240 SMILACEAE 



Stem perennial, woody, usually armed with prickles; ovules I in 

 each cavity. 

 Berries black or bluish black. 



Berries ripening the first year. 



Leaves glaucous. 3. 5. glauca. 



Leaves green both sides. 



Leaves ovate, 7-nerved. 4. 5. hispida. 



Leaves rounded or lanceolate, 5-nerved. 5. 5. rotundifolia. 



Berries ripening the second year; leaves elliptic or lanceo- 

 late. 6. 5. laurifolia. 

 Berries red. 7. 5. Walleri. 



i . S. herbacea L. (S. pulverulenta Michx. 6". herbacea crispifolia 

 Pennell). In woods and thickets: N. B. to Ont., Dak., Fla., 

 La., Neb. and Okla. 



Common throughout the range except the pine-barrens and east 

 of them. 



2. S. tamnifolia Michx. In dry soil: L. I. and N. J. to S. Pa., 



S. Car. and Tenn. 



N. Y. South of the moraine on L. I. 



N. J. Common on the coastal-plain, not recorded elsewhere. 



Pa. Delaware Co. 



Tertiary, common: Cretaceous, common: Older Formations, O. 

 Not north of the moraine. 168-220 days. About sea level. 



3. S. glauca Walt. In dry sandy soil: E. Mass. to Fla., Kan. 



and Tex. 



Conn. Throughout, decreasing inland. 



N. Y. L. I., S. I. and Westchester Co. 



N. J. Rare and local in Warren, Morris, Bergen and Hunterdon 



counties, increasing and common southward. 

 Pa. Monroe, Northampton, Montgomery, Bucks, Schuylkill, 



Delaware and Chester counties, increasing southward. 



Tertiary, common: Cretaceous, less common: Older Formations, 

 about equalling in frequency the Tertiary. Predominating south 

 of the moraine. 118-220 days. Sea level-1,200 ft. 



4. S. hispida Muhl. In thickets: Ont. to Minn., Neb., N. Car. 



and Tex. 



Conn. Fairfield Co., rare. 



N. J. Sussex, Warren and Hunterdon counties. 



Pa. Northampton and Bucks counties. 



Tertiary, o: Cretaceous, o: Older formations, not common. 



Stations all near, or on the terminal moraine except in Pa. 138- 

 185 days. Sea level-640 ft. 



