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10. S. hasta'ta, (Willd.) A twining plant. Stem angled, glabrous, 

 becoming prickly with age. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 hastate, 3-nerved, ciliate. Floivers in axillary umbels. Berry globose, 

 black. — White. ^ . June — July. In rich soils. 



11. S. Bona Nox, (L.) Climbing over small shrubs. Stem unarmed, 

 angled. Leaves cordate-ovate, sometimes slightly hastate, glabrous, 7- 

 nerved, prickly along the midrib and margins. Flowers in small, axil- 

 lary umbels. Fruit black. — White. ^ . Damp, rich soils. 



12. S. lanceola'ta, (L.) Stem climbing, terete ; the upper branches 

 unarmed. Leaves lanceolate and ovate, membranaceous, 3 — 5-nerved, 

 perennial. Floicers numerous, in axillary umbels, on short peduncles. 

 Fruit red. — White. ^ . May— June. Damp, rich soils. 



13. S. Walte'ri, (Pursh.) Stem angled, spiny. Leaves cordate, ovate, 

 smooth, 3-nerved. Fruit red, 3-seeded. — White, ""j . July. Low- 

 country of Car. 



14. S. ova'ta, (Pursh.) Stem nearly terete, unarmed, branching, cov- 

 ering small shrubs. Leaves ovate, cuspidate, 3-nerved, unarmed, mu- 

 cronate, on short petioles. Flowers in small umbels, fragrant. Fruit 

 black. — Greenish. ^ . June — July. Sea Islands. 



15. S. al'ba, (Pursh.) Stem obsoletely angled, nearly unarmed. 

 Leaves long-lanceolate, coriaceous, glabrous, entire, 3-nerved. Umbels 

 few-flowered ; peduncles short. Fruit white. — ^ . Banks of rivulets. 

 Car. and Geo. 



16. S. Pseu'do Chi'na, (L.) Stem climbing, unarmed. Lower leaves 

 cordate, 5-nerved ; those of the branches ovate. Flowers in axillary 

 umbels, on long peduncles. Fruit black. — White. *j . June — July. 

 Very common. 



17. S. cercidifo'lia, (Pursh.) Stem prickly. Leaves orbiculate-cor- 

 date, acuminate, 5-nerved, glabrous, short, petiolate. — ^ . So. Car. 



18. S. alricula'ta, (Walt.) Leaves 5-nerved, oblong, auriculate, ob- 

 tuse, terminated by a spine. — Car. 



Genus II.— COPROSMAX'THUS. 20—6. 



Floivers dioecious. Perianth 6-leaved, deciduous. Leaves 

 oblong, 1-nerved, spreading and recurved ; the interior ones a 

 little shorter and narrower. Stamens 6. Ovary 3-celled, two 

 ovules in each cell. Stigmas 3, sessile. Fruit globose, naked. 

 Usually herbaceous, perennial plants. 



1. C. peduncula'ris, (Br.) {Smilax peduncularis, Muhl.) Ste?n te- 

 rete, unarmed, bearing stipular tendrils. Leaves cordate, ovate, slightly 

 acuminate, 3-nerved. Flowers in umbels, on long peduncles. Fruit 

 blue. The whole plant fetid. — Greenish. ^ . May — July. Rich soils. 



2. C. herba'clus, (Br.) (Smilax herbacea, L.) Stem slightly angled, 

 glabrous, sparingly branched. Young leaves oval or ovate when old, 

 slightly cordate ; the upper ones verticillate and crowded, 5 — 7-neryed, 

 pubescent beneath. Flowers on long, compressed peduncles, arising from 

 the base of the stem. Fruit black, 2 — 3-seeded. — Yellowish-white. ^ 

 May — July. Fertile soils. Common. 



