Smilax.'] olvi. liliacb^. (J. D. Hooker.) 309 



short common peduncle very many-fld., pedicels rigid, flowers small, 

 sepals linear-oblong, petals narrowly linear. S. zeylanioa, Walt. Oat. 

 6130 D. E. 



Khasia Hills, Griffith ; alt. 4-6000 ft. J. D. M. & T. T. MtrNNiPOBE, alt. 

 5500 ft., Clarke. Bubma; Tavoy and Prome, Wallieh. 



A very remarkable species, at once recognized by the square unarmed almost 

 4-wing6d sparsely prickly zigzag branches, and oblong thin leaves with callous-tipped 

 cusps ; the peduncles i in. long are very rigid, as are the pedicels which radiate 

 forming a globe 1 in. diam. or less. Fem. Jl. very small, i in. diam. ; staminodes 

 1-3 ; ovary contracted into a stout style with suberect stigmas. Malefl. peduncle 

 slender; pedicels capillary, shorter than the budsj sepals -i in. longj petals very 

 narrow; filaments very slender. — I found only 1-3 staminodes, A.DC. in a solitary 

 imperfect flower though there were probably 6. 



22. S. Kelferi, A.BC. Monogr. Smilax, 176; branches slender 

 sparingly prickly, leaves 3-5 by 1-3 in. oblong rounded at both ends 

 3-cpstate from the base membranous tip clawed, petiole ^-i in. sheathing 

 to above its middle, male umbels many-fld., sepals linear-oblong, petals 

 much narrower, costa thick, stamens nearly as long as the sepals. 

 ? S. Inzonensis, JPresl Bel. Hsenh. i. 131. 



Pegu, McLelland, Tenassebim, Heifer, Falconer; Malacca, Oriffith, Maingay, 

 — DiSTBiB. PPhilippines. 



Branches as thick as a crow-quill, terete, grooved ; prickles small, nearly straight. 

 Leaves retuse, or tipped with a fleshy nail-like process, rarely acuminate; cortae 

 slendes; eirrhi or short. Male umbels usually solitary, peduncle i— 1 in., bracteate 

 about the middle or lower; fruiting peduncles stout ; receptacle globose, pitted; 

 bracteoles minute, ovate; pedicels ^ in., slender ; staminodes 3. berries very small, 

 about \ in. diam. ; seeds small. — De CandoUe makes of Maingay's plant a variety 

 with the costae hai'dly separate above the base, arid immature berries smaller, but I 

 fail to flnd these differences. I have seen no specimens of Heifer's and Falconer's 

 plants, nor other berries than Maingay's. Bitchie has collected a very similar plant 

 in flowerless state at £asarleh in Canara. 



23. S. eztensa, Wall. Cat. 5126 B ; branches terete, leaves 3-6 

 by 1-2 in. elliptic or oblong-lanceolate acute or cuspidate coriaceous 

 3-co8tate from the cuneate or acuminate base, petiole |-f in. narrowly 

 sheathing to the middle, male umbels solitary or 2-3 on a short bracteate 

 common peduncle many-fld., pedicels very short, sepals linear obtuse, 

 petals much narrower, stamens as long as the sepals. A.DC. Monogr. 

 Smilax, 179. 



Penang, Wallieh, Curtis, 1244. 



Sra,nches striate, unarmed, ribs slender. Leaves shining, not margined, very 

 much narrowed at the base into the stout petiole ; some of the largest are rounded 

 at the tip with a broad cusp ; cirrbi stout. Peduncle of umbels bracteate at the 

 base; bracteoles minute, ovate; pedicels A in.; sepals i in.; staminodes 3. — 

 S. extensa. Wall. 5126, A. is S. myosotiflora of A. De Candolle. 



tt Oostse of leaves more or less connate at the base (see also S. 

 quadrata. 



24. S. zeylanica, Linn. 8p. PI. 1029 ; branches slender more or less 

 4-angled, leaves 5-7 by 2^-4 in. elliptic or broadly oblong or ovate-oblong 

 cuspidate 3-5-costate from above the base, petiole \-l in. very shortly 

 sheathing at the base, umbels solitary or 2-3 on a common peduncle 



