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II 622(1790) ; Gmelin, Syst. Nat. II pars 2, 582(1791) ; Vitma.y, Summa 

 PI. V, 420 (1791) ; Woodville, Med. Bot. Suppl. t. 236 (1794) ; Peksoox, 

 Syst, Veget. 930 (1797) ; Dietrich, Pflanzenr. ed. 2, III, 182 (1799) ; 

 Loiseleur-Deslongshamps in Duhamel, Arb. & Arbust. I, 238 (1801 ; 

 Poiret, Encycl. VI, 470 (1804) ; J. H. Hilaire, Exposit. I, 105 (1805.) ; 

 Willdenow, Sp. PL IV, 778 (1806) ; Persoon, Syn. PL II pars 2, 619 

 (1807) ; Dietrich, Vollst. Lex. IX, 283 (1809) ; Aiton, Hort. Kew. 

 ed. 2, V, 387 (1813) ; Sweet, Hort. Suburb. Lond. 216 (1818) ; Chaume- 

 ton, Fl. Med. VI. t, 329 (1818) ; Link, Emrm. PL Hort. Berol. II, 426 

 (1822) ; Nees, PL Offic. I, t. 45 (1828) ; Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 522 

 (1820) ; Woodville, Med. Bot. ed. 3, I, 164, t. 63 (1832) ; Spach, Hist. 

 Veget. XII, 227 (1846) ; Kunth, Enum. PL V, 243 (1850) ; Miquel in 

 Ann. Mus. Bot. Iugd. Bat, HI, 149(1867), Prol. 313(1867) ; Maximowicz 

 in Bull. Akad. St. Petersb. XVII, 171 (1871), in Mel. Biol. VIII, 408 

 (1871) ; Franchet & Savatier, Enum. PL Jap. II, 49 (1875) ; Alp. de 

 Candolle, Monogr. I, 46 (1878), excl. syn. $. japonica et Coprosmanthus 

 japonicus; Maximowicz in Engler, Bot. Jahrb. VI, 52 (1885) ; Warburg 

 in Engler, Bot, Jahrb. XXIX, 255 (1900) ; Yabe in Tokyo Bot, Mag. 

 XVII, 136 (1903) ; Wright in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXVI, 26 (1903) ; 

 Matumura, Ind. PL Jap. II pt, 1, 212 (1905) ; Nakai, Fl. For. II, 237 

 (1911), Veget. Isl, Quelpaert 31 (1914), Veget, Chirisau Mts. 26 (1915) ; 

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 PL 94 (1921). 

 Syn. Cina vel China Matthioli, Med. Sen. Coram. 2 ed., 125 (1558). 



China radix Bauhinus, Pinax, 296 (1623). 



Frutex Convolvulaceus spinosus, Sinicus rotundiorc nervosa folio, 

 floribus parvis umbellatis, claviculis ligneis biitatim donatus 

 Plukenet, Amalth. Bot. 101 t. 40S fig. 1 (1705). 



Sankira, vulgo Quaquara. Smilax minus spinosa, fntctu rubicitndo. 

 radice virtuoso, China dicta K^mpfer, Anuvnit. Exot. 7S1. fig. in 

 782 (1712). 



Smilax Taquetii Leveille in Fedde, Repert. Nov. Sp. N, o72 (1912). 



Rhizoma lignosa crassa. Caulis lignosus perennis 3-10 in. altus 



lucidus aeuleatus interdum subinermis. Petioli 5-20 mm. longi alato- 



