LXXIX. SMILA‘CEZ: SMI‘LAX. 1095 
obtuse, mucronate, coriaceous, 5-nerved ; margin 
mucronate-denticulate near the base. (Wats.) A 
handsome evergreen climbing shrub. North Ame- 
rica, in woods and by streams. Height 3 ft. to 
4ft. Flowers greenish white; July. 
a 4. S. SansaparrLya L. The medicinal Smilax, 
or Sarsaparilla, 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 1459. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 249. 
Synonymes. S. peruviana Sarsaparilla Ger. Emac. 859.; S. glatica 
Miche. 2. p. 237., Walt. Fl. Car. 245. ; the glaucous-leaved Smilax ; 
Salsa pariglia, Jtal. 
Derivation. Sarsaparilla is compounded of two Spanish words; 
viz., zarza, red, and parilla, a little vine. 
Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 111.3; 
and our jig. 2045. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Stem prickly, 
angular, Leaves unarmed, ribens. 
ovate-lanceolate, ending in 
a long sharp point; 5-nerved, glaucous beneath. 
(Willd. ) An evergreen climbing shrub, North and 
South America. Height 3ft. to 4 ft. Introduced 
in 1664. Flowers greenish white; August. 
Stems shrubby, long, slender, and climbing. Roots 
divided into several long slender branches, which are 
somewhat thicker than a goose-quill, straight, brown 
on their exterior, but white internally, and from 3 ft. 
to 4ft. long. Sarsaparilla, on its first introduction, 
was considered as a specific against numerous dis- 
orders, and it is still employed in rheumatic complaints 
scrofula, and all cutaneous diseases. 
2015. S. Sarsaparilia. 
a 5. 8. Hasta’ta Willd, The Spear-shaped Smilax. 
Edcntification. Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p.782.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 249.5 
Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Synonymes. S. Bonandx Michr. Fl. Amer. 2. p. 287.3; S. aspera var. Lam. 
Ennion: Pluk. Alm., t. 111. f. 3.3 and our fig. 2046. 
Spec. Char., §c. Stem subarmed. Leaves 
lanceolate, acuminate ; auriculate, or spear- 
shaped, at the base; ciliated or prickly 
on the margin; 3—5 nerves. Berries 
round, (JVilld.) An evergreen climbing oie, 5, nastata. 
shrub. Carolina and Florida, on the sea- 
coast. Height 4 ft.to 5ft. Introduced in 1820. Flowers 
green; August and September. 
a 6. S. Wa’tsonr Swt. Mr. Watson’s Smilax. 
Identification. Swt. Hort. Brit., 3. p. 681. 
Synonymes. 8. longifolia Wats. Dend. Brit.; S. h. 2 lanceolata Arb. Brit. 
Ist edit. p. 2512. 
Engravings. Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 110.; and our fig. 2047. 
Spec. Char., $c. Stem prickly, angular. Leaves ovate, acu- 
minated, somewhat cordate at the base, glabrous, 3—5- 
nerved. Berries elliptic. An evergreen climbing shrub. 
North America. Height 3 ft. to 5ft. Introduced in 1820, 
2047. S. Watsoni. or before. Flowers greenish; August. 
a 7. S. Warte’ri Pursh. Walter’s Smilax. 
Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 249. 
eae, S. China Walt. Fl. Car. p. 245. 
Engraving. Our fig. atl pe =. 
Spec. Char., $c. Stem prickly. Leaves ovate-cordate, smooth, 3-nerved. 
“ Berries acuminate. (Pursh.) A oe evergreen shrub. Virginia and 
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