SMILAX. SMILACEÆ (AUCTORE ALPH. DE CAND.): 173 
armati, Superne potius lævigati et inermes. Aculei conici, bre- 
ves, perpendiculares. Petioli 12-14 mill. longi, usque ad 1/3, margini- 
bus angustis vaginati, cirrhiferi. Limbi elliptici rarius subovato-acuti, 
basi obtusi vel subcordati, apice (in eod. ramo) mucronati vel acuti, 1-13 
cent. longi, 3 1/,-6 lati, 5- eteum nervulis marginibus 7-nervii, nervis 
2 centrali propioribus in fol. vetustioribus paulo supra basim disce- 
dentibus, subtus valde eminentibus, cæteris et nervulis reticulatis magis 
quam in S, Kraussiana distinctis, parenchymate pellucide punctalo, 
lineolis nullis aut raris. Racemi in axilla folii et squamæ ovato-acutæ 
5 mill. longe nascentes, petiolo duplo circiter longiores, sub medio 
bracteis ovato-lanceolatis 2-8 mill. longis oppositis vel sparsis do- 
nali, unde nunc indivisi et nunc biramosi, ramo uno (terminali ?) fre- 
quenter foliifero. Umbella circiter 20-flora. Pedicelli fl. masc. 3-4 mill. 
longi, receptaculo ellipsoideo 3-4 mill. longo inter bracteolas ovato- 
acutas inserti. Sepala et petala obovato-oblonga, 4-5 mill. longa, ob- 
tusa, basi et medio colorata, alibi passim maculata, demum patenti- 
recurvata, petalis paulo angustioribus. Antheræ oblougæ, filamento 
99-6? breviores. Flores fem. (e specimine Meller in h. Kew. ramis 
foliisque simill.) receptaculo globoso (ut interdum in aliis), pedicellis 
4-6 mill. longis. Flores 20-25. Sepala et petaia circiter 3 mill. longa, 
oblonga, fere similia, ad 2/; excurvata. Stamina sterilia 3, ovarii vix 
medium attingentia. Ovarium ovoideo-oblongum, 3-sulcatum. Stig- 
mata oblonga, 1/; ovarii. Pedicelli fructiferi 6-7 mill. longi, numero 
circiter 18-20, receptaculo ellipsoideo 5 mill. longo, rarius (in eod. 
ramo) subgloboso 3 mill. longo, in speciminibus h. Mus. par. in eod. 
ramo oblongo vel globoso, inter bracteolas ovato-acutas inserti. 
Baccæ globosæ, maturæ virides (Goudot), 5-8 mill. lat:e, frequenter 
2-spermæ. Proxima S. Kraussianæ differt ramis minime angulosis, 
receptaculo sæpius elongato. 
In sylvis Madagascar, ad Tamatave (Goudot in h. Deless. ubi deser. 
Bréon 74 in h. Mus. par.); in Madagascar, ad S. Maria (Bernier 43 in 
h. Mus. par.), et verisim. in ora occid. Africæ, ad Gabon (ex speci- 
mine incompleto Mann 954, in h. Mus. par. a. Mus. kew. comm.). 
148. $. Lessertiama; ramis cylindricis, verrucosis; petiolis 
usque ad 1/,-1/, vaginatis; limbis ovato-ellipticis; pedicellis bacca 
longioribus, 
Rami cylindrici, non striati, crebre verrucis minimis obtusis asperi, 
aculeis brevibus patentibus rectis armati. Folia in specimine vetus- 
tiora, Petioli 10-19 mill. longi, usque ad !/5-!/ marginibus inflexis 
parallelis vaginati, cirrhiferi. Limbi ovato-elliptici, basi obtusi, ad 
petiolum paulo cuneati, apice obtuso oblique mucronati, 12-13 cent. 
longi, 6 lati, subcoriacei, nervis 7, quorum 2 centrali propiores ab eo 
alte supra basim discedentes, parenchymate opaco, Racemi inter fo- 
