SMILACE/B, LILIACEjE. 237 



between Hamilton and Dandas, Ont., the banks of the 

 Thames at London, Ont., and Niagara Falls. 



Oedbb civ. SMILA'CE^ (Smilax Family.) 



Climbing plants, more or less shrubby, with alternate 

 ribbed and net-oeined petioled leaves, and small dioecious flow- 

 ers in umbels. Perianth regular, of 6 greenish sepals, free 

 from the ovary. Stamens as many as the sepals, with 1- 

 ooUed anthers. Ovary 3-oelled, surrounded by 3 sessile 

 spreading stigmas. Fruit a small berry. Represented by 

 the single genus 



%.tIIIiA\, Tourn. Green-Brier. Cat-Brier. 

 {Included in Liliacece^ in Macoun's Catalogue.) 



1. S. his'pida, Muhl. Stem woody, densely covered helow 

 withlong weak prickles. Leaves large, ovate or heart-shaped, 

 pointed, thin, 5-9 -nerved. Peduncles of the axillary 

 Mvabels much longer than the petioles. Berry black. — Moist 

 thickets. 



2. S. Fotundifo'lia, L., var. quadrangularis. Gray. [S. 



quadrangularis ,Farsh, in Macoun's Catalogue.) Stem woody, 

 it and the branches armed with scattered prickles. Branches 

 4-angular. Peduncles not longer than the petioles. Leaves 

 ovate, broader than long, slightly cordate. Berry blue- 

 black. — South-western Ontario. 



3. S. hePba'eea, L. (Cabrion-Flowee.) Stem herbaceous, 

 not prickly. Leaves ovate-oblong and heart-shaped, 7-9- 

 ribbed, long-petioled, mucronate. Flowers carrion-scented. 

 Berry bluish-black. — Meadows and river banks. 



Obdek CV. lilLIA'CE^. (Lilt Family.) 



Herbs, distinguished as a whole by their regular and sym- 

 metrical flowers, having a 6-leaved perianth (but 4-leaved 

 in one species of Smilaoina) free from the usually 3-celled 

 ovary, and as many stamens as divisions of the perianth 

 (one before each) with 2-oelled anthers. Fruit a pod or berry. 



