Oedisr 146.— ROXBURGHIACB^. 703 



etotts, oval-lanceolate or oblong, varying to linear, 3 to 5-veined (the lateral veins 

 marginal), cuspidate, acute at base, evergreen ; petioles and ped. short, the latter 

 sometimes panioled; berries black, 1 -seeded. — JH. J. to Ga. A vigorous, ever- 

 green ciimber, ascending trees to a great height. St. with a few scattered prickles. 

 Lva numerous, very thick and smooth, 2 to 4' long, often more abrupt at apex 

 than basg. Jn. — Aug. 



10 S. lanoeolata L. St. aculeate below, terete, branches and unarmed brancli- 

 lets subangular, ha. membranous, lanceolate and lance-ovate, varying to ovate (in 

 the i plants), 5-veined, acuminate-cuspidate, narrowed at base to a short petiole 

 which is twice longer than the veiy short peduncle ; lorries 1 to S-seeded, red until 

 ripe when" they are also perfectly black. — Damp woods coastward, Va. to Fla. A 

 stout vino, often 1' diara. and 40f high on trees. Lvs. 2 to 4' long, a third ti> 

 two-thirds as wide, ped. 1 to 5" long, 10 to 20-flowored. Jn., Jl. (S. alba Ph|. 

 Closely related to No. 9. 



11 S. piJzmla "Walt. Unai-med, low; branchlets terete, pubescent; lvs. ovate, 

 cordate, aeutisli, 3 to 5-veined, shining above, soft pubescent beneath; ped. a« 

 lohg as the petiole ; berries red, 1 to 3-seeded, — Shady rich soils, S. Car. to Fla. 

 and La. Quito different in habit from our other species. St. 1 to 3f long, run- 

 ning along on the ground. Lvs. perennial, becoming firm, 2 or 3' long, varyinj; 

 from oblong-ovate to roundish-ovate, always cordate. Ped. 6 to 8" long, with 

 small, white flowers and berries red when ripe. Oct. (S. pubera Mx.) 



12 S. herbacea L. Carrion Flower St. herbaceous, terete, erect, simple, 

 glabrous; lvs. pubescent beneath, crowded toward the summit, ovate, 5 to 7 -veined, 

 cuspidate, rounded or subcordate at base, on petioles a third as long ; ped. not 

 twice longer than the petioles; berries red, becoming bluish-black when fully ripe, 

 2 to 3-seodcd. — Thickets and low grounds. Can. and U. S. St. 2 to 8f high, 

 without tendrils. Lvs. 3 to 5' long, two-thirds as wide, more or less downy be- 

 neath. Ped. 2 to 3' long, with an umbel of 8 to 16 yellowish-green flowers of a 

 sickening odor. Apr. — Jn. 



13 S. lasionetiron Hook. St. terete, climbinri, subsimple, unarmed ; lvs. oblong, 

 broadly -ovate, cordate, rounded and mucronate at apex, 7-veined, glaucous and 

 hispid-pubescent on the veinlets leneaih, glabrous and green above ; ped. a little 

 longer than the petiole, many-flowered ; tendrils from the base of the petioles. — 

 Thickets, Ind., 111., "Wis. and Can. Sts. slender, several feet long. Ped. much 

 shorter than the leaves, which are often 5' by 3', beautifully fringed on the veins 

 beneath. 



14 S. pedunouldria Muhl Tall CAEEioit Flower. St. herbaceous, angular, 

 tall, striate, inclining or leaning, branched ; leaves 1 to 9-veined, ovate, acuminate, 

 glabrous, glaucous, especially beneath, rounded or subcordate at base, the lower 

 subtriaugular, petioles a third as long, bearing 2 filiform tendrils at base ; ped. 

 rmich longer than the leaves, cX)-flowered ; berries red, at last blue 6-seeded. — 

 Damp thickets and meadows. Can. and IT. S. St. 3 to 6 to 8f long, its slender 

 summit nodding or climbing. Lvs. 2 to 4' long. Ped. G to 0' long, 30 to 50- 

 flowered, greenish, with a disgusting odor. May, Jn. 



15 S. tamnifdlia Mx. St. herbaceous, terete, climbing ; lvs. long-petioled, 5- 

 veined, glabrous, subtriangular-hastate, cordate, tapering to the obtuse apex, base 

 lobes rounded, upper lvs. lanceolate ; ped. longer than the petioles; (berries bluish- 

 black, Dr. Gray) — N. J. to Car. (Micbaux.) (S. tamnoides Ph.) 



Order CXLVI. IIOXBURGHIACR 



Shrubby plants with twining or creeping stems and many-veined, netted leave?. 

 Flowers perfect with a 4-parted, petaloid, persistent perianth. Stamens 4, on tho 

 lowest base of tho segments. Ovary free, oblique, 1-cellod. Pericarp follicular ? at 

 length 2-valved. Seeds several, costate, fimbriate-arillate. 



A small Order, of 2 genera (now that Croomia is added) and 5 species, Eoxburglna 

 grows in tho hotter parts of 15. India. 



CP.OOffl'IA, ToiT. (In honor of the late II. B. Croom of Florida.)— 



