ilONOCOTYLEDONOUS OR ENDOGENOUS PLANTS. 551 



Rhizoma creeping ; stem seldom more than 6° long ; leaves 

 2-4' long. 



tt Berries black. 



S. AumcuLATA, Walt. Stem commonly low and strag- 

 gling, slender, armed with short prickles ; branches flexuous, 

 4-angled ; leaves evergreen, rigid, small, strongly 3-ribbed, 

 varying from lanceolate to ovate, entire or hastate -3-lobed, 

 acute at each end; jjedzcndes shorter than the pedicels, 

 many-flowered; stigmas 2-3; berry small, globular 2-3- 

 seeded. (S. ovata, Pursh ? Ell.) Dry sand-ridges along 

 the coast. May and June. Stem trailing, or covering 

 small bushes ; leaves 1-2' long, strongly reticulated ;/o^^er5 

 small, very fragrant. 



S. ROTUNDIFOLIA, L. Stem climbing high, armed with 

 scattered prickles ; branchlets 4-angled ; leaves thin, ovate 

 or round-ovate, entire, abruptly pointed, mostly rounded 

 or slightly cordate at the base ; peduncles few-flowered, 

 rather longer than the pedicels, flattened; berry globular, 

 3-seeded, blue-black. (S. caduca, L. ; S. quadrangularis, 

 Muhl.) Swamps. June. Fla^it yellowish green; leaves 

 2-4' long. 



COPEOSMANTHUS, Torr. 



Cells of the ovary 2-ovuled ; stems herbaceous, unarmed; 

 peduncles and petioles elongated ; berry blue-black. Other- 

 wise like Smilax. 



C. HERBACEUS, Kunth. Stem erect (l°-3° high), mostly 

 simple, leafy above ; leaves few, oblong or oval, mucronate, 

 pubescent, 5-nerved, the upper ones whorled, the lower 

 bract-like ; peduncles few (3'-4' long), below the leaves ; 

 berry 2-3-seeded. (Smilax herbacea, L.) Dry fertile soil. 

 June. Flowers fetid. 



C. PEDUNCULARis, Kunth. Stems curving or climbing 

 (3°-5° long), branched, leafy ; leaves alternate, round-cor- 

 date, acuminate, smooth; peduncles numerous, axillary 

 (4'-6' long) ; berry 6-seeded. (Smilax peduncularis, Muhl.) 

 Juue, Flowers fetid, 



