174 Lily ( LUiclcccb). [No. 25 



Fig. 82. — (2) Yellowish Carrion-Flower. S. tamnifblia,Mx. 



This species differs from No. i, Carrion-Flower, chiefly 

 in the following items : 



Flowers, in ten- to twenty-blossomed clusters. Cluster- 

 stem, one to four inches long, very slender. July. 



Leaves, from broad egg-shape to lance-shape, distinctly fi ve- 

 to seven- (usually five-) veined, the three middle veins 

 often close and nearly parallel. Leaf-stem, one half 

 to one and one half inches in length. 



Fruit, one- to three-seeded. 



Found, from the pine-barrens of New Jersey to South 

 Carolina. 



Resembling Fig. 83.— (3) Walter's Smilax. £. Wdlteri, Pursh. 



Flowers, usually brownish, in six- to fifteen-blossomed clus- 

 ters. Cluster-stem, flattened, one sixth to one half 

 inch long ; not longer than the leaf-stem. Each 

 flower-stem, one sixth to one quarter inch long and 

 very slender. April, June. 



Leaves, usually three to four inches in length, egg shape to 

 oblong lance-shape ; three-veined (or five-veined, with 

 the two outer veins indistinct), rather thick, smooth, 

 green both sides, bristle-pointed. Base, slightly heart- 

 shape or rounded. Leaf-stem, one sixth to one half 

 inch long. 



Fruit, red, round, or sometimes oblong or pointed, two- to 

 three-seeded. 



Found, from Florida to North Carolina, and sometimes to 

 the pine-barrens of New Jersey, usually in swampy 

 grounds. 



