SMILAX. SMILACEÆ (AUCTORE ALPH. DE CAND.). Ti 
35. S. bona-nox (L. Sp. p. 1460); ramis non depresso-lineatis ; 
petiolis medio rumpentibus; limbis (variabilibus) medio angustatis ; pe- 
dicellis flore æqualibus ; baccis nigro-cæsiis, S. bona-nox, hastata, et 
Alpini Willd. infra cit. S. bona-nox, senticosa hederæfolia, Alpini; 
pandurata, rubens, Kunth. S. tamnoides A. Gray Man. bot. N. St., ed. 
1868, p. 519 (non L. ?). S. pseudosarsa Vis. S. platycentron Schlecht, 
in Linnæa 18, p. 452 ? (fide descript.). S. variegata Walt? S. aspera va- 
riabilis Pers, Syn. 2, p. 618. S, variabilis Steud. Nom. S, horrida Desf. 
Species admodum de aculeis et quo ad formam foliorum in eadein 
planta variabilis, limbo tamen sæpius e basi lata in medio angustato. 
Subspecies, et interdum varietates, distinguendæ videntur, sed primo 
characteres communes recognoscendi, ut sequitur : 
Frutex vel suffrutex, aculeis rectis armatus vel inermis. Rami an- 
gulato-striati, non lineis depressis sed potius asperitatibus minimis 
conspersi. Petioli 5-15 mill. longi, juniores basi, deinde usque ad 1/,- 
1/2 longitudinis marginibus extremitate acutis vaginati, cirrhis graci- 
libus, tandem in medio rumpentes. Limbi 3-7 cent. longi, 2-6 lati, 
forma inter ovato-acutam aut ovato-lanceolatam aut basi late cordatam 
in medio plerumque angustata ad deltoideo-hastatam vel hastatam vel 
imo panduratam transeunte, in eodem ramo sæpe diversi, apice acuti, 
margine in diversis plantis vel in eadem acute denticulati vel (rarius) 
integri, 5-7-9-nervii, parenchymate pellucide punctato et lineato. 
Pedunculi petiolo æquales vel sublongiores. Umbella multiflora, Pe- 
dicelli 4-6 mill. longi, receptaculo globoso 1-3 mill. lato, cum bracteo- 
lis minimis lanceolatis inserti. Alabastra masc. obovoidea. Sepala et 
petala subæqualia, virescentia, 4-5 mill. longa, oblongo-lanceolata, 
acuta. Stamina iis subreviora. Antheræ lineares, obtusiusculæ, fila- 
mento vix breviores. Flores fem. non satis cogniti. Baccæ 4-5 mill. 
latæ, nigro-cæsiæ (ex A. Gray), pedicello vix accreto subæqualibus. 
Semina 3-1 
In America boreali orientali et Mexico, Olim in hortis bot, sub diver- 
sis nominibus culta, hodie rarior. 
Subspec. I, hederefolia ; inermis ; limbis integris, amplis, 5-7-ner- 
viis, in eodem ramo ovato-acutis vel supra lobos basilares rotunda- 
tos paulo constrictis et inde ovato-acutis; pedunculis fructiferis petiolo 
longioribus. S. hederæfolia Kunth! Enum. 5, p. 209. S. pandurala? 
Rügel exs, Petioli cent, longi ad 1/,-1/4 vaginati. Limbi 5-7 cent. 
longi, basi 4-6 cent. lati, subcordati, ad petiolum vero cuneati, firmi, 
nitidi, integerrimi. Fl. masc. et fem. ignoti. Baccæ pedicello 4-5 mill. 
suffultæ 
In Georgia ad fl. Savannah (Beyrich i in h. ber.), Virginia (Rügel in 
h. Boiss.), 
Subspec. H, pandurata; ramis remote aculeatis; limbis panduræ- 
