SMILAX, SMILACEÆ (AUCTORE ALPH. DE CAND. ). 169 
+ RACEMI SÆPIUS ABBREVIATI, SUPRA SQUAMAM BASILAREM BRACTEIS PAU- 
CIS DISTICHIS DONATI, QUARUM SUPREMA GEMMULÆ AXIS TERMINALI PLUS MINUS 
ABORTIENTI OPPOSITA VEL SUBOPPOSITA. PEDUNCULI Í-UMBELLATI; NUDI, IN 
AXILLA BRACTEÆ SOLITARII VEL BINI TERNATIVE, — SP. 144-182, 
Omnes gerontogeæ, præsertim asiaticæ ; foliis perstantibus; flori- 
bus non minimis ; antheris filamento sensim brevioribus. 
À. Racemi 1-3, rarius 1-4-umbellati; pedunculis umbelliferis in axil- 
la bracteæ semper. solitarii; gemmula terminali abortiente vel rarius 
paulo evoluta. — Sp. 144175. 
1° Floris feminei stamina sterilia tria. — Racemi 1-2-umbellati, — 
Sp. 144-156 
* Nervi duo centrali propiores ab eo plus minus s nd "rg discedentes. 
— Rami omnium, preter S. Lessertianæ, levigati. — Sp. 1 
Africane. — Racemi A-umbellati. 
144. R. anceps (Willd.! Sp. 4, p. 782); ramis angulosis ; petio- 
lis usque ad 1/,-1/, vaginatis ; limbis ovato-rotundalis, vetustioribus 
cordatis ; pedicellis bacca longioribus. — Kunth! Enum. 5, p. 244 
(excl. specim. sandwic.) S. China Duham. Arbr. 4, p. 239 (quo ad 
specim. borbon.). S. Borbonica h. h. petr. ex h. Mus. par. n. 175. 
S. anceps Decsne, Timor (quo ad plant. Timor. )? 
Rami flexuosi, inermes, striati, subancipites vel 4-angulares vel (in 
eodem ramo) passim teretes. Petioli 10-20 mill. longi, usque ad 1/4- 
1/3 alis angustis marginati, frequenter cirrhiferi. Limbi ovato- vel ro- 
tundo-acuti, basi (in eod. ramo) obtusi vel subcordati, raro acutiusculi, 
apice acuminati vel mucronati, 4-8 cent. longi, 1 !/,-6 cent. lati, rigi- 
di vel coriacei, nervis 7, duobus centrali proximis ab eo supra basim 
discretis, parenchymate ubi non opaco pellucide punctato et passim 
ineato. Racemi inter folium et squamam ovato-acutam 3-6 mill, 
longam sæpe bipartitam inserti, petiolo duplo circiter longiores, 
versus medium altitudine varia? (in specimine typico Willd. supra 
medium) bractea ovata vel oblonga acuta vel obtusa 1-2 mill. longa 
stipati, unde pedunculus centim, longus, cum gemma bracteæ oppo- 
Sita sæpe abortiva vel in ramulum folüferum evoluta. Umbellæ 
10-30-florz. Pedicelli 4-10 mill. longi, receptaculo 3-5 mill. lato sub- 
£loboso inter bracteolas ovato-acutas inserti. Floris masc. alabastra 
oblongo-ovata, obtusa. Sepala petalaque 3-4 mill. longa, oblonga, 
obtusa, revoluta, Antheræ filamento 5? breviores, oblongæ, obtuse. 
los fem. in specimine unico h. Willd. magnitudine maris. Sepala 
