SMri.ACE*, JAUACEJE. 237 



between Hamilton and Dundas, Ont., the banks of tlie 

 Thames at London, Ont., and Niagara Falls. 



Order CIV. SMILA'CEvE. (Smtlax Family.) 



Climbing plants, more^or less shrubb3', with alternate 

 ribbed and- net-veined petioled leaves, and small ditBcious flow- 

 ers in umbels. Perianth regular, of 6 greenish sepals, free 

 from the ovary. Stamens as many as the sepals, with 1- 

 ooUed anthers. Ovary 3-celled, surrounded by 3 sessile 

 spreading stigmas. Fruit u, small berry. Represented by 

 the single genus 



S.n|liA\', Toiu'ii. riREEN-BnrKR. Cat-Brier. 

 (^Included in Llliacece, in Maconn's C'atalnr/ue.) 



1. S. his'pida, Muhl. Stem looody, densely covered below 

 wilhlong weak prickles. Leaves large, ovate or heart-shaped, 

 pointed, thin, 5-9 nerveC Peduncles of the axillary 

 umbels mM(^/i longer than the petioles. Berry black. — Moist 

 thickets. 



2. S. rotundifo'lia, L.,'var. quadrangularis, Gray. [S. 



5ij<»cirfflnffM/aris,Pursh, in Macoun's Catalogue.) Stem woody, 

 it and the branches armed with scattered prickles. Branches 

 4-angular. Peduncles not longer than the petioles. Leaves 

 ovate, broader than long, slightly cordate. Beri;y blue- 

 black.— >South- western Ontario. 



3. S. herba'cea, L. (Caerion-Ploweb.) Stem herbaceous, 

 not prickly. Leaves ovate-oblong and heart-shaped, 7-9- 

 ribbed, long-petioled, mucronate. Flowers carrion-scented. 

 Berry bluish-black. — Meadows and river banks. 



Order CV. LILIA'CEyE. (Lily Family.) 



Herbs, distinguished as a whole by their regular and sym- 

 metrical flowers, having a 6-leaved perianth (but 4-leaved 

 in one species of Smilacina) free from the usually 3-celled 

 ovary, and as many stamens as divisions of the perianth 

 . {one before each) with 2-celled anthers. Fruit a pod or berry. 



