LILIACEAE. 



Determined by Jesse Baker Norton. 



SMILAX L. 



Smilax herbacea Linnaeus, Spec. 1030 (1752). — A. De Candolle, 

 Monog. Phaner. I. 50 (1878). 



Coprosmanthus herbaceus Kunth, Enum. V. 265 (1850). 

 The type of the species is confined to North America. 



Smilax herbacea, var. acuminata Wright in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. 



97 (1903). 



Western Hupeh : Fang Hsien, woodlands, alt. 1300-2000 m., June 

 2, 1907 (No. 3246, in part; climber 2-2.6 m., flowers greenish) ; Patung 

 Hsien, woodland, alt. 1600 m., June 1907 (No. 3246, in part; climber 

 2.6-3 m., flowers greenish); Hsing-shan Hsien, woodland, alt. 1300- 

 2000 m., July 1907 (No. 3246, in part; climber 2-2.6 m., flowers 

 greenish). 



Smilax herbacea, var. oblonga Wright in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. 



98 (1903). 



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

 (No. 1729; climber 1 m.). Western Hupeh: north and south of 

 Ichang, woodland, alt. 1300-2000 m., October 1907 (No. 3245; sub- 

 shrubby climber, fruit greenish). Szech'uan: E. Faher (" probably 

 No. 274")- Mandshuria: Western Shengking, E. Faher. 



A robust unbranched fonn with pulverulent pubescence on the underside of 

 the leaves. 



Smilax glabra Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. ed. 2, III. 792 (1832). — Wallich, 

 Cat. No. 5114 B (1830). — Hooker & Arnott, Bot. Voy. Beechey, 218 

 (1841). — Seemann, Bot. Voy. Herald, 420, t. 100 (1852-57). — Ben- 

 tham, Fl. Hongk. 369 (1861). — A. De Candolle, Monog. Phaner. I. 

 60 (1878). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. 302 (1892). — Wright in 

 Jour. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. 97 (1903). 



Smilax Hookeri Kunth, Enum. V. 162 (1850). 

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