LILIACEAE. — SMILAX 5 



Ichang, ravines, etc., alt. 30-100 m., March 20 and December 1907 

 (No. 66i, in part; climber 2.5-3 m., fruits coral red, " Tu fu ling "); 

 same locality, March and December 1907 (No. 66i, in part. West- 

 ern Szech'uan: Wa-shan, thickets, alt. 1600 m., November 1908 

 (No. 3254; climber 3 m., fruits coral red); Ching-chi Hsien, Ta-hsiang- 

 ling, alt. 1300-2000 m.. May 1908 (No. 3253; climber 5 m., flowers 

 greenish). Yunnan: Mengtsze, southwest mountains, alt. 2000 m., 

 A. Henry (No. 9867; red fruit). 



Smilax menispermoidea A. De Candolle, Monog. Phaner. I. 108 

 (1878). — Wright in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. 99 (1903). 



Western Szech'uan: Tachien-lu, thickets, alt. 1300-2300 m., 

 October 1908 (No. 1258; climber 1-2.5 m., fruit blue-black); south- 

 east of Tachien-lu, thickets, alt. 2300-2600 m., June 1908 (No. 3248; 

 climber 2-3 m., flowers greenish). Western Yunnan: dry rocky 

 situations amongst scrub, in side valleys on the eastern flank of the 

 Tali range, alt. 3000 m., lat. 25° 40' N., July 1906, G. Forrest (No. 4793; 

 shrub of 0.6-1.3 m., flowers dark green). 



SmUax longipes Warburg in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 256 (1900). 

 Smilax china Wright in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. 96 (in part) (1903). 



Western Hupeh : Patung Hsien, thickets, alt. 900-1500 m., April 

 1907 (No. 667, in part; climber 3-4 m., flowers yellowish); December 

 1907 (No. 667, in part; climber 3-4 m., fruits blue-black); north and 

 south of Ichang, thickets, alt. 600-1200 m., April and October 1907 

 (No. 489, in part; climber 3-5 m., flowers greenish yellow); same lo- 

 cality, October 1907 (No. 489, in part; climber 3-5 m., fruits blue-black 

 same locality, alt. 300-1200 m., April and October 1907 (No. 483; 

 climber 3-4 m., flowers yellowish, fruits black); without precise local- 

 ity, A. Henry (No. 1222). 



Henry's No. 1222 is cited by Wright as S. china, but it certainly belongs here. 



Smilax glauco-china Warburg in Bot. Jahrh. XXIX. 255 (1900). 



Smilax china Wright in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. 96 (in part) (1903). 



Kiangsi: Kuling, thickets, common, alt. 1300 m., July 29, 1907 

 (No. 1731; 2 m.). Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, alt. 1000- 

 1600 m., May and October 1907 (No. 3241; climber 3-4 m., flowers 

 greenish, fruits blue-black. 



The Chinese colloquial name of this species is "Chin-pa-tou," 



