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_ places near Philadelphia. All the species are indiscriminately 
called Brambles. Perennial. June. 
2. S. prickly; branches unarmed ; leaves coria- caduea, 
- ceous, elliptical or elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, 
4 recurved-acute, S-nerved ; umbels on very short 
j peduncles.—JFilld, and Pursh. 
; Icon. Catesby Car. 1. t. 15. 
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‘j Deciduous Rough Bind-weed. Green Briar. 
Climbing over bushes and shrubs in thickets—very com- 
mon. Berries said to contain caoutchouc. Perennial. June. 
3. S. stem terete, scandent; leaves subrotund- Peduncularis 
ovate, cordate, acuminated, 9-nerved ; umbels 
on very long peduncles.—/Filld. and Pursh. 
S. pulverulenta, Mich. 
Long-peduncled Smilax. 
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This species resembles No. 4, so closely as to be easily con- 
founded with it. Peduncles longer. The flowers partake in 
a slight degree of the stercoraceous odour of those of No. 4. 
In the shady woods just above the falls of Schuylkill, not un- . 
frequent. Perennial. June. 

4. S. stem angular, erect, simple; leaves on long herbaeea. 
petioles, oval, 7-nerved; umbels on very long 
____ peduncles: peduncle compressed ; berry depress- 
__ ed-globular.—J¥illd. and Pursh. 
Icon. Pluk. alm. t. 225. f. 4. 
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Stinking Rough Bind-weed. 
: About two or four feet high. Flowers exhaling the smell 
of carrion, which attracts the carrion-flies. On the borders of 
fields and the edges of woods, above the falls of Schuylkill, 
west side, andelsewhere. Perennial. June. 
5. S. prickly; leaves unarmed, ovate-lanceolate, sarsaparilla. 
cuspidate, sub-5-nerved, somewhat glaucous be- 
neath; common peduncle longer than the pe- 
ticle. —Willd. and Pursh. 
$. glauca, Mich. 


