SmilaxJ] olvi. liliaoe^. (J. D. Hooker.) 305 



8._S. vag-inata^ Decne. m Jaquem. Voy. JBot 169, t. 169; leaves 

 f-l:i in. elliptic-ovate or cordate obtuse acute or muoronate 5-7-nerved, 

 petiole ^1 in. very_ slender narrowly steathing for i to ^ its length, sepals 

 and petals subsimilar oblong much longer than the stamens. A.DC. 

 Monogr. Smilax, 109. 



Westeen Himalayas ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 6-9000 ft., Falconer, 

 Jacquemont, Thomson. XJppek Assam ; Naga hills, alt. 9000 ft., Clarice. 



A slender diffuse unarmed shrub, branches white, smooth, terete. Leaves mem- 

 branous, ouneate or subcordate at the base ; petiole jointed below the top. Feduncles 

 and 'pedicels very slender ; male umbel many-fld., fem. 1-fld. ; flowers purplish ; 

 bracteoles 0. — De Candolle says of this manifestly allied to 8. parvifoUa (his S. 

 eUgwns), differing in the petiole articulate below the limb without cirrhi, and stami- 

 nodes 6. The habitats he gives of Hyderabad, alt. 4000 to 6500 ft., cannot apply 

 to the city of that name in the Deccan. 



9. S> longrebracteolata, Sooh. f. ; stems slender, branches terete, 

 leaves 2^-3^ in. ovate-cordate acuminate 5-costate, petiole 1 in. nari'owly 

 sheathing for half its length, tips of sheaths acute, umbels long peduncled, 

 bracteoles subulate rigid ^-f as long as the pedicels, sepals and rather 

 narrower petals of male linear oblong, stamens very short. S. elegans, 

 ■oar. major, A.DO. Monogr. Smilax, 107. 



Khasia Hilis j at Myrung, alt. 5-6000 ft., /. D. E. ^ T. T. 



Branches terete, quite smooth, rather slender. Leaves thin, finely reticulated ; 

 petiole articulate at the top ?, sheathing portion coriaceous, margins recurved, tips 

 cuspidate, recurved, cirrhi inserted above the cusps. Male umbels small, few-fld., 

 shortly peduncled, pedicels ^ in. ; bracteoles shorter than in the fem., subulate ; 

 sepals -fg in.; fem. peduncles naked at the base, inserted a, little above the axil of 

 the leaf ; pedicels ^ J in. ; sepals lanceolate, acuminate ; petals narrower ; stigmas 

 very short. — The larger leaves and long rigid bracteoles of the fem. umbels dis- 

 tinguish this from S. parvifoUa and mirmtijlora, 



10. S. minutiflora, A.DO. Monogr. Smilax, 109 ; branches slender 

 terete or grooved, leaves 2^-4^ by f-li in. ovate-lanceolate or linear-oblong 

 acuminate membranous 3-6-costate base obtuse rounded or subacute, petiole 

 )ri in., sheath oblong 4 of its length narrowed upwards, male umbels 

 many-fld., sepals and petals subequal lanceolate 3-4 times longer than, the 

 stamens, fem. umbels very few-fld., peduncle very long slender. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 6-9000 ft., J. D. S. Khasia Hills, Griffith. 



Sranehes strict, woody, unarmed, smooth ; scales at the base of the flowering 

 branches ^-J in. long. Leaves pale beneath, nervules laxly reticulate; petiole 

 articulate below the limb, cirrhi 0. Peduncle of male umbel slender; pedicels 

 i-i in. ; buds globose. Berries i in. diam., black. — " Differs from S. vaginata in 

 the more acute or acuminate leaves, and shorter petiole j from S.'parvifolia in the 

 nerves of the leaf descending into the petiole before reaching the joint," A.DC. ; I 

 doubt its being anything but parvifolia. 



11. S. elegrans, Wall. Cat. 5117 A ; branches slender terete, leaves 

 2-3 in. ovate or ovate-cordate acute or acuminate thin 5-costate, petiole 

 i-i in. sheathing half way up or more, male and fem. peduncles and 

 pedicels capillary, umbels few-fld., sepals ovate-oblong, petals obovate, 

 anthers siibsessile, ovary globose. S. menispermoidea, A.BC. Monogr. 

 Smilax, 108. 



Temperate Himalaya i Kumaon and Nepal, WMich; Sikkim, alt. 7-11,000 ft., 

 J. D. B.., Clarice. _ _ 



A small shrub ; branches and branchlets quite smooth, unarmed. Leames variable 



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