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S M I L A X. 



ROUGH BINDWEED, or GREEN BRIAR. 



Clafs 2 2. Order 6. Dioecia Hexandria. 



^'HTHE Mds h^ve Empalements of fix leaves, of a fpreading 

 ^ bell-lliape; the leaves are oblong, joined at the bafe, 

 fpreading and reflexed at the apex. 

 The Corolla none. 



The Filaments are fix, fimple. The- AnthercB oblong. 

 *The Female have Empalements as the male, deciduous. 

 The Corolla none. 



The Germen ovate. The St^jks three, very fmall. he Stigmas. 



oblong, reflexed, downy. , 

 The Seed'vejjel a globofe berry, of three cells. 

 The Seeds two, globofe. 



The Species, with us^ are^ 



* With a fqmre prickly fiem. 



1. Smilax Sarfaparilla. Kry leaved rough 



Bindiveedy or Sarfaparilla. 



This grows naturally in Virginia and to the fouth- 

 -ward, rifing up with prickly, angular ftalks. The' 

 leaves are without prickles^ oval fliaped, pointed, 

 and three nerved, 



2. Smilax virginiana. Lanceolate-leaved 



rough Bmdweed. 



The ftalks of this are flender, angular and prickly. 

 The leaves are without fpines, fpear-lhaped and 

 pointed ; their bafes not eared. 



With 



