_ SMILACEJI!. 585 



17. H. decumbens, Z. Hairy; bulb ovoid; leaves linear, acuminate, 'i-i-nerved, 

 recurved-flaccid, longer than the decumbent, few(-l)-flowered scapes; bracts linear, ex- 

 ceeding the pedicel; perigonial tube wholly adnate: lobes ovate-lanceolate, ))ointed ; cap- 

 sule clavate-cylindrical, slightly fswvfsi..—Mart. Ft. Bras. 8. t. 7. /. 1.— Leaves 2"'-4i"' 

 broad ; perigone yellow, externally greenish : limb B"'-6"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica 1, Wils., 

 Wullschl., in savannahs ; Ti-inidad I, Cr, ; [Cuba ! to Brazil I]. 



18. m. BcorxaneritoMa,, Lam. Hairy; bulb oblong; /rawej linear-lanceolate, acnmi- 

 nate at both ends, many-nerved, erect; flowers axillary, sessile, single, exserted from the 

 membranaceous, oblong-lanceolate bract ; perigonial tube filiform, long-produced beyond the 

 ovary: lobes elliptical-lanceolate, blantish; " capsule oblong."— i)««c. i^/. 8. t. 593. — Leaves 

 2"'-5"' broad ; perigone yellow within, externally pale-red : Urnb 8"'-13"' diam. — Hab. 

 Jamaica!, Wullschl.; S.Vincent; [Haiti to Brazil !]. 



CXXXIX. SMILACE^. 



, Character of Liliacea, but pericarp mostly fleshy, albumen corneona, and embryo usually 

 minute. — Lateral leaf-ribs curved, often reticulated; perigone of 6-4 (-10) divisions, in- 

 ferior. 



The Sarsaparilla is the root of Smilax papyracea, the Jamaica China-root that of S. Bal- 

 bisiana. 



1. CALODRACON, Planch. 



Ferigone campannlate, 6-fid, deciduous : stamens inserted into its throat, included. Fila- 

 ments subulate, anthers 2-fid-incumbent. Ovary 3-ceIled, mauy-ovulate. Stigma 3-fid. — 

 Trees ; leaves rosulate at the summit of a simple trunk, striated by approximate lateral 

 ribs proceeding from the midrib, petioled; panicle terminal of compound racemes or spikes : 

 ^iicAs jointed at the summit. 



1. C. Sieberi, Planch. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, mucronate; pedicels one-third as 

 long as the bluish perigone, much exceeding the minute bracts. — Cordyline, Kth. Bracaena 

 terminalis, Sieb. (Gordyline, PI. Kegel.). — ^Leaves 9"-15" long, 2"-3" broad, green with a 

 violet tinge ; pedicels 2'", perigone 5"'-6"' long. — Hab. S. Kitts 1 ; Trinidad (Sirf.) ; [French 

 islands ! to Guiana !, probably introduced from the Old World]. 



2. SMILAX, L. 



Flowers dioecious. Perigone 6-phyllous, deciduous : stamens inserted into its base. An- 

 thers erect, recurved. Ovary 3-celled: cells 1 (-2) -ovulate : ovules pendulous, atropous. 

 Style 3 -partite. Seeds subglobose, not black. — Shrubby (rarely herbaceous) climbers, often 

 prickly; \ea,wea palmatinerved, reticulated-veiny : tendi-ils in pairs from the petiole ; um- 

 bels peduncled, axillary. 



Sect. Pharmacosmilax. — Anthers about as long or longer than the filaments. — Network 

 of veins dense, mostly prominent on both sides of the leaf. 



* Flower-bvds ovoid, or subglobose, 1'" long, or less; branches prickly. 



2. S. papyracea, Poir. Branchlets angular : leaves membranaceous-chartaceous, 

 ovate-oblong, oblong-lanceolate, (or cordate-ovate), acuminate with a bluntish point, veiny 

 on both sides, glabrous : tendrils inserted below the middle of the petiole ; peduncles 

 shorter than (or as long as) the petiole ; flower-buds ovoid; anthers oblong, as long as the 

 filament ; berries red.— Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 83. Mart. Fl. Bras. 5. 1. 1.— S. acuminata, W. 

 S. officinalis, Kth. sec. Seem. S. globifera, Mey. Ksseq. ! S. Hostmanniana, iTM.— -Leaves 

 green, very variable, as in all the following species ; flowers " greenish."— Hab. Trundad !, 

 ScK ; [Mexico to Guiana ! and Equat. Brazil]. 



3. S. surmamensis, My. .' Branchlets subcylindrical ; leaves membranaceous-char- 

 taceous, ovate-oblong, oblong-lanceolate (or cordate-ovate), bluntish-mucronate, veiny on 

 both sides, glabrous^ tendrils inserted at the middle of the petiole ; peduncles shortly ex- 



