306 CLvi. LILIACEJR. (J. D. Hooker.) [Smilax. 



in breadth ; sheath of petioles of old leaves ^1 in., axillary branches with a recurved 

 basal scale, cirrhi slender. Peduncles 1-1^ in. long ; male flowers 4-6, 4— J in. diam. j 

 bracteoles minute, subulate ; fruiting peduncles strict, slender, 1-li in. ; receptacle 

 minute, pedicels ^J in, ; ovary with 2 (? 2- 3 ) stigmas recurved from the base. 

 Berries J in. diam., blue-black ; seeds 2-3, small, obtusely angled.^-The broad thin 

 leaves and long sheaths of the petioles best distinguish this from parvifoUa. 



** Flowers large or small ; sepals rarely less than ^ in. long. Stamens 

 equalling or longer than the sepals ; rarely J shorter. 



t Umbels many spicate on an axillary peduncle. 



12. S. aspera« Linn. Sp. PI. 1028 ; leaves 1^6 in. ovate deltoid or 

 lanceolate base hastate or cordate, sepals linear-oblong, petals rather nar- 

 rower, anthers linear shorter than the filaments. Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. 

 X. t. 428 ; A.DC. Monogr. Smilax, 163 {vars. geniiina, Perrottetiana and 

 maculata). S. iaa,cxila,t8., Soxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 796; Wall. Cat. 5113; Royle 

 III. 384; KunthBnum. v. 218; Wight Ic. t. 2069; Thwaitea Enum. 338 

 (excl. syn. Villandia). Soiss. Fl. Orient, v. 343. S. fulgens, Wall. Cat. 

 6122. S. nilagarensis, Stead. PI. Exsicc. Sohen. n. 952. 



Throughout India, from Kashmie, alt. 4-7000 ft., to the Khasia Hills, and 

 southward to Tbavanoobb, alt. 4-7000 ft., and Ceylon; ascending to 5000 ft.— 

 DiSTBiB. Syria, S. Europe, N. Africa. 



A large shrub, branches armed or not. Leaves usually blotched with white, 5-9- 

 nerved, acute or acuminate, basal lobes rounded or oblong ; petiole J— | in. and 

 nerves beneath often prickly ; cirrhi usually long. Spikes 2-6 in. ; rachis slender 

 smooth, umbels many-fld., bracteoles minute; flowers white, sweet scented, buds 

 longer than the pedicels ; male sepals i in. long, fem. rather smaller ; staminodes 

 6 ; stigmas oblong, recurved. Berries |— J in., blueish, usually 3-seeded . 



ft Umbels solitary binate or panicled on a common peduncle. 



§ Branches rough hispid or granulate. 



13. S. aspericaulis, Wall. Cat. 5129 ; branches terete acabrid, leaves 

 2-8 by 2-3 in. oblong or linear-oblong thin 3-oostate from above the base 

 tip rounded or clawed, petiole ^-1 in. narrowly sheathing below the middle, 

 male sepals J in. linear-oblong, petals very narrow, stamens as long as the 

 sepals. A.DC. Monogr. Smilax, 195. S. Eoxburghiana, Wall. Cat. 5115, 

 impart. ? S. odoratissima, Blume. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 1-3000 ft., J. D. B. (6000 ft., ICinff). The Khasia 

 Hills and B0EMA, IFallich, &c. Andaman Islands, Eun. Peeak, King's 

 Collector. 



Branches unarmed or aculeate, sometimes closely. Leaves rounded or cuneate 

 at the bases. Umbels many-fld., solitary or 2-3 on a common peduncle ^ in. long, 

 partial peduncle as long ; buds clavate ^ iu. long ; bracteoles obsolete ; fem. recept. 

 globose J pedicels i in. ; fem. fl. not seen. Berries nearly -J in. diam. — If this is 

 Blume's S. oioratissima that is the earliest name. 



14. S. barbata, Wall. Gat. 5125 ; branches very stout terete densely 

 bristly, leaves 6-10 in. long and broad elliptic or orbicular-cordate coria- 

 ceous cuspidate 7-costate from above the base, petiole very stout, base 

 sheathing and bristly, umbels very long-pedunoled. A.DG. Monogr. 

 Smilax, 196. S. setosa, Mj. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 610. 



SiNGAPOEE, Wallich, Hullett. — Disteib. Banca. 



Leaves coarsely reticulate, white beneath ; petiole 1-1^ in. j male umbels very 



