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and July. A very handsome species, of which there are plants at Messrs. 

 Loddiges's. 



1 11. S. cadu v ca L. The deciduous Smilax. 



M mM cm ti tM. Lin. Sp. PI., 1460. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 780. ; Mart. Mill., No. 10. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., 

 ed. J., 5. p. oS9. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 250. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 



Spec. Char.) £c. Stem round, prickly. Leaves unarmed, ovate, 3-nerved. 

 ( Willd.) A deciduous climber, with a flexible stem, armed with a few short 

 spines, black at the tip. According to Miller, he received this plant from 

 Carthagena, in New Spain ; and he describes it as rising to the height of 

 30 ft., and having thick heart-shaped leaves. In the Hortus Kewensis, it 

 is said to be a native of Canada, and introduced before 1759 ; but Martyn 

 says that it was introduced in 1775, by Mr. William Young. A species 

 was found in China by Loureiro, which he calls S. caduca; and the descrip- 

 tion of it agrees with that of Linnaeus ; but Professor Martyn appears to 

 think it improbable that the same species should be a native of three 

 climates so different as those of Canada, South America, and China. There 

 are plants of S. caduca at Messrs. Loddiges's. 



§ iii. Stalks unarmed, Wangled. 

 L 12. S. Bo\\a no'x L. The Bona nox, or ciliated, Smilax. 



Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1460. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 781. ; Mart. Mill., No. 11. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., 



ed. 2., 5. p. 389. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 249. 

 Synonymes. S. aspera India? occidentals Bauh. Pin. ; S. fbliis latis, &c, Pluk. Phyt., 348. ; S. 



variegata Walt. Fl. Car., 244. 

 Engraving. Pluk. Phyt., t. 111. f. 1. 



Spec . Char., Sfc. Stalks unarmed, angular. Leaves cordate-ovate, with an acute 

 point, ciliated, 7-nerved. ( Willd.) A native of North America, in the 

 woods of Carolina and Georgia ; cultivated by Miller, according to the 

 Hortus Kewensis, before 1739, and flowering in June and July. Plukenet 

 mentions a variety, which he has figured under the name of S. B. caroli- 

 niana Pluk. Phyt. t. 111. f. 3. There are plants in the Horticultural 

 Society's Garden. 



A_ 13. S. latifo v lia R. Br. The broad-leaved Smilax. 



Identification. Brown Prod., 293. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 5. p. 390. 



Spec. Char. Sj-c. Stem unarmed, angular. Leaves ovate ; base half-heart-shaped 

 or obtuse, glabrous, 5-nerved ; petioles bearing tendrils. {Brown.) A native 

 of New Holland. Introduced by Sir Joseph Banks, in 1791. It was first 

 placed in the green-house, but has since been found to stand out at Kew. 



L 14. 8, qi;adrangula x ris Muhl. The four-angled Smilax. 



Identification. Muhl. in Flora Dan. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 5775. ; Wats. 



in Dend. Brit., t. 109. ; Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 249. 

 Engravings. Dend. Brit., t. 109. ; and our fig. 2386. 



Spec. ( 'kar. s fyc. Stem prickly, tetragonous. Leaves un- 

 armed, ovate, acute, 5-nerved. (Willd.) A native of 

 North Ameriea. Introduced in 1812, and flowering in 

 June and July. 



I > < ription, $c. A weak twining shrub, with 4-angled 

 dabroill branches, covered with pale spots. Leaves gla- 

 brous, alternatej deltoid-orbicular, with an entire margin; 

 tobcordate at the base, and obtusely acuminate at the 

 point, with a short, glabrous, L'loovcd, and reddish petiole. 



Tendrils 2, from a sheath at the base of each petiole; 



long, filiform, and [dabrous. The berries are black. A 



native of North America, in woods, on the edges of 



pond-., from Pennsylvania to Carolina. It was introduced 



in 181^, and i . occasionally to be met with in collections. There are plants 



in the Botanic Garden, Twickenham. 



