SMILAX. SMILACEÆ (AUCTORE ALPH. DE CAND.). 194 
viora. Habitus S. celastroidis, sed umbelle pedunculate. — Hæe 
omnia e descr. Kunthii, nam planta quam a Bertero habuit non adest 
in herb. berol. 
In Jamaica (Bertero, ex Kunth, l. o.). 
tt Limbi vetustiores opaci, magni. 
. S. phyllobola (Griseb.! in Fl. Bras. v. 3, p. 21, quoad plant. 
e Sántarem; Mart.! herb., pr. p.). 
Rami validi ramulique striati, cylindrici, inermes, esi squama 
basis ovato-acuta, 5 mill. longa. Petioli centim. et serius 15-20 mill. 
longi, usque ad 1/, marginibus inflexis parallelis vaginati, demum 
cirrhiferi. Limbi ovato-acuti, basi obtusi, extremitate acutissimi (nec 
cuspidati), 11-12 cent. longi, 5-6 cent. lati, coriacei, fere con colores, 
opaci, nervis 7, duobus centrali propioribias paululum, supra basim 
ab eo discedentibus, aliis nervulisque in sicco parum distinctis. Pedun- 
culi fructiferi ex axillis foliorum, 5 mill. longi. Receptaculum globo- 
sum, 4-5 mill. latum, foveolis circiter 20 margine vix acutis. Pedi- 
celli centim. longi. Baccæ subglobosæ, 6-7 mill. longæ, 2-1-spermæ. 
In prov. Para, ad Santarem (Mart. in h. monac.); in Brasilia tro- 
pica (Burch. in h. kew., specimina imperf.). 
" Nervi foliorum omnes basilares. — Sp. 91-118. 
t Limbi plerumque margine aculeati (nunc in eodem ramo inermes). — Sp. 91-96. 
Petioli apice summo articulati et demum rupti. 
91. S. oblongata (Sw. Prodr. p. 59, Fl. Ind. oce. 1, p. 637); 
humilis; petiolis usque ad 1/,-2/, vaginatis; limbis oblongidi basi 
obtusis; staminibus sterilibus fl. fem. sex. — Kunth Enum. 5 p. 173. 
Frutex humilis, diffusus. Caulis teres. Rami angulosi, flexuosi, 
leves, aculeis rectis aut varie flexis, apice frequenter nigricantibus. 
Squama basis ovato-acuta, subpungens, 1-2 mill. longa. Petioli in 
ramis floriferis 9-4 mill., in vetustioribus 5-7 mill. longi, a basi ad 
1/3-2/ marginibus inflexis anguste vaginati, sepius cirrhiferi. Limbi 
anguste oblongi, basi obtusi vel subcordati, apice acuti vel mucro- 
nati, juniores 3-8 cent. longi, 5-18 mill. lati, postea 5-10 cent. longi, 
5-25 mill. lati, 5-nervii, nervis seeundariis eminentibus, pro parte 
longitudinalibus vel obliquis (ut in S. Havanensi), margine passim 
dentato-aculeati vel (in eodem ramo) integri, in costa subtus raris- 
sime aculeolis 1-2 armati, exsiccati pallide flavi, rigidi, parenchymate 
juniore non lineato subpellucido, deinde opaco. Peduneuli 2-5 mill. 
