J/Ja SM1LA.C.E^ 



nudi sc: ahsque foliolis; crescit autem in Ital:, GrtcCy 

 scd in Pedcni: ciesideratur. 



VI. Smilax Lin: gen: ed: Schreb: n. 1628. = Spv: syst: 

 n. 1272. = Lam: ill: t. 817. {Dloec: hexandv: L. 

 Hexandr: monog: SarmenLacece Spr:). 



» Flores dioici. Perigon: 6-partitum suL-aequale 

 » patens persistens. Slani: 6. distincta , antheris ere- 

 » ctis. Stjl: brevissimus, stigmatibus 3. Bacca sub- 

 » 3 - sperma. » 



Obs: Genus constans ^o. circiter stirpibus per or- 

 bem , Anier: praesertim sparsis , 2. 3. tantum euro- 

 paeis, caule ssepius fruticoso aculeato vel inermi , au- 

 gulato vel tereti , foliis plerumque sub-coriaceis cor- 

 dalis hastatis ovatis varie nervosis, petiolis ssepe cir- 

 rhosis , floribus plerumque racemoso-corymbosis axil- 

 laribus. Nonuullai ofllcinales (Sm: oJJicinaliSy Sm: Sar- 

 saparila , Sm: China etc). 



•^ I. Sm: aspera = L. sp: i458. rr: Spr: syst: IL 

 99. = Duham: arb: ed: nov: I. p. aS^. t. 53. Ic: taur: 

 vol. y. t. 3j. Vern: Smilace , Gramon d' montagna 

 (^Eur: austr:, Sjria. Vulgaris iu comit: JMcceens: All: 

 n. 21 15. Sardin: ad sepes et in sylvis Moris st: sard: 

 1. p. 45.)- Frutic: elata debilis angulosa tortuosa spar- 

 sim aculeata, folia bastato-cordata aculeato-dentata 

 acuta multinervia , petioli cirrhosi , racemi elongati , 

 baccae rubrse. Sarsaparilce succedanea dicitur licet 

 pares non babeat vires. 



