304 CLvi. LiLiACKiE. (J. D. Hooker.) ISmilax. 



t Branches and branchlets acutely angled. 



5. S. rigrida, Wall. Gat. 6120; leaves ^-\\ by A-f in. snbsessile 

 orbicular-ovate or ovate-cordate faintly 3-costate, umbels 1-4-fld., sepals 

 elliptic oblong, petals rather narrower 4-6 times longer than the stamens. 

 Kunth Ervum.Y.lQiA;; A.DG. Monogr. Smilax, 105. S. "Wallichii, Stead. 

 Nomencl. {not of Kunth). 



Eastben Himalaya; Nepal, WalUch; Sikkim, alt. 7-10,000 ft.; Bhotan, 

 Griffith. 



A small erect much branched shrub with small coriaceous leaves, dwarf and 

 densely leafy at high elevations, branches acutely angled, prickles few small ; 

 branchlets slender, distichous. Leaves obtuse acute or apiculate base, rounded or 

 cordate, rarely acute j petiole decurrent on the branchlets, with 2 minute deciduous 

 setae (cirrhi ?), jointed at the top. Peduncle short, ^J in. ; bracts lanceolate, 

 taper-pointed, persistent, laciniate or ciliate ; pedicels unequal ; perianth cupular ; 

 male flowers very small ; sepals and petals membranous ; anthers minute didymous ; 

 fern. fl. rather larger, staminodes 3 ; ovary subglobose, stigmas sessile. Serries 

 ^J in. diam., black. — Closely allied to S. myrtillus, and next to which A. DC. 

 places it though regarding it as most nearly allied to S.ferox. 



6. S. myrtillus^ A.DG. Monogr. Smilax, 106 ; leaves l-lj in. ovate 

 acuminate membranous faintly 3-costate base acnte or rounded, petiole 

 Jq-^ ii-> articulate above the thickened broad base, peduncle few-fld. and 

 pedicels very slender, sepals and petals subequal oblong three or four times 

 as long as the stamens. 



Khasia Hills, Griffith, alt. 4^6000 ft., J.D.S. Sr T. T. Nag a Hills, alt. 

 7000 ft., Qlwrhe. 



Closely allied to S. rigida, which it represents in the Khasia, but a more 

 .slender plant, with larger more ovate acuminate leaves, more slender short 

 or long peduncled pedicels, and longer but still very short petioles that have a 

 setiform process on each side as in that plant. Berries 4-i in. diam., black, 2-3, 

 seeded, on slender pedicels. — The Bhotan plant referred here by De Candolle is, I 



think, certainly S. rigida, which is a more alpine species, unknown in the Khasia. 



The staminode was solitary in several flowers that I examined. 



-f-f Branches and branchlets terete or nearly so. 



7. S. parvifolia, Wall. Cat. 6118; leaves 1-3 in. ovate or ovate- 

 cordate or lanceolate acute or acuminate 3-5-costate often glaucous 

 beneath, base rounded or cordate, petiole x--^ in. very slender sheathing 

 half way up or more, male umbels few-fld., peduncles and pedicels very 

 slender, bracteoles minute, sepals linear-oblong, petals much narrower, 

 filaments very short. Kunth Enum. v. 163. S. elegans, A.DG. Monogr. 

 Smilax, 107 ; Wall. Gat. 6117 B. S. glaucophylla, Klotzsch in Beise Pr 

 Wald. Bot. 45, t. 91. 



Tempeeatb Himalaya, alt. 5-8000 ft., from Kashmir eastwards. The Khasia 

 Hills, alt. 6000 ft. 



Branches very slender, stifi', terete, smooth, unarmed ; branchlets sometimes 

 furrowed, often zigzag. Leaves very variable in size and shape, acuminate, thin, highly 

 reticulate ; petiole very short, jointed at the top ; sheath often cirrhose. Peduncles 

 and pedicels i-J in., capillary, the former often thickened and flat in fruit. Umbels 

 few- or many-fld. ; bracteoles lanceolate, very short ; flowers minute ; sepals and 

 petals ovate-lanceolate ; filaments very short ; anthers didymous j ovarv ovoid 

 1-3-celled, staminodes 1-3. Serries i-^ in. diam. — ^A very common and" variable 

 Himalayan plant.^The name parvifolia though appropriate for Wallich's and other 

 specimens is for others delusive. 



