SMILAX, SMILACEÆ (AUCTORE ALPH. DE CAND.). 181 
165. S. Indien (Vitm. Summa,.5, p. 422) ; ramis subteretibus ; 
petiolis usque ad 1/,-1/, vaginatis ; limbis elliptico- vel ovato-acumi- 
natis ; racemis uniumbellatis. S, Indica spinosa Zeylanica Kabolosse 
Herm.! herb. in h. Mus. Lugd. bat, S, Villandia Wall. list, n. 5198 
(fide Royle); Royle! Ill, p. 384, t. 94 (ubi nervi male fig.). Kari- 
Vilandi Rheede Mal. 7, t. 31. S. laurifolia Hohen.! pl. Ind, exs., 
n. 122 (non alior.). S. Hohenackeri Kunth ! Enum. 5, p. 240; Hook, 
f. et Thoms, exs., sine num. S. Zollingeri Kunth! Enum. 5, p. 241. 
S. Zeylanica in pluribus herb. 
Radix (rhizoma) ex Rheede crassa, dura, fusca. Rami teretes vel in 
eadem planta subteretes, inermes vel aculeis rectis aut recurvis pas- 
sim armati ; ramuli sepius anguloso-striati et inermes. Petioli cen- 
tim. longi, usque ad !/, vel !/; marginibus parallelis extremitate 
obtusis inflexis vix accrescentibus vaginali, sepe cirrhiferi, Limbi (in 
eodem ramo a Royle ad h. h. petrop. misso) elliptici et longe cuspidati 
vel ovato-acuminati, in aliis speciminibus a me visis nune prioris et 
nunc posterioris forma, basi obtusi vel acuti, acumine valde acuto 
(fig. Rheedii, specimina Royle, Hohen.) aut contundato (specim. Hook., 
Wight.), 7-12 cent, longi, 2 !/5-5 lati, nervis 7, duobus centrali pro- 
pioribus ab eo plus minus supra basim discedentibus, parenchymate 
tenui et pellucide punctulato (in specim. Royle, Hohen.) vel firmiore 
et tunc primo adspectu opaco sed pellucide punctulato, rarissime pas- 
sim lineato (in specimine Hook. in h. DC.). Racemi inter folium et 
Squamam ovato-acuminatam 8-4 mill. longam nascentes, 1-2 cent. 
longi, propre basim aut sæpius infra medium bractea 1-3 mill. longa, 
oblonga, obtusa et gemmula abortiva opposita vestili, pedunculo e 
bractea simplici umbella 12-30-flora terminato. Pedicelli masc. 4-5 mill. 
longi, receptaculo globoso vel elliptico 3-4 mill. longo inter bracteolas 
minimas ovatas obtusas et passim dentato-papillosas inserti, Alabastra 
oblongo-obovoidea, obtusa. Sepala oblonga, obtusa, 5-6 mill. longa, 
cum petalis angustioribus subsimilibus demum revoluta. Antheræ 
oblongæ, cbtusæ, filamento 6° breviores. Inflorescentia fem. (ex spe- 
cimine Hook. f. et Th, in h. DC.) similis, Alabastra ovoideo-oblonga. 
Sepala petalaque fere similia. Stamina abortiva (ex specim. Hook. f. e 
Nilghiries, Junghun e Java) 6, ovario vix breviora. Ovarium ovoi- 
deum, obtuse 8-gonum. Stigmata erecta, in alabastro apice solum 
patentia, oblonga, planiuscula, ovario triplo minora. Baccæ ( e specim, 
Wight in h. h. petr.) 5-6 mill. latæ, pedicellis 8-10 mill. longis recep- 
taeulo globoso (fig. Rheed.) insertis. 
Differt a S. Zeylanica foliis magis elongatis, racemis constanter 
uniumbellatis, pedicellis vulgo brevioribus, flore paulo majore, stami- 
nibus sterilibus fl. fem. longioribus (an char. constans?). Forsan vero 
jungendæ, ut existimant auctores qui figuram Rheedii ad S. Zeyla- 
nicam retulerunt. 
