SMILAX. SMILACEÆ (AUCTORE ALPH. DE CAND.). 183 
vel pellueide punctato non lineato, vetustiore opaco subooriaceo. Ra- 
cemi masc. et fem. inter folium et squamam ovato-acutam 5 mill. 
longam nascentes. Masculi (e specim. Muell.) petiolo duplo triplove 
longiores (2-3 cent.) Rhachis eorum squama basilari longior, 
8-10 mill. longa, apice bracteam ovato-acutam 2-8 mill. longam et 
gemmulam sæpius paulo evolutam gerentes. Peduneulus rhachi sub- 
equalis, sepius longior, umbella 45-20-flora terminatus, Recepta- 
culum globosum aut subellipsoideum, bracteolis lanceolatis 1 1/32 !/, 
mill. longis, Pedicelli 6-8 mill. Alabastra obovoidea. Sepala oblonga, 
4 mill. longa, obtusiuscula, cum petalis vix brevioribus angustioribus 
reflexa. Antheræ oblongæ, obtusæ, filamento 5"-6^ breviores. Flores 
fem. ignoti. Racemi fructiferi (e specim. Muell. in h. DC.) masculis 
breviores, intra squamam bracteam et gemmulam præbentes, rhachi 
ideo abbreviata, pedunculum unum (raro 2) gerentes. Pedicelli bac- 
ciferi 4-5 mill.longi, receptaculo vix 2 mill. lato globoso inserti. Baccæ 
.(immat.) 5 mill. latae. E specim. Oldfried in h. Boiss. minus certo: 
receptaculum globosum vel ellipsoideum, 4-5 mill, longum, pedicelli 
In Australie Nova Wallia, ad Twofold bay (Oldfried l. c., Muell. in 
h. h. petr.); Nova Anglia (Muell. in h. DC.), Australia bor, or, ad 
Rockingham bay (Muell. in h. ber.). 
t Asiaticæ — Racemi 1-A-umbellati. 
* Rami non verrucosi nee setis barbati. 
159. S. quadrata ; ramis angulosis; petiolis medium usque vagi- 
natis; limbis oblongis ; umbellis 2-3. 
Planta in sicco pallida. Rami inferiores acute quadrangulares, an- 
gulis plus minus eminentibus, lævigati, interdum striati, aculeis bre- 
vibus sursum frequenter arcuatis passim armati; ramuli plus minus 
angulati et armati ; ambo alternatim oblique adscendentes (modo dieto 
gallice zig-zag). Petioli 10-12 mill. longi, medium usque marginibus 
inflexis vaginati, cirrhiferi. Limbi oblongi, basi obtusi et vestuliores 
subcordati, apice obtuso cuspidati, 8-14 cent. longi, 2 [aco 1j 
lati, nervis 5, et in latioribus 7, duobus centrali propioribus ab eo 
plus minus supra basim discedentibus, nervulis parum distinetis, pa- 
renchymate subtus pallidiore, pellucide punetato et passim lineato. 
Racemi masc. ignoti; feminei petiolo 2"-3» longiores, post anthesin 
(Squama basis lapsa) altitudine 5-10 mill. bractea ovato-acuta 2 mill. 
longa stipati et dichotomi, bractea ulteriore ung proxima gemmulæ 
subsimili opposita; umbellis 2-3 pedunculo 1-15 mill. longo suffullis. , 
Receptaculum globosum, 2-3 mill. latum, bracteolis acuminatis ple- 
