190 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. SMILAX. 
(unus pius quam alter), parenchymate fere opaco, passim pellucide li- 
neolato et ubi tenuior pellucide punctato. Racemi inter folium et squa- 
mam ovato-acutam 5 mill. longam nascentes, florentes folio dimidio 
breviores, fructiferi accreti, folio tamen minores, 2-3-umbelliferi, pe- 
duneulis 2-3 cent. longis, bracteis ovato-acutis 3-1 mill. longis alter- 
nis unde rami, ultima gemmulæ subsimili opposita, rhachi pedunculis 
breviore. Flores masc. in umbella 40-50, pedicellis 5-6 mill. longis 
receptaculo minimo inter bracteolas ovato-acutas insertis. Alabastra 
masc. oblonga, obtusa, basi subacuta. Sepala oblonga, obtusa, 6-7 
mill. longa. Petala vix breviora, duplo angustiora, ligulata, cum se- 
palis patenti-revoluta. Antheræ oblongæ, obtusiusculæ, filamento 5° 
et ultra breviores. Umbellæ fructiferæ 8-15-carpæ. Flores fem. 
ignoti, sed ovarium (fide Gray) loculis 1-ovulatis. Baccæ globosæ, 
5 mill. lata», purpureæ. — S. Klotzschii diversa foliis latioribus, sæpe 
ovatis, lineatis; floribus majoribus; sepalis petalisque latioribus, et 
forsan fructu. 
In Japonia, ad Kago-Sima (Wright n. 312 in h. h. petrop. et Mus. 
par.) ; 
169. S. Zeylaniea (L; Sp. 2 p. 1459, non Wight); ramis sub-4- 
angulis; petiolis usque ad !/,-!/; vaginatis; limbis ellipticis, cuspida- 
lis; racemis 2-3-umbellatis. Thwait.! Enum. Ceyl. p. 338, exs. 
n. 3670; Wall. ! list 5130, A (in h. Deless. et h; DC.). S. Indica, etc. 
Burm. Thes. Zeyl: p. 217 (exel. syn.). S. elliptica Desv.! in Ham 
Prodr. fl. Ind. occ. p. 58 (quee ex Desv. ex h. Ind. orientali nec ospiti 
Rami flexuosi, inferiores subcylindriei, aculeis brevibus subrecurvis 
passim armati; superiores obtuse subquadranguli, inermes. Petioli 
10-20 mill. longi, usque ad !/,-!1/; marginibus inflexis parallelis an- 
guste vaginati, demum cirrhiferi. Limbi elliptici, basi juniores acuti, 
deinde obtusi, apice rotundato obtuse cuspidati, 5-8 cent. longi, 2-5 
cent. lati, nervis 7, quorum 2 centrali propiores ab eo supra basim 
(in vetustioribus praesertim) discedentes, firmi, nervulis in sicco emi- 
nentibus, parenchymate pellucide punctulato non lineato, Racemi mas- 
euli inter folium et squamam ovato-aeutam 4-10 miil: longam nascen- - 
tes, petiolo æquales vel duplo longiores, infra medium bractea vel 
sepius bractea et gemmula abortiente ovato-lanceolatis 1-9 mill. 
longis stipati, pedunculum unicum umbelliferum vel pedunculum et 
ramulum foliiferum gerentes. Umbellæ 10-25-floræ. Receptaculum glo- 
bosum vel ovoideum, 2-4 mill. longum, bracteolis ovato-acutis mini- 
mis. Pedicelli 6-10 mill. longi. Alabastra obovoidea, obtusa. Sepala 
et petala subæqualia, 4 mill. longa, a medio excurvata, Antherc& 
oblongæ, obtusæ, filamento 5? breviores. — Racemi feminei (e spe- 
cim. Thwait. in h. Boiss. et h. kew.) fere ut masculi, frequentius pe- 
