648 SMILACEJt. 



Africa ; 1 to the Mascarenhas ; 1 to N. Africa ; 1 to the Canaries ; 3 to 

 Iberia, and Caucasus ; 2 to Armenia ; and 2 to Siberia. In the E. Indies 

 have been discovered 1 species of Trillium, (Himalayas) ; 1 of Paris, (Hi- 

 malayas) ; 1 of Stretopus, (Himalayas) ; 4 of Smilacina, (Himalayas) ; 9 of 

 Polygonatum, (Himalayas, Khassya Mountains) ; 27 of Smilax, (all over 

 India) ; 4 of Tupistra, (Himalayas, Khassya Mountains, Singapore, Amboy- 

 na) ; 2 of Stemona, (Circars, Moluccas, Cochin China, Silhet) ; 4 of Tela, 

 (Chittagong, Penang, Banks of the Attran) ; 10 of Liriope, (Himalayas, 

 Rangoon, Peninsula of India) ; and 1 of Bulbospermum, (Java). Properties 

 under the species. 

 Polygonatum, Tournef. (Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 154.) 



1 . oppositi/olium, D. Don. (Convallaria oppositifolia, Wall. as. res. 13, 

 p. 380, with a plate ;—B. Cab. t. 640 i—HooL exot. fl. 2, t. 125 ;— 

 Spreng. syst. 2, p. 76 ; — Don. pr. fl. nep. p. 47; — Schult. syst. 7, p. 

 298, and 8,/>. 1669 ■,—B. M. 63, t. 3529.) % Khassya Mountains. Ne- 

 pal. Fl. nearly 1 inch, greenish- white, marked with 6 lines of reddish 

 dots, C. S. ; fr. 0. 

 Smilax, Tournef. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 9, No. 1272 ; — Endl. gen. pi. 1, p. 

 155.) 



1. Sarsaparilla, L. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 100; — Plenck. t. 712 ; — Blackw. 

 t. 393.) 3 <.^ Virginia. Has been cultivated for many years in the 

 garden here, without flowering. 



2. Roxburghiana, Wall. {Cat. — S. laurifolia, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p, 793, 

 not L.) B v^ Garrow Hills. Khassya Mountains. Introduced into 

 H. C. G. in 1811, but had not fl. in 1814. 



3. retusa, Roxb. {fl. ind. 3, p. 793.) B ^-^ Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. 

 small, greenish- white, H. S. ; fr, R. S. 



4. grandifoiia, (S. macrophylla, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 793 ; — J. Grah. Cat. 

 B. pi. p. 219, excl. syn. ; not Willd.) L. B v_^ Concans. Deccan. 

 Bengal. Fl. smallish, greenish-yellow, H. and R. S. ; fr. Sept, and 

 Oct. 



b.ovalifolia, Roxb, {fl. ind. 3, p. 794; — Spreng. c. p. p. 137 ; — J. 



Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 219.) ^5Itf?l^ Koomarika. L. B v^ Bengal, 



(Serampore.) Concans. Fl. smallish, greenish, H. S. ; fr. C. S. 

 ^.prolifera, Roxb. {fl. ind. 3, p. 795.) L. B v-/ Bengal, (Serampore, 



Poorneeya.) Rajmahl. Fl. smallish, green, Feb. and March ; fr. R. S. 

 7 maculata, Roxb. (/, ind. 3, p. 79G ; — Spreng. c. p. p. 137; — Royle. 



ill. t. 94,/. 1.) B ^ Nepal. Fl. small, white, fragrant, C. S. ; fr. H. S. 

 8. Bona nox, L. {Spreng. syst. 2, p. 102.) B v.^ Carolina. Introduced 



into H. C. G. before 1814. Fl. .? 

 U.herbacea, L. {Spreng. I. c.;—B. M. 44, t. 1920,) % N. America, 



Introduced into H. C. G, before 1814. Y\.} 

 10. Pscudochina, L. ? {Spreng. I. c. ? — Sloane hist. I, p. 31, t. 143,/, 1. .'' 



— Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 792.) B v_y Virginia..? Jamaica.? Garrow Hills. 



Introduced into H, C. G. in 1810, but had not fl. in 1814. 



