SMILAX . SMILACEÆ (AUCTORE ALPH. DE CAND.). 107 
b. Petioli (ut vulgo in genere) basi marginibus inflexis vaginati. 
a. Indicæ, — Species graciles, inermes, umbellis paucifloris, a &eq. 
amerieanis habitu, non vero characteribus validis distinctæ, Sp: 70-74, 
* Petioli apice summo articulati. Stamina sterilia floris fem. 3-1. 
10: S. elegans (Wall. list, n. 5117 !); petiolis usque ad 1/4 - 3/, va- 
ginatis, vagina demum ampliata et apice distincta; limbis ovato-acutis 
vel ovato-lanceolatis, basi obtusis; stigmatibus 2-1. — Kunth Enum. 
5, p. 163. S. parvifolia Wall. ! list n. 5118, in h. Deless. S. glauco- 
phylla Klotzsch in Reise Prinz. Wald. p. 45 t. 91. 
Inermis, Rami teretes, læves ; ramuli paulo angulati. Squama basi- 
laris ovato-acuta, 3-5 mill. longa. Petioli 5-10 mill, longi; juniores 
usque ad medium et ultra marginibus angustis extremitate acutis và- 
ginati, marginibus postea planiusculis dilatatis usque ad 3/, vel 5/5, 
sæpe cirrhiferi, apice summo juxta limbum articulati et demum rum- 
pentes, vetustiores (limbo lapso) 16-18 mill. longi. Limbi ovato-aculi 
vel oblongo-lanceolati, basi obtusi, apice acutissimi, tenues, subtus 
pallidi, 3-10 cent. longi, 5-15 mill. lati, 7-nervii, sepius pellucide 
punetati et interdum lineati, interdum opaci; vetustiores (in specim. 
Royle h. h. petr.) late ovati, subcordati, apice mucronati, 8 cent. longi, 
6 cent. lati, saepe opaci. Pedunculi graciles, 8-20 mill. longi, in axilla 
folii nascentes, gemmæ squama ovato-oblonga vel ramulo florifero 
evoluto siepe inter pedunculum et folium adstantibus. Umbellæ masc. 
pauci-vel multifloræ. Pedicelli gracillimi, 8-8 mill. longi, receptaculo 
globoso, 1-3 mill. lato, inter bracteolas numero et forma variabiles, 
lanceolatas vel lineari-subulatas inserti. Alabastra ovoidea, vix mill. lon- 
giora. Sepala et petala ovato-lanceolata, subæqualia, 1 1/2 mill. longa, 
patenti-revolüta. Anthere obtuse, demum filamento subbreviores. 
Umbellæ fem. (e specim. Hook. f. et Th.) pauciflorie. Sepala et petala 
ut in mare, demum magis patentia. Stamina sterilia 3-1, sepius 1 së- 
palo oppositum. Ovarium ovoideum, in plerisque flor. uniloculare et 
stigma unieum lineare faleatum tune gerens, interdum stigmatibus 
2 falcatis donatum. Baccæ 4 mill. Re ism P cent. longis. 
In Nepalia (Wall. olim in h. DC.; et n. 5117 ibi n h. kew., De- 
less., bérol.), Khasya (Hook. f. et unl exs. in 3 fet Himalaya 
orient; (Griff. 5435 in h: kew.) et occid. (Hook. f. et Thoms: ibid.); 
B; major; petiolis, peduncilis femineis (post anthesin): et bracteolis 
majoribus. In specimine unico petioli 2 1/4 cent. longi, usque ad */5- 
?*/,e vagina ampliata planiuscula 4 mill. lata marginibus parallelis 
undulatis insignes, supra vaginam cirrhiferi, apice ut vulgo rumpen- 
tes. Pedunculi 3-4 cent. longi. Umbellæ 20-25-floræ, bracteolis an- 
guste lanceolatis 5-9 mill. longis numerosis, pedicellis (floratione pe- 
