80 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. SMILAX: 
auriculata vel dilatata, nunc obtuse biloba, rarius 1-loba vel solum ovato- 
oblonga lanceolati, non nunquam (in eod. ramo) oblongo-lanceolati, 
ipsa basi paulo cuneati, apice mucronati, 2'/,-6 cent, longi, inferne 
5-20 mill. lati, basi 5-nervii, a parte angustiore 3-nervii, nervulis trans- 
versis paucis, firmi, margine subrevoluto integri, pellucide punctati et 
lineati, serius opaci. Pedunculi masc. et fem. floriferi 5-8, fructif. 5- 
9 mill.longi. Umbellæ masc. paucifloræ, receptaculo globoso 2 mill. 
lato, bracteolis minimis ovato-acutis onusto, pedicellis 6-7 mill. longis. 
Alabastra basi longe angustata, obovoidea. Sepala 5 mill. longa, albida? 
lanceolata Petala subsimilia. Antheræ lineares, filamento demum duplo 
breviores. Baccæ (e specim. florid. simill.) 3-7, nigræ, 5-7 mill. latæ, 
pedicellis 4-5 mill. longisreceptaculo 2 mill. lato insertæ, 3-1-spermæ. 
— Variationibus folii praecedentem refert, sed characteribus in genere 
non frequentibus differt : squama ramorum altius inserta, petiolo 
prope limbum rumpente, nee non paucis in flore. Habitus S. aspere 
angustifoliæ, inflorescentia tamen prorsus diversa. 
In Carolina, ad sepes humidas (Beyrich in h. ber.) et Florida (Hook. 
in h. vind); in littore a Carolina sept. ad Floridam, ubi flores fragran- 
tes (Chapm. l.c .). | 
91. S. ovata (Pursh Fl. Amer. sept. 1, p. 249) ; humilis; limbis fo- 
liorum basi acuta ellipticis firmis subopacis ; pedicellis flore æqualibus; 
baccis nigris? pedicello æqualibus, — Ell. ! in h. Webb. nunc florent. 
et Ell. Sketch Fl, Georg. et Car. 2, p. 698. 
Frutex humilis, diffusus, ramis striatis, plerumque inermibus, inter- 
dum aculeo brevi hinc inde armatis, inferioribus teretibus, superiori- 
bus sub-4-angulis. Petioli 8-18 mill. longi, usque ad 1/,-1/, marginibus 
initio angustis postea latioribus integris vaginati. Limbi elliptici vel 
ovato- vel obovato-oblongi, margine integro revoluti, interdum versus 
medium subsinuosi, basi acuti, apice obtusi vel rotundati adjuncto 
mucrone brevi et firmo, 2-4 cent. longi, 1-3 lati, rigidi, 5-7-nervii, 
nervis mediis usque ad apicem validis, supra lucidi, subtus impoliti, 
paulo pallidiores, non vero glauci, cum lineolis passim pellucidis fere 
opaci. Pedunculi masc. petiolo subbreviores vel sublongiores, in spe- 
cimine Elliott, 3-11 mill. longi, umbella 8-20-flora. Pedicelli 4-5 mill., 
receptaculo globoso 2-3 mill. lato eum bracteolis ovato acutis minimis 
inserti. Alabastra obovoidea. Flores suaveolentes (Ell.). Sepala 4 mill. 
longa, oblonga, angusta. Petala fere similia. Antheræ oblongæ, filamen- ' 
tis 3°-4° breviores. Flores fem. ignoti. Pedunculi fructif. 2-4 mill. 
longi, umbella 4-6-carpa. Baccæ 6 mill. latæ, nigræ ? (ex Ell.) exsic- 
cate nigricantes cum tinctura rubri, 3-1-spermæ, pedicellis 5-8 mill. 
receptaculo globoso 1 !/,-2 mill. lato cum squamulis ovato-acutis 
insertæ, 
