1098 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Stem tetragonous. Leaves unarmed, ovate, acute, 5-ner ved. 
(Willd.) An evergreen climbing shrub. North America. Height 5 ft. to 
10 ft. Introduced in 1812. Flowers pinkish ; June and July. Berries 
black ; ripe in September. 
§iv. Stems unarmed, round. 
a 18. S. panceota’ta DL. The lanceolate-leaved 
Smilax. 
Identification. Lin. Sp. Pl., 1460.; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. 
aie S. non-spindsa, &¢., Cat. Car. 
ingravings. Catesb. Car., 2. t. 84. ; and our fig. 2057. 
Spec. Char., &c. Stem unarmed, round, Leaves 
unarmed, lanceolate. (Willd.) An evergreen 
climbing shrub. Carolina. Height 15 ft. to 20 ft. 
Introduced in 1785. Flowers greenish white ; 2057. S. lanceolata. 
July and August. Berries red ; ripe in September. 
a 19. S. vireinia‘na Mil/. The Virginian Smilax. 
Identification. Mill. Dict., No.9. ; Mart. Mill., No. 20.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 
Engraving. Pluk. Phyt., t. 110. fi 4. ; and our fig. 2058 
Spec. Char., $e. Stem prickly, angular. Leaves lanceolate, 
unarmed, acuminate. (d4Zil/.) An evergreen climbing shrub. 
Virginia. Height 5 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1800. Flowers 
greenish white ; June and July. 
This species is somewhat tender ; but there are plants in the 
2058. §.virgimana. open ground at Messrs. Loddiges’s. 
EDDY > 
i 20. S. pu'BERA Willd. The downy Smilax. 
Identification. Willd. Sp. Pl.. 4.,; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1., p. 250. 
Synonyme. §.pimila Ialt. Car. 244. 
Engraving Our fig. 2059. 
Spec. Char., Sc. Stem unarmed, round. Leaves 
oblong, acute, cordate, indistinctly 5-nerved ; soft 
and pubescent beneath. Berries oblong, acute. 
(Willd.) An evergreen climbing shrub. North 
America. Height 10 ft. to 12{t. Introduced in 
1606. Flowers greenish. Berries white. 2059. S. pubera. 
Kinds of Smilax which are either not introduced, or of which we have not seen 
the Plants. 
S. ovdta Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 249.— Stem subarmed; leaves 
smooth, ovate, 3-nerved, and very shining on both sides; berries black. A 
native of Georgia, near Savannah; flowering in July. 
S. dba Pursh |. c. p. 250.— Stem subarmed, slightly angular ; leaves 
3-nerved, lanceolate, coriaceous, glabrous ; berries white. Found by Walter, 
in sandy ground on the edge of rivulets, in Carolina ; flowering in June. 
S. pandurata Pursh 1. ¢. p.251.— Stem prickly ; leaves ovate, fiddle- 
shaped, acuminate, 3-nerved ; smooth and shining on both sides. Found by 
Pursh, in sandy woods, from New Jersey to Carolina ; flowering in July. 
S. nigra W. and S. catalonica Poir. are natives of Spain, from which coun- 
try they were brought to England in 1817. The first is probably a black-ber- 
ried variety of S, aspera. 
S. horrida Dest. — A native of North America, introduced in 1820. 
8. Villindsia Ham., S. macrophylla Rovd., ( Royle Ill. vol. 1. p. 384., and 
vol. 2. t. 94, fig. 2.; and our jig. 2109. in p. 1110.) has elliptical, mucronate, 
5-nerved, smooth leaves. Mysore. Not yet introduced. 
8. alpina W. — A native of Greece, introduéed in 1820. 
