114 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. SMILAX 
lium et squamam ovato-oeutam 5-6 mill. longam inserti, florentes 
ignoti, fructiferi 2-4 cent. longi, ad !/,-!1/; supra basim bractea et 
gemmula oppositis ovato-aculis 1-2 mill. longis stipati, inde 1-pedun- 
culati et 1-umbellati. Receptaculum globosum vel paulo ellipsoideum, 
3-5 mill. longum, bracteolis ovato-acuminatis !/5-3/, mill. longis pers- 
tantibus. Pedicelli ex numero foveolarum 10-15, bacca matura 
12-16 mill. longi. Bacec 8-10 mill. latæ, pallidæ, 2-1-spermæ.— Folia 
et fructus S. ancipitis, sed rami minime angulosi. Cæterum ab omni- 
bus africanis differt ramis verrucosis. Accedit ad S, aspericaulem 
Indie, sed forma foliorum diversa. 
In Madagascar ad Imour-a-Mangua (Goudot in h. Deless. k 
Asiaticæ. — Racemi 1-2- raro 1-9-umbellati. 
149. T. Wightii ; ramis subangulosis; petiolis usque ad 1/,-1/, 
vaginatis; limbis late ovato-ellipticis, basi obtusis vel subcordatis, 
coriaceis, S. Zeylanica Wight Ic. t. 2057 et 2058 (non L.) 
Alte scandens (ex Wight). Rami obtuse subangulosi, inermes vel pas- 
sim aculeis brevibus rectis vel subrecurvis armati. Petioli 2 1/,-3cent . 
longi, usque ad !/,-!/, marginibus inflexis parallelis vaginati, cirrhi- 
feri. Limbi late ovati vel late elliptici, basi obtusi et demum subcordati, 
juniores apice acuminato-cuspidati, deinde obtuse cuspidati, in masc. 
(ex Wight. ic. longius cuspidati), 8-11 cent. longi, 5-9 1/2 laii, 5 et 
obseure T-nervii, nervis 2 centrali propioribus ab eo supra basim 
discedentibus (male in iconibus fig.), coriacei, juniores tamen pellucide 
punctulati, non lineati. Racemi masc. (ex ic. 2058) inter folium et 
squamam ovato-acutam centim. longam nascentes, folio */ breviores 
infra medium bractea lanceolata gemmulæ ? subæquali opposita 5 mill. 
longa (in ic, ssepe omiss. et male fig. ?) stipati, et inde pedunculos 
umbelliferos 1-2 gerentes. Umbellæ 12-18-floræ, Receptaculum glo- 
bosum, 2 mill. latum. Pedicelli 14-15 mill, Sepala et petala linearia, 
9 mill. longa, excurvata. Stamina certe in fig. 4 male posita. Antherae 
filamento 6° breviores (in ic. male fig.). Racemi feminei (e specim 
Wight, in h. kew eth, h. petr.) folio duplo triplove breviores, raro 
simplices, ssepius 2-3-chotomi. Rhachis ab altitudine 1-2 cent. 
bracteas 2-3, alternas, late ovatas, acutas, cuspidatas vel apice sub- 
3-lobas, 6-4 mill. longas præbens, unde tot pedunculi 1-3 cent. longi, 
gemmula terminali ante bracteam superiorem videnda. Umbellæ 
8-30-floræ. Receptaculum subglobosum, 2-5 mill. latum, bracteolis 
ovatis subacutis minimis. Pedicelli florentes 6-8 mill, Sepala 4 mill. 
longa, a basi ovata oblonga, obtusa. Petala angustiora, subæqualia, 
oblonga, cum sepalis demum exeurvata. Stamina sterilia tria, sepalis 
opposita, !/3-!/, longitudinis ovarii. Ovarium ovoideum, obtuse 
