44 MONOCOTYLEDONE.E. HETEROSMILAX. 
Rami teretes, ramuli subangulosi. Petioli 10-14 mill. longi, usque 
ad !/; vaginati, cirrhiferi, Limbi ovato-oblongi vel ovato-lanceolati, 
6-10 cent. longi, 2-4 lati, basi obtusi vel ad petiolum ipsum subacuti, 
apice juniores acute, vetustiores obtusiuscule acuminati, 7-nervii, paren- 
chymate subpellucido, punctis crebris, nunc opacis purpuraeoenpibus 
(in specim. Jenkins h. petr.), nunc pellucidis (pro ætate folii?) donato, 
iuterdum pellucide lineato. Pedunculi ex axilla folii perfecti vel rarius 
folii squamiformis, petiolo :equales vel longiores, etiam duplo, 
umbella 5-8-flora. Pedicelli 5-10 mill. longi, receptaculo globoso 
2 mill. lato cum bracteolis minimis (vix mill. longis), evato-acutis 
inserti. Calyx masc. obovoideus, 3 ! / mill. longus, teres, apice obtuso 
obscure 3-lobatus. Stamina calyce vix breviora. Filamenta usque ad 
1/,-1/2 monadelpha (in alabastro a basi libera); anthéræ ovata, ob- 
tusæ, filamentis multo breviores. Flores fem. ignoti. Pedunculi fructi- 
feri(e specim. 17 Hook. f. et Thoms. inh. kew.) petiolo æquales, gra- 
ciles, angulosi. Receptaculum globosum, 3 mill. latum. Baccæ 5-12, . 
globosæ, 7-8 mill. latæ, pedicello 15-20 mill. longo, 3-1-spermæ: 
In India orient. ad Assam (Jenkins in h. h. petr. ab h. calc. comm., 
in h. kew), Khasia (Hook. f. et Th. 17 in h. kew.), loco non dieto 
(Griff. 5438 in h.h. petr. ab h. kew PD: 5; culta in h. calcutt, (Griff. 
5432 ib.). 
“2° Petioli apice summo rumpentes. Limbi late ovali. — Antheræ 
columna breviores. 
9. H. Gaudichaudiana. Smilax Telfaireana Wall. list, 3121, B, ex 
h. Finlays. et C, exh. caleutt. (in h. Franquev. vis. ubi A non adest). 
Smilax Gaudichaudiana Kunth! Enum 5, p. 252; Benth. fl. Hongk., 
p. 970. Smilax Hongkongensis Seem. Bot. of Herald, p. 420. Oligosmi- 
lax Gaudichaudiana Seem. in Journ. of bot. 1868, p. 258, t. 83. 
Rami teretes ; ramuli graciles, subangulosi; ambo passim verrucis 
minimis initio piliferis donati. Petioli 10-15 mill. longi, usque ad 
1/,-1/3 vaginati, cirrhosi. Limbi ovato-aeuli, basi subcordati vel 
obtusi vel (in eod. ramo) subacuti, apice acutissime cuspidati, 
3-6 cent. longi, 2-5 lati, T-nervii, nervulis extremis opacis, paren- 
chymate pellucide lineato et puiicticulato. Pedunculi ex axilla folii, 
1-2 cent. longi, angulosi. Umbellæ mase. 5-20-floræ. Pedicelli evoluti 
5-8 mill. longi, receptaculo globoso 2-3 mill. lato inter bracteolas mi- 
nimas lanceolatas inserti. Calyx masc. Pai scettr 3-4 mill. 
longus, apice breviter 3-dentatus. Stamina calyce Filamenta 
omnino monadelpha. Antheræ ovato, obtusæ et medio apiculatæ, co- 
lumna 3°-4° breviores, Flores fem. ignoti. Pedunculi fructiferi ut 
in mare. Receptaculum globosum, 4-5-carpum. Pedicelli cent. longi, 
