LXXIX. SMILA‘CEE: SMI'LAX. 1093 
furrow ; slightly canaliculate above ; about Zin. long; sometimes crowded 
as if verticillate. FYowers unisexual on the same plant; axillary, sessile, 
numerous (2—4), rarely solitary, brownish ; sometimes (like the leaves) 
verticillate. Berries yellow. — 
Shrub small, upright, branchy, 
rigid ; native of North America. 
Grown in British gardens, in peat 
soil, and propagated by cuttings. 
@ 1. C. ERicét‘pEs. The Erica-like 
Ceratiola. 
Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2 p. 
222.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. t. 13. 
Engravings. Pursh, 1. t. 13.3; Bot. Mag., t. 
2758. ; our fig. 2041. to our usual scale, and 
Jig. 2040. of the natural size. 
Spec. Char., §c. Flowers in the axils 
of the upper leaves, solitary, ex- 
cept a small abortive one by the 
side of the principal flower. An 
upright much branched evergreen 
shrub, greatly resembling a heath; 
very handsome, but somewhat ten- 
der in British gardens. South Caro- 
lina. Height 2 ft. to 8ft. Introd. 
1826. Flowers brownish; June. 2040. Ccericdides. 2041. 
Berries yellow; ripe in October. 
Cuiass IL ENDO/GENZE. 
Stems increasing from within; Leaves with parallel Veins, 
Orpver LXXIX. SMILA‘CEZ. 
Identification. Lindl. Nat. Syst. Bot., p. 359. a . 
Synonymes. Lilidcee, in part, Juss. , Sarmentacez, in part, Nees; Smilacee, in part, R. Brown. 
Derivation. From Smilax, a beautiful youth, fabled to have been changed into this plant (see Ovid, 
Met.) ; or, from smiié, a scraper, from the roughness of the stems of most of the species. 
Orv. CHAR. Flowers unisexual or bisexual. Perianth regular, usually 6- 
parted; but often 4—8-parted. Stamens equal in number to the segments 
of the perianth. Ovarium free. Styles 1 or more. Fruit either a capsule 
or berry, 3—4-celled, but of one cell by abortion. Seeds 1 to 3 in each 
cell, albuminous. 
Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, mostly evergreen ; reticulated, though 
the genus is considered monocotyledonous. Flowers corymbose, axillary.— 
Rambling shrubs, rarely attaining a large size in British gardens; natives of 
Europe, Asia, and North America. 
Genus I. 
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SMY'LAX L. Tue Smivax. Lin, Syst. Die'cia Hexandria. 
Edentification. Lin. Gen., No. 1120.5 Reich., No. 1225. ; Schreb. No. 1528. ; Tourn., t. 421.3 Juss., 
42.; Gertn., t. 16; Mart. Mill. ; 
Synonymes. Smilax, Fr. and Ger.; Smilace, Ital. 
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