Smilax.] olvi. liliaoej:. (J. D. Hooker.) 303 



BrancMets slender, terete, smooth, unarmed. Leaves rather thin, 3-oostate to 

 the rounded or cuneate base; petiole narrowly sheathing, unarmed, cirrhi very 

 slender. Vnibels many-fld. ; peduncle ebracteate ; pedicels i-j in. j hracteoles 

 subulate j flowers very small, white ; buds depressed-globose, deeply 6-lobed from the 

 groove on the back of the obovato cueullate coriaceous sepals ; petals minute ; 

 stamens very short j staminodes in fem. fl. 3. — There is an excellent figure of this 

 iu Roxburgh's collection of drawings. That author describes the leaves as white 

 beneath, but this is not obvious in herbarium specimens. . The roots are nodose, as 

 in the " China-root." 



2. S. calophylla, Wall. Cat. 5131 ; leaves 4-6 by f-lj in. oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate 3-oostate glaucous beneath base acute, petiole ^-i in., 

 sheath obscure, umbels few-fld. sessile on an axillary rachis, pedicels 

 deourved. A.DC. Monogr. Smilax, 60. 



SliraAPOBE and Pebak, WalUch, Cantley, Wray, King's Collector j summit of 

 Mt. Ophir, Eullett. 



JBranchlets strict, terete, or slightly grooved, unarmed. Leaves opaque, costa 

 stout, reticulations faint ; petiole jointed about the middle. Flowering branches 

 1-4 in., erect, slender, with a lanceolate bract above the base ; umbels 3-4, 1 in. or 

 more apart ; pedicels -^^-i in., unequal ; male fl. globose, about ^ in. diam. ; sepals 

 deltoid, fleshy, concave, deeply grooved down the back j petals small, flat ; anthers 

 sessile round a circular disk, deltoidly ovate, cuspidate. Berries \ia. diam., red. 

 Fem. fl. not seen. 



3. &■ peg'uana, A.DC. Monogr. Smilax, 62 ; leaves l|-3 by |-1J in. 

 elliptic oblong or ovate-oblong 5-7-costate white beneath, base acute or 

 cuneate, petiole ^-f in., sheath very obscure, male umbels axillary very 

 shortly peduncled many-fld., pedicels very short, anthers subsessile. 



BuKMA, Griffith {Kew Distrib. 5424) ; Taipo hills, Brandis ; Moolyet, alt. 

 5000 ft., aallobUy. 



BramcMets slender, terete, unarmed. Leaves shining above, laxly reticulate on 

 both surfaces ; petiole twisted, terete. Peduncle rarely longer than the petiole ; 

 bracteoles minute, broadly ovate ; pedicels \ in. ; flowers -^ in. diam. ; male sepals 

 ovate, concave, coriaceous, not channelled on the back ; petals very small, oblong, 

 obtuse ; anthers broad ; filaments very short. — The specimens are few and not in 

 good state. Griffiths Xo. 5424, referred by A.DC. to hypoglauca. Is certainly 

 peguana. 



4. S. mjrosotiflora, A.DC. Monogr. Smilax, 65 ; branches slender 

 terete, leaves oblong-ovate caudate-acuminate 3-costate, petiole short, 

 sheath very narrow, peduncles short axillary solitary compressed, male fl. 

 subsessile, anthers minute sessile. S. extensa, Wall. Cat. 5126 A. 



PsNANa, Porter. Peeak, Wray, King's Collector. — Distrib. Java. 



5raMo7i.es very smoth, unarmed. Leaves 5-7 by 2-2f in. , thin when dry, trans- 

 lucent when fresh, nervules very delicately closely reticulate, base cuneate rounded or 

 suboordate ; petiole J in., cirrhi slender. UfaZe peduncle ^J^ in. ; flowers \ in. diam., 

 subcapitate, rather fleshy ; sepals broadly oblong, incurved ; petals narrow ; anthers 

 ovoid. Berries i in. diam., 1-seeded ; fruiting peduncles ^-1 in. ; pedicels |-A in.; — 

 The male flowers of Javan specimens are a good deal larger than the Indian. Fem. 

 fl. not seen. Wallich's S. extensa being a mixture I have retained De Candolle's 

 name' for this ; his specimen of this had neither flower nor fruit. 



Sect. II. EusMiLAX. Budt oblong or clavate. Sepals and petals 

 recurved in flower. Ovules one or two in the ovarian cejls. 



* Flowers very small or minute. Sepals Yu~k ™' loog. Stamens much 

 shorter than the sepals ; staminodes 1-3. 



