LILIACEAE 



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SMI LAX Linnaeus 



SMI LAX JAVENSIS A. DC. in DC. Monog. Phan. 1 (1878) 175. 

 Pseudochina amboinensis Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 437, t. 161. 

 Amboina, Amahoesoe, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 50U, September 18, 

 1913, in thickets along the seashore, ascending to an altitude of at least 

 40 meters, locally known as tali baduri. 



This was originally reduced by Linnaeus to Smilax china Linn,, 

 in Stickman Herb. Amb. (1754) 24, but in Amoen. Acad. 4 

 (1759) 133, the reference to Smilax china is excluded, although 

 Ubium nummular ium, t. 162 {=Dioscorea nummularia Lam.!), 

 is erroneously given as the equivalent of Smilax china Linn. In 

 his Mantissa 2 (1771) 499, Linnaeus again erroneously referred 

 Pseudochina amboinensis Rumph. to Smilax zeylanica Linn., 

 which was followed by all subsequent authors up to the year 

 1878, when A. de Candolle suggested that it might be the same as 

 Smilax javensis A. DC. I know A. de Candolle's species only by 

 description, but the description applies very closely to the Am- 

 boina specimen cited above, so that this is probably the correct 

 disposition of Pseudochina amboinensis Rumph. However, both 

 Smilax javensis A. DC. and the Amboina specimen should be 

 critically compared with the Australian Smilax australis R. 

 Br., which is a very closely allied and, perhaps, identical form. 



SMILAX LEUCOPHYLLA Blume Enum. PL Jav. 1 (1827) 18. 

 Pseudochina nigra Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 439. 

 Amboina, Negri lama, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 503, August 8, 1913, 

 climbing on trees, altitude about 15 meters, locally known as tali baduri. 



This appears to be the correct disposition of Pseudochina 

 nigra Rumph., although Hasskarl, Neue Schlussel (1866) 144, 

 considered it to be referable to the Australian S. glycyphylla 

 Sm., a species known only from Australia, and quite different 

 from S. leucophylla Blume. The Philippine Smilax vicaria 

 Kunth is probably not specifically distinct, from Blume's species. 



SMILAX LEUCOPHYLLA Blume var. PLATYPHYLLA var. nov. 

 Pseudochina alba latifolia Rumph. Herb. Amb. 4: 438? 

 Amboina, Lateri, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 502 (type), September 9, 

 1913, in forests, altitude about 250 meters, locally known as tali baduri. 



Ramis distanter crasse aculeatis; foliis coriaceis, usque ad 

 30 cm longis et 16 cm latis. 



This may prove to be specifically distinct from Smilax leuco- 

 phylla Blume when more material is available for study. It 

 is well characterized by its very large leaves, long petioles, and 



