SMIIiAX 



LILY OBDEB 



SMILAX 809 



S. Bona-nox. — A N. American species 

 5-10 ft. high, with tuberous roots and 

 round or somewhat 4-angled branches and 

 stems more or less armed with small rigid 

 prickles. The leaves which are slowly 

 deciduous vary in shape from roundish- 

 cordate to fiddle or halberd shape, or 

 3-lobed, shining green on both sides, and 

 often bristly or spiny on the margins. The 

 greenish-white flowers appear in June and 

 July. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. Cantab. — This ornamental ever- 

 green climber has been grown for many 

 years at the Cambridge Botanic Garden, 

 but as it seems to be distinct from all other 

 species in cultivation it has been named 

 as a new Smilax by Mr. Lynch, the Curator. 

 It has strong shoots, 12 ft. or more in 

 length, and armed with straight green 

 prickles about f in. long, the slender and 

 nearly 4-angled branches being usually 

 without prickles. The papery leaves are 

 almost heart-shaped deltoid in shape and 

 about 5 in. long by 5| in. in breadth, wich 

 5 nerves and a few grey spots on the upper 

 surface. The male flowers are sweet- 

 scented and produced in umbels of 8-12, 

 but Kke most of the other kinds are not 

 showy. 



Culture do. as above. 



S. China. — This species is a native of 

 China and Japan, and has large and eat- 

 able fleshy roots. The roundish stems 

 are furnished with a few strong and some- 

 what recurved spines, and the roundish- 

 ovate glossy green leaves are deciduous in 

 winter. 



Culture Sc, as above. 



S. excelsa. — A taU-growing species, 

 native of S. Europe, Asia Minor, &c., with 

 more or less 4-angled stems and branches 

 and broadly ovate acute leaves, somewhat 

 heart-shaped at the base and 7 -nerved, the 

 leaf-stalks being sparsely prickled and 

 the margins finely toothed. The female 

 flowers are succeeded by red berries in 

 autumn. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. glauca. — ^A North American species 

 about 3 ft. high with round stems, but 

 angled branches and twigs more or less 

 covered with rather stout prickles. The 

 ovate acute leaves are slowly deciduous, 

 usually green above and glaucous beneath. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. herbacea {Ccurrion Flower). — A 

 N. American species with herbaceous 

 erect and recurved or climbing stems 

 without prickles, and smooth long-stalked 

 ovate - oblong or heart - shaped leaves. 

 About June 20-40 flowers appear and have 

 a peculiar carrion-Uke odour. 



Culture do. as above. 



S. hispida. — A distinct N. American 

 species recognised by the stems being 

 covered with dense stiffish hairs and 

 slender straight prickles. The thin green 

 leaves are more or less ovate in outline, 

 with finely toothed edges and 7 or more 

 conspicuous nerves. 



Culture do. as above. 



S. laurifolia. — A tall-growing North 

 American evergreen chBober with round 

 prickly stems and angled non-prickly 

 shoots. The plant is easily recognised by 

 its bright green leathery and Laurel-like 

 leaves, elliptic or oblong-lance-shaped in 

 outline, with 3 nerves. 



Culture do. as above. 



S. pseudo-China. — A North American 

 species with straight needle-like prickles 

 on the lower part of the stems, the upper 

 portion and the branches being mostly 

 without prickles. The ovate 7-9-nerved 

 leaves are narrowed about the middle or 

 lobed at the base, and become more or 

 less leathery in texture with age. The 

 greenish flowers are succeeded by black 

 berries on the female plants. 



Culture dc, as above, 



S. rotundifolia {8. quad/rangularis). — 

 Green Briar. — A prickly-stemmed North 

 American climber, with thin, roundish, 

 ovate or heart-shaped leaves, 2-4 in. 

 long, abruptly pointed at the apex, and 

 greenish flowers borne in June on flat- 

 tened stalks, succeeded by round bluish- 

 black berries. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. tamnoides. — A vigorous N. Ameri- 

 can climber with nearly ovate leaves, and 

 somewhat resembling in appearance S. 

 aspera, but without the heart-shaped base 

 to the leaves. In the autumn numerous 

 clusters of black berries appear on the 

 female plants. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. Walteri. — This is also a native of 

 N. America, with angled prickly stems and 

 branches usually without prickles. The 

 leaves are more or less ovate-lance-shaped 

 or somewhat cordate, and in favourable 



