SMiLAX. SMILACEÆ (AUCTORE ALPH. DE CAND.). 201 
S. Pseudochina alba latifolia et alba e Ternate Rumph. Amb. 5, p. 488, 
fide Bl. S. glycyphylla Hassk. in Flora 1842, Beibl. 4, non Br. 
Rami validi, cylindrici, plus minus striati, læyigati, aculeis brevibus 
recurvis raris armati. Petioli 4 !/5-3 cent. longi, usque a] !/, vel paulo 
ultra marginibus inflexis amplis latere parallelis et undulatis apice 
ovato-acutis vel obtusis vaginati, tarde cirrhiferi. Limbi ovati vel 
ovato-oblongi, basi subacuti, obtusi vel subeordati, apice acumi- 
nati vel acuti, subtus glaucescentes, 10-20 cent. longi, 4-11 lali, 
nervis 7, duobus centrali proximis plus minus supra basim disce- 
dentibus, parenchymate opaco. Racemi masc. 8-8 cent. longi, 2-6- 
umbellati, rhachi infra bracteas abbreviata in vagina latente ; brac- 
teis 2-8, alternis, ovato-acutis vel 3-dentatis, vel medio euspidatis 
et utrinque obtuse lobatis, 3-4 mill.longis; pedunculis in axillis 
braetearum solitariis, geminis ternisve, 2-5 cent. longis. Recepta- 
culum globosum, 2-3 mill. latum, in specimine Moritzi globosum 
vel ellipsoideum. Bracteolæ lanceolatæ. Flores 15-20. Pedicelli cent. 
longi. Sepala petalaque oblonga, subæqualia, 4 mill. longa, demum 
a medio excurvata, Antheræ lineares , obtusiusculæ , filamento 
elongato 4e-5? breviores. Flores fem. ignoti (confer ad 8). Racemi 
fruetiferi (e specim. Spanoghe) masculis subsimiles, 1-2-umbellati, 
peduneulis 3-4 cent. Receptaculum globosum, 2-4 mill. latum, foveo- 
lis 6-7 margine rotundis. Baccæ 8-10 mill. latæ, pedicellis, 8-10 mill., 
in sicco pallide, cartilagineæ. 
In sylvis humilioribus Javæ et Moluccarum (Dl. 1. c. et in h. lugd. 
bat. !); in Java (Bl. in h. monac., mas supra descr.) ; monte Salak 
Javæ (h. Kurz), in Java (Spanoghe in h. kew. ubi fruct.) et verisimi- 
liter in penins. Malayana (e specim. inter presentem formam et var. 
in h. kew.). 
8, retusa (Blume ! l. c. B et h. Lugd. bat.) ; limbis plerumque apice 
retusis mucronatis. Folia vulgo quam in « ampliora, sed magn. et 
forma sspe ad eam transeuntia (ex h. lugd. bat., h. kew.). Recep- 
laenlum masc. (Zoll. 321) globosum vel ellipticum, in ead. planta. 
Floris fem. (578 Zoll.) sepala oblonga, excurvata, 9 mill. longa ; 
petala angustiora, subbreviora, oblonga, excurvata. Stamina sierilia 3, 
longitudine 1/, ovarii. Ovarium obovoideum ve! oblongum, 3- sulca- 
tum. Stigmata 3, ereeto-excurvata, oblonga, supra sulcata, !/, longit. 
ovarii. Baccæ (especim. Mottley) ut in «, pedicellis 5-7 mill. recepta- 
culo globoso inserta. 
In Java (Bl. l. c., Zoll. 578 in h. Webb, nunc florent., 321 in h. 
Boiss., Nagel 29 in h. ber.); Borneo ad Bangarmassing (Mottley 249 
in h. ken) Penang (Griff. 5446 in h. kew.) et peuins. Malayaua, 
eum dubio (Griff. 5429, ibid.); ins. Bouton Cawanes (Ad. Deless. in 
h. Deless. et h. DC., sine fl. v. fr., ideo dubia). 
