26 0. E. Schulz: 



cellis 3 — 4 mm. longis insidentes, minores. Sepala 3 mm. longa, ob- 

 longe -ovata, obtasiuscula, ut petala erecto-patentia, apice vix excurvata; 

 stamina 6 sterilia 1mm. longa. Ovarium breviter ovale; Stigmata linea- 

 ria, = ^2 longit. ovarii, borizontaliter patentia. Eaccae pedicellis 

 ca. 3 mm. longis insidentes, coeruleo-nigrae cum glaucedine. 



Smilax rotundifolia L. Spec. Plant. I. ed. II (1753) p. 1030; 

 A. DC. Monogr. Phan. I p. 74; Bello Ap. II p. 120 n. 841; Chapm. 

 FL South. U. St. I ed. p. 477, III ed. p. 503. 



Planta passim armata. Caulis scandens, ca. 2,5 mm. crassus, obtus- 

 ang'ulus, hie illic aculeis majiisculis, rectis, 4—6,5 mm. longis, basi 1,5 mm. 

 latis, ad medium nigris obsitus, laevis, + impresse pimctulatns, pallidus, 

 divaricato-ramosus; rami 1,5 mm. crassi, quadrangulares. Sqnama infima 

 ramorum cauli proxima, pallida. Folia approximata, cirrhifera, subtiliter 

 punctata et lineata, undulata, in sicco apice + complicata; caulina 5,5 — 7 cm. 

 longa, 5 — 6,5 cm. lata; ea ramorum paulo minora. Umbellae infimae ra- 

 morum saepe in axillis bractearum. Receptaculum globosum, fructiferum 

 vix 1,5 mm. diam.: bracteolae minutissimae, trianguläres. Umbella mascula 

 5 — 8- (ex A. DC. — 25-)flora: alabastra obovata, obtusa; feminea 5 — 9- 

 flora: alabastra ovata, obtusa. Pedunculi fructiferi 8 — 10 mm. longi. 

 Baccae 6,5 mm. diam., 1 — 3-spermae, in sicco pruinosae. Semina ru- 

 bella, subtiliter rugulosa, nitidula. 



Hab. in Portori co: ex Bello; St. Croix: P. E. Benzon (fruct., 

 hb. haun.). — Praeterea a Canada ad Carolinam. 



Obs. Sm. rotundifolia L. ex cl. A. DC. 1. c. forsan in Cuba ad S. Teresa 

 s. coli, (hb, vindob. specim. imperf.) habitat. Quod specimen sec. cl. Rechinger 

 in litt, nunc in herbario vindobonensi non reperitur. An Sm. Walter ii Pursh? 



6. Smilax giiiaiieiisis Vitm. Folia caulina media e basi late 

 cordata ovato-acuta, circuitu fere orbicularia, chartacea, Integra, nervis 

 longitudinalibus utrinque aequaliter prominentibus extimis margini valde 

 approximatis 7-nervia, nervis secundariis manifestis angulo fere recto 

 (ca. 80 0) e nervo medio exeuntibus parallelis approximatis saepe anasto- 

 mosantibus dense reticulato- nervosa, diaphana, in sicco obscure rubello- 

 viridia, vix nitidula, subtus pallidiora, petiolo 15 — 25 mm. longo, ad 

 2/- — 3/5 anguste vaginato, in media parte libera articulato instructa; 

 folia ramorum angustiora, ovata, breviter acuminata vel acutissima, 

 basi leviter cordata vel obtusa vel rotundata, 5 — 7-nervia, petiolo 

 15—20 mm. longo, ad Yg vaginato praedita. Umbellae semper in 

 axillis foliorum. Pedunculi masculi et feminei 18 — 32 mm. longi, 

 petiolo paulo vel duplo longiores. Flores mares pedicellis 7 — 8 ram. 

 longis insidentes. Sepala 3 — 4 mm. longa, ovata, acutiuscula; petala 

 oblonga, denique, ut sepala, a basi reflexa; stamina brevia, 1,5 — 1,75 mm. 

 longa: antherae 1 ram. longae, oblongae, filamento duplo longiores. 

 Flores feminei pedicellis 4 — 5 mm. longis insidentes, minores. Sepala 

 2,5 mm. longa, oblonge -ovata, obtusa, ut petala angustiora oblonga, 



