308 CLVi. LiLiACBJi. (J. D. Hooker.) [Smilax. 



18. S. laevis. Wall. Oat. 5116; unarmed, leaves 4-6 bj 1-2 in. 



lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate acaminate 3-5-costate from or above the 

 acuminate or cuspidate base, petiole 4-f in. shortly sheathing, umbels 

 solitary; peduncle bracteate below the middle much longer than the 

 petiole. I.DG. Monogr. Smilax, 56. S. oxyphylla, Xunth Mnum. v. 239 

 {the Penang plant of Wallich). 



Penang, Wallich, Curtis, &c. Malacca ; Mt. Ophir, Griffith, Peeak, alt. 

 3-4000 ft., King's GollectoT. — Disteib. China. 



branches slender, terete, smooth. Leaves jointed suddenly at the narrowed 

 base, finely reticulate. Fedvmcle |-1 in. ; pedicels of male fl. very short; bracteoles 

 obsolete ; flowers f in. diam. ; sepals linear-oblong ; petals very narrow ; stamens 

 nearly as long as the sepals ; staminodesS; stigmas large recurved. Berries small, 

 i in. diam., fruiting pedicels i in., very slender.— The Mt. Ophir specimens (var. 

 ophirense, A.DO.) have very strongly reticulated leaves. 



19. S. lancesBfolia, Boxl. Fl.Ind.iii. 792; leaves 4-6 by 1^-3 in. 

 orbicular- oblong- or oblong-lanceolate acuminate 3-costate base acute, 

 petiole |-i in., sheath obscure, male umbels subsesaile very many-fld., 

 peduncles naked shorter than the petioles. Wall. Cat. 5132; A.BG. 

 Monogr. Smilax, 57. S. micropoda, A.DG. I. c. 58. 



SiKKi-M Himalaya, alt. 4-7000 ft. The Khasia, Na&a and Mdnnipoee Hills, 

 Clarice, 8fc. BoEMA, in the Shan States. — Distelb. China. 



Branches slender, subterete, prickles few or 0. Leaves membranous, subcaudate, 

 intra-marginal nerves very slender, panctulate and liueolate. Male umbel 15-25- 

 fld., pedicels J in., filiform, bracteoles ovate, acute; flowers i in. diam. ; sepals 

 and petals linear, subequal j anthers oblong, much shorter than the filaments. Pern, 

 umbels subsimilar ; peduncle stout, flattened j bracteoles very minute, subulate or 

 ; staminodes 3, ovary short, obtusely trigonous ; stigmas short, obtuse, recurved. 

 JBerry about i in. diam. — The Chinese plant (var. opaca, A.DC.) has more rigid 

 epunctate leaves. The leaves are subcordate in the Burmese specimens. A specimen, 

 apparently of this from the Duphla hills has leaves 5-6 by 3J-4 in., broadly ovate 

 deeply cordate, and fruiting peduncle 1^ in., with pedicels 1 in. 



20. S. oxyphylla, Wall. Cat. 5128; branches very slender, leaves 

 2i-5 by f— li^ in. narrowly oblong-lanceolate acuminate 3-costate base 

 acuminate, petiole J-^ in., sheath obscure, peduncle of male umbel 

 equalling or rather longer than the petiole ebracteate very slender naked, 

 pedicels capillary. Kunth Enum. v. 238 {excl. syn.) ; A.BG. Monogr. 

 Smilax, 59. 



SiLHET, the Khasia Hills, and Chittagono, Wallich, Griffith, &c. 



Branches terete, with a very few short prickles or 0. Leaves membranous, 

 sometimes caudate, very finely reticulate, lineolate, hardly punctulate, intramarginal 

 nerves very slender. Male umlel 15-30-fld., bracteoles very minute ; sepals and 

 petals obovate-oblong, rather longer than the stamens ; anthers oblong, much 

 shorter than the very slender filaments. — Hardly distinguishable from narrow-leaved 

 specimens of S. lancecefolia. I have seen no fem. fl. 



(3. Umbels 2-3 on a common peduncle. Staminodes 3. Except in 



8. zeylanica. 



t Costse of leaves free from, the hose, or connate in S. quadrata. 



21. S. quadrata, A.DC. Monogr. Smilax, 183 ; branches 4-angled 

 zigzag, leaves 4-6 by 1^2J in. oblong or elliptic-oblong broadly cuspidate 

 membranous 3-costate from the rounded base or above it, petiole J-J in. 

 narrowly sheathing for half its length, fem. umbels solitary or 2-3 on a 



