SMILAX. SMILACEA (AUCTORE ALPH. DE CAND.). 199 
Rami obtüse subangulosi, striati, passim aculeis brevibus rectis 
armati, Petioli 15-25 mill. longi, juniores basi concavi, deinde usque 
ad 1/4 marginibus inflexis in auriculas dimidiato-ovatas vel dimidiato- 
rotundas 4-5 mill.latas nervulis ut in dorso striatas expansi, in vetust, 
foliis non cogniti, Cirrhi in ramo viso nulli (an postea evoluti ?) Limbi 
ovato-acuti vel acuminati, juniores basi acuti, deinde obtusi, 18-22 cent, 
longi, 8-11 lati, membranacei, nervis 9 a petiolo discrelis, validis, à 
medio gradatim decrescentibus, nervulis in sieco parum eminentibus, 
parenchymate pellucide punetulato, non lineato. Racemi inter folium 
et squamam . ovato-acutam, lævigatam, 6-7 mill, longam nascentes, 
petiolo 2°-/° breviores, altitudine petioli bracteam et supra bracteas 
similes 1-2 alternas præbentes, unde in axilla quaque pedunculi 
solitarii, gemini ternive, 5-12 mill. longi, numero 5-712 Bracteæ 
latissime ovatæ, mill. longs, in specimine frequenter truncatæ vel 
lapse, Umbellæ masc, 3-10 ?-floræ. Receptaculum globosum, 2 mill. 
latum, bracteolis ovato-acutis vix perspicuis. Pedicelli 7 mill. longi. 
Alabastrum obovoideum. Sepala oblongo-obovata, fere 5 mill. longa, 
cum petalis tiorib b libus recurvata. Antheræ oblongæ, 
lia S. ovalifoliæ, sed folia forma et nervatione diversa. Auriculæ 
petioli breviores quam in S. orthoptera, cujus inflorescentia differt. 
E regione Birmah ? (schedula Griff. 5444 in h. kew.) 
7 Nervi duo centrali propiores ab eo supra basim discedentes, alii basilares. 
179. S. ovalifolia (Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 72, Fl. Ind. 3, p. 794); 
ramis subcylindricis; petiolis usque ad !/5-*/a vaginatis ; limbis ova- 
libus, demum opacis; racemis 8-10-unibellatis — Hook. f. et Th. exs. 
sine nüm. (fl. masc.) in h: DC. et h. kew: (non Wight Ic.). S. proli- 
fera Roxb. Fl. Ind. 8, p. 795; Wall. list. 5124, B, in h. Deless. et h. 
ber.; Kunth Enum. 5, p. 241 (excl. Wall, lit. H.); Kurz herb. S. lauri- 
folia Roxb. FL Ind. 9, p. 793 (nonalior.). S laurina -Kunth Enum. 
9, p. 248. 
Rami passim striato- angulosi, læves, aculeis rectis vel subrecurvis 
2-3 mill. longis plus minus armati, Petioli 15-20 mill. longi, usque ad 
1/3-1/2 marginibus amplis dimidiato-ovatis inflexis 5-8 mill. latis 
dorso striatis lateraliter nervoso-reticulatis vaginali, sepe cirrhiferi, 
ultra medium rumpentes. Vagina in ramis junior. basi amplexicaulis. 
Limbi ovales, juniores basi subacuti, deinde oblusi, etiam subcordati, 
apice rotundati et mucronati, 7-18 cent. longi, 3-8 lati, nervis 7, juni- 
ores pellneide :punctati et lineati, vetustiores plus minus opaci. 
Racemi masc, et fem. inter folium et squamam ovato-aculam vel 
acuminatam 4-5 mill. longam nunc fissam nascentes, folio 1/4 circiter 
