichang, alt. 600-1000 m., June and November 1907 (No. 

 627; climber 2-3 m., fruit black); Chang-yang Hsien, alt. 1300-2000 

 m., June and December 1907 (No. 671; climber 3-4 m., flowers yellow- 

 ish, fruit greenish blue); Hsing-shan Hsien, cliffs, alt. 1300-1600 m., 

 December 1907 (No. 680, in part; climber 3 m., fruit greenish black); 

 same locality, June 1907 (No. 680, in part; flowers whitish) ; same local- 

 ity, woodlands, alt. 1000-1300 m.. May 26, 1907 (No. 3233; climber 

 2-4 m.). 



Smilax pekingensis A. De Candolle, Monog. Phaner. 1. 108 (1878). — 

 Wright in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. 100 (1903). 



Western Szech'uan: Mupin, alt. 2000 m., October 1908 (No. 

 1231; 1 m., fruit blue-black); southeast of Tachien-lu, alt. 2000-2300 

 m., June and October 1908 (No. 1271 ; bush 1.3-2 m., flowers brownish, 

 fruits blue-black). 



Smilax vaginata Decaisne in Jaquemont, Voyage, IV. Bot. 169, t. 

 169 (1844). — A. De Candolle, Monog. Phaner. I. 109 (1878). 



Smilax stans Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. St. Petersbourg, XVII. 170 (1872); 

 in Mel. Biol. VIII. 407 (1872). — A. De Candolle, Monog. Phaner. 1. 49 

 (1878). — Wright in Jour. Unn. Soc. XXXVI. 101 (in part) (1903). 



