LILIACEAE. — SMILAX 3 



Western Szech'uan: west and near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, alt. 

 2000-2600 ra., October 1908 (No. loig; 1.3-2 m., fruits black) ; Mupin, 

 thickets, alt. 1000-1600 m., June 1908 (No. 3249; climber 3 m., flowers 

 brownish yellow). Shensi: La-hua-shan, shady places, alt. 1300 m., 

 December 29, 1913, F. N. Meyer (No. 1390; shrub, deciduous, green 

 branches, 1-1.6 m. in height, seeds under No. 2100^). Western 

 Yunnan: Tali range, alt. 3300-3600 m., lat. 25° 40' N., June 1906. 

 G. Forrest (No. 4779). 



Smilax trachypoda Norton, n. sp. 



Smilax stans Wright in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. 101 (in part), not Maxi- 

 mowicz) (1903). 



Frutex ramosus, erectus v. subscandens, 1-4-metralis; caules iner- 

 mes, teretes, leviter striati, virides, in sicco flavescentes, internodiis 

 4-6 cm. longis; rami erecto-ascendentes, angulo 10-45° divergentes, 

 leviter zig-zag, non penduli v. flexuosi. Folia disticha, ovata, cordata, 

 acuminata, integra v. leviter crenulato-erosa, 7-10 cm. longa et 4-6 

 cm. lata, ad basin venarum subtus ut petioli papilloso-pubescentia 

 pilis persistentibus rigidis 1 mm. longis v. brevioribus fulvescentibus 

 V. albidis, venis 5 interdum in foliis majoribus pari marginali irregu- 

 lari addito subtus prominentibus supra fere planis; petioli striato- 

 costati, basi % vaginati et tumidi, apicem versus tenuiora, 1.5-3 cm. 

 longi, ecirrhosi, vetusti persistentes, cicatricibus semiamplexicaulibus. 

 Inflorescentiae axillares, plerumque una tantumad basin rami cuj usque; 

 pedunculi initio graciles, in fructu validiusculi, saepe per annos per- 

 sistantes, 3-5 cm. longi; receptaculum non manifeste evolutum; brac- 

 teae paucae, deciduae, anguste lanceolatae, rubescentes, circiter 3 mm. 

 longae; pedicelli masculi 8-10, graciles, glauci, 10-15 mm. longi, 

 feminei 3-10 mm. longi, in fructu crassiusculi; alabastra floris masculi 

 obovata, 3 mm. longa; sepala gracilia, lanceolata, recurva, luteo- 

 viridia, 4-5 mm. longa; stamina 6, K perianthii aequantia; filamenta 

 antheris multo longiora; flos femineus masculo minor, sepalis 2-3 mm. 

 longis; ovarium obovatum, glaucum; stigmata brevia, recurva. Bac- 

 cae 1-6, globosae, 1-2-spermae, coeruleo-nigrae, pruinosae, 6-8 mm. 

 diam.; semina aurantiaco-rubra, 3-4 mm. diam. 



Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, thickets, alt. 1600 m., May 1907 

 (No. 3242; semi-scandent bush 1.3-1.6 m., flowers greenish). Western 

 Szech'uan: west and near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, thickets, alt. 2300 

 m., June and October 1908 (No. 1065, type; 2-3 m., fruits blue-black) ; 

 same locality, alt. 2000 m., July 1908 (No. 3251, in part; 2 m.); same 



