86 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. SMILAX. 
In Mexico, prope Angangueo, regionis frigidæ (Shiede ex Schl.) et 
fructif, prope El banco (C. Ehrenb. id.). 
A4. S. Jalapensis (Schlecht, in Linn. 18, p. 451); caule armato ; 
limbis 7-nerviis, subtus glaucescentibus; pedunculis petiolo subduplo 
longioribus. S. Xalapensis Kunth Enum. 5, p. 258 (qui plant. non 
vidit). i 
Glaberrima. Caulis teres , aculeis rectis sparsis nigricantibus 
2-6 !/, mill. longis instructus. Petioli 13 1/, mill. circiter longi, 
vagina vix unquam dimidium attingente. Limbi 3-8 cent. longi, 2 !/5- 
6 1/, lati, e basi obtusa aut leviter cordata medio aliquantulum in 
petiolum euneata late ovato-acuminati, subtus glauco-virides, 7-ner- 
vii, acumine plerumque brevi. Pedunculi petiolo subduplo longiores, 
16-22 mill. Flores... Pedicelli 6 1/5-9 mill. Fructus junior obovatus. 
(Omnia e deser. Schlecht. ) 
Prope Jalapam (Schiede ex Schlecht. 1. c.). 
45. S, diseolor (Schlecht. in Linn. 18, p. 454); subinermis ; 
limbis subtus glaucescentibus ; pedicellis flore longioribus. 
Glaberrima. Caulis albido-pruinosus, aculeis raris rectis 2 lin. 
(4 1/5 mill.) longis armatus, junior subangulatus et glaucescens lævis, 
adultus subteres. Petioli 4-6 lin. (9-13 1/4 mill.) longi, medium usque 
vagina margine membranacea instructi, cirrhiferi, basi in surculis 
novellis aculeis 2 muniti. Limbi ovales vel basi dilatata late ovati, vel 
in surculis fere elongato-triangulares, in basi, tam dilatata quam ovali, 
breviter in petiolum angustati subcuneati, apice breviter acute acu- 
minati, 5-nervii, subtus pruinosi albido-glaucescentes, nunc 8 cent. 
longi, 6 1/, fere lati, nunc 5 1/, cent. longi, 27-84 mill, lati, aliique 
sureulorum 28 cent. longi, basi ultra 5 !/4 cent. lati. Pedunculi 18- 
27 mill. longi, compresso-angulati, receptaculo parvo subdecemfloro, 
pedicellis circ. 6 1/, mill. longis. Perigonii phyllis anguste ellipticis, 
acuminato-acutis, 4 1/4, mill. longis. Antheræ lineares. Fructus non 
visus. — Species ex cl. auct., cujus verba transcripsi, distinctissima, 
sed variabilis. Kunthio mihique ignota. 
Prope Xalapam Mexicanorum (Schiede a Schl. eit.). 
46. S. mediea (Schlecht. et Cham. in Linn. 6, p. 47); limbis ovato- 
hastatis, amplis, membranaceis; pedicellis flore duplo longioribus ; 
baccis rubris, pedicello longioribus. — Schlecht. in Linn. 18, p. 44; 
Guimp. et Schlecht. Azneigew., t. 296 (fide Kunth.); Kunth Enum. 
9, p. 297 ; Nees jun. Ic. plant. off. pe. icon picta, sine num. Salsa- 
parilla e Vera Cruz, off., ex Nees, l.c. ; Planch., Traité des drogues, I, 
p. 962, fig. 255, 250. Salsepareille della Conta, de Tuspan, fide G. 
