350 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
3-celled, 3-valved. Seeds several, paatantc ey stipitate,—the stipe in- 
~-yested with pappus-like hairs ; embryo st 
1. T. usneoides, Z. Stem filiform, ited sig pendulous ; 
leaves subulate-filiform ; peduncles 1 flower ed, shor 
unas Trtuanpsta. Long Moss. 
Peren taking root in the fissures of the bark of trees. _ Stem 3-6 feet or 
more in Tenge fy branche , pendulous in long tangled f old trees, 
very vars th with minute 
whitis) = scales which are dotted in the Piha eentre of the stem 
and ares es aiine ie a black k horny elastic thread. Leaves subterete, slender, acute. 
Flowers yellowish-green, Pursh. (purple, Loudon, Ency.), solitary, eebled sessile, with 
3a4 Il leaves (or b ee base. d corolla deep! the segments 
equal in length, lanceolate, membran yary oblong. Gomes nearly cylindrical, 
2~3-celled. Seeds several in roach oe, roulong: acute at each end, comos: 
Grows on the forest trees, in the low- land districts of the South. Fil. June ~ Sept. Fr. 
Obs. This singular parasite extends as far north as the Dismal Swamp, 
in a reinia but I have not had the pleasure of seeing it in its native 
forests. Mr. Exziorr (from whose sketch I hav chiefly d derived the 
above ae says, “ black cattle eat this plant in “winter with peeset 
oie sometimes trees are felled, during a series of severe frosts, to place 
the pangee rer their reach. The moss, when dried, is beaten until the 
back falls off, and ie cartilaginous hair-like flexible stem used for stuff: 
mattresses, chairs, &c.” The uses, here mentioned, seem to entitle 
the plant to a = i the present vi ok: 
Orper LXXVI. SMILA’CEAS. (Smimax Famity.) 
oe ——e plants with ribbed and netted-veined leaves and regular dic- 
er sam aie Perianth 6~10 parted ; stamens as many as (Pik perianth-lobes, 
og an sap sisves -celled ; styles or sessile stigmas many and distinct. Fruii a few -maby- 
0 mi inute, in a hard albumen. 
1. SMY’LAX, Tournef. Green-prier. 
aes ancient Greck name, meaning re 
Flowers dicecious, in axillar unculate simple umbels. poy aan 
what corolla-like, campanulate, SASS arte —or rather of 6 petaloid 
sepals in two series, the outer o radar STAMINATE Stamens 
6; anthers linear, adnate to the fi rl tr Pistriate Fr. Ovary 3. 
celled ; ovules saps stigmas 3, subsessile. Berry 1 —3-celled, 1-3- 
arely perennial herbs, often evergreen = prickly, 
climbing by psa on the petioles ; flowers greenish ia 
1. S, rotundifo’lia, Z. Stem shrubby, prickly, m less 4-angled. 
or sub-terete ; leaves orbicular-ovate, rar pai Wa at base; 
common peduncles scarcely longer than the e petioles. 
_ Rovnp-teavep Sumax. Green-brier. Rough Bind-weed, 
‘Plant glabrous, yellowish-green. Stem 20 - 30 (sometimes he) feet long, slender 
‘prickles, and climbing 
e pemrrn auegs 
_ ose, somewhat branched, armed with straight r py tendrils. 
