310 CLvi. LiLUOEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Smilaz. 



small many-fld., special peduncle and pedicels Bhort, sepals J-J in. linear, 

 petals mnoli narrower, stamens as long as the sepals. A.DG. Monogr. 

 SmiUx, 190 ; Thwaites Enum. 338 ; Wall. Cat. 5130 A. S. indica, Vitm. 

 Summa, v. 422; A.DC. I. c. 187. S. laurifolia, Hohen. PI. Exaicc. n. 123. 

 S. Hohenackeri, Kmith JEnum. v. 240. S. nmbellata & paeudo-Ohina, 

 Serb. Madr.—Burm. Fl. Zeyl. 217 excl. syn.—Bheede Sort. Mai. vii. t. 



Throughout the hilly tropical districts of India, from the Eastebn Himalata 

 and BuEMAto the Malax Peninsuia, and from the Concan to Cbtlok.— Disteib. 

 Java. 



Srancies unarmed or with a few prickles; branchlets often zigzag. Leaves 

 more uniform than in most species, base rounded or subcordate, or in the terminal 

 leaves often acute ; petiole jointed in the middle, at length cirrhose. Peduncle 

 braoteate at the base, umbels 20-30-fld., male pedicels i in., fem. i in. ; staminodes 

 /o z'^" • ■^^''"^^ ^ '°- <i«m., nsualiy 2 plano-convex. The var. sisparensis A.DC. 

 (S. launfoka, Hohen.) is the common Deccan form, and not distinguishable from 

 the Ceylon. " 



w,tj\®J macrophylla, Boxh. Sort. Beng. 72 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 793 (not of 

 Willd.) ; branches stout terete, leaves 6-18 in., as broad or narrower orbicular 

 or broadly oblong cuspidate S-7-costate from the rounded subcordate or 

 suddenly cuneate base, petiole 1-lJ in. very stout narrowly sheathing below 

 the middle, umbels 2-3 on a short oommoa peduncle, male partial peduncle 

 slender, sepals i in. linear, stamens as long as the "sepals. A.DO 

 Monogr. Bmilax, 193 (excl. var. cacharensis). 8. ovalifolia, Boxb. Fl Ind- 

 oio^^t^ Y''^^^' ^?-.*- ^^' ^"'^^- * Gii«-£omb. Fl. 246; Zunth FJnum. y. 

 ^^- 8. Koxburghn, F:untk I. c. 862. S. retusa, Boxb. I. c. 793. S uro- 

 lifera. Wall. Cat. .5724 0. D. F. S. prolifera & ovalifolia, Serb. Ind Or 

 Boo/c.f & T. S. grandis, Wall, ex Voigt Sort. Sub. Gale. 648. S 

 grandifolia, Yoigt. I. c. 



Teopical Himalaya, from Kumaon {Eerh. Strach. Sr Winterh. &) East 

 wards, Assam, BEuaAL, Chittagohg, Bubma, the Centbal Provinces and 



Sim stout, scandent, prickly, as thick as the thumb below. Leaves elossv 

 above; cirrhi long. MaU peduncles ^\\ in., slender; umbels manv-fld • 

 pedicels j-i in., shorter than the buds; staminodes of fem. fl. 3. Ovarv oblong- 

 stigmas 3 sessile. Berries ^-1* in. diam., l-2.seeded ; pedicels short, stout. Seed's 

 biconvex.-This,s, It, ink, undoubtedly Eoxburgh'somZi/oli^ as well as his 

 macrophylla. It is best distinguished from p™J,y.ra, by the narrow sheath of the 

 petiole but both are so variable m foliage, that young shoots of prolifera with 

 undeveloped sheaths may be mistaken for macrophylla. De CandoUe unites 

 Roxburg:h s omlifoha^Kifh proUfera, but cites Wight's t. 809 under maerovhvlla 

 overlpokmg the fact that Wight's figure is an acknowledged cop^ of RoxbZh's 

 drawing of o™!*/oZ« and bears that name, as also that of ■< Kunda furvat.-|a " 

 ntmtf^SjK"'^™^- °^«-^°"«'« «• -«/"^- --t thereforrtlt^the 



1 26. S. Wigrhtii, A.DO. Monogr. Smilax, 174; branches robust 

 leaves 3^i m. coriaceous orbicular or broadly ovate or elliptic subcordate 

 5-7-costate from above the base, petiole very stout sheathing for about hllf 

 Its length umbels solitary or 2-3 on a common pednncle many-fld sepals 

 of male i in. long and petals snbequal linear hardly long« than The 

 stamens. 8. zeylamca, Wight, Ic. t. 2057-8. 



NiLGHiEi HiiLS, alt. 4-6000 ft., Vight, &c. 



