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Folia 1-1} poll. longa, 3-10 lin. lata ; petiolus 2 lin. oam Pedun- 
culus 2 lin. longus ; pedicelli 5 lin. longi. Bacca 3 lin. diam 
This appears to be related to Smilax obtusa, Bth., from Mexico. It 
can be distinguished from the other Chinese species by its small, 
glaucous, somewhat coriaceous leaves. 
Biga Smilax (Eusmilax) flaccida, Wright [ Liliacez-Smilaceze] ; suffru- 
ticosa, ramosa, inermis, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis rectis vel leviter 
curvatis labris nervis primariis 3-5 ultimis retieulatis conspicuis, 
. LJ LI L4 . us 
filiformibus quam perianthium paulo brevioribus, rudimento ovarii nullo, 
"— te 9 floribus cirea 6, perianthio masculo simili sed segmentis 
e plus minusve per paria "adherentibus, ovario triloculari, ovulis 
geminatis, stigmatibus 3 subsessilibus, fructu igno 
 Habitat.—China: Hupeh, Ichang, A. Henry, 3630, 36304, 3630s. 
Folia i [en longa, UM poll. lata; petiolus 3-6 lin. Mt Pedun- 
oll. lo 6 lin. longus; rcd t 9 3 lin. longi. 
du innt MEUS resemble. those of E + pareil 
> stem has not the same zigzag uitio; 
“0° 185. Smilax (Eusmilax) megalantha, Wright [Liliacen-Smilacon]; 
fruticosa, caule flexuoso leviter sulcato paucis spinis brevibus com- 
pressis armato, foliis ovatis acutis subtus gerne nervis 
primariis 3, petiolo usque ad medium vaginato, vagina apice cirrhi- 
fera, corymbo. subumbellato.ad axillam folii rami. lateralis producto, 
braeteolis subulatis, flore - perianthio 6-partito, segmentis lanceolatis 
acuminatis exterioribus am interiores latioribus, staminibus 6, 
filamentis filiformibus qua eave prine segmenta. brevioribus, flore 9 
non viso, fructu globoso sepius I-spermo. 
Habitat.—Ohina: Szechuen, Pratt, 811 ; Mt. Omei, Faber, 241. 
Folia 31 pol. longa, 2 poll. lata; per 1 Pole longus. 
Perianthium 6 lin. longum. Fructus 6 lin. dia 
This species somewhat resembles Smilax stenopeta uim oe Gr., but 
differs in the inflorescence, which, instead of arising directly from the 
axil of a mature leaf, consists of a contracted raceme borne in the Hes of 
a very young leaf, rarely an inch long, situated on an axillary branch 
about 4 inches long, ~ Aw base of which a large bud-scale persists 
opposite to the leaf-shes 
We? 186. Paradisia minor, Wright [Litiaces-Asphodelem] ; herba 
rhizomate . brevissimo, foliis Tagen: lin earibus acutis 
membranaceis, i, pedicdlli brevibus, pe rianthio {apania Marnieütis 
c 
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ET ior p æquilon 
bh PE EM Yunnan, at 6000 ft; W. Hancock, 94. e 
