698 
dioecia hexandria. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 776. Pursh, 1. p. 249. Nutt. 2. p. 238. 
S. Glauca, Walt. p. 245. Mich. 2. p. 237. 
Stem 4-angled, prickly, prickles scattered, subulate, incurved. Leaves 
two inches long and upwards, ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate, dilated and then 
suddenly contracted into a petiole, glaucescent underneath, with thiee dis- 
tinct and two obscure nerves. Willd. Peduncles long. Flowers small. 
Berries black, 3-seeded. 
Grows in rich soils; sometimes found in those that are dry. 
Flowers June — July. 
6. Ovata. Pursh. 
S. subinermis; foliis 
inermibus, ovatis, acu- 
tis, cuspid atis, 3-nervi- 
bus, concoloribus; pe- 
dunculo-communi peti- 
olis breviore. 
Generally unarmed; 
leaves unarmed, ovate, 
acute, cuspidate, 3- 
nerved, uniformly co- 
loured; common pedu- 
cle shorter than the pe- 
tiole. 
Pursh, 1. p. 249. Nutt. 2. p. 238. 
I refer to the S. Ovata of Pursh the sea-shore species of Smilax so remark- 
able for the fragrance of its flowers. Stem nearly terete, unarmed, branch- 
ing, geniculate and covering the small shrubs over which it grows. Leaves 
perennial, ovate and oval, generally obtuse, always mucronate, 3-nerved, 
reticulate, on short petioles. Flowers in small umbels, common pedicel 
about half an inch long. Corolla greenish, very fragrant. Berries black? 
Grows in dry sandy soils, common on the sea islands near the margin of 
the ocean. 
Flowers June and July. 
7. Lanceolata. Lin. 
S. inermis; foliis lan- 
ceoiatis ovatisque, a- 
cutis vel acuminatis, 3 
— 5 nervibus, glaberri- 
mis, perennantibus; 
umbellis multifloris, pe- 
dunculis brevibus. E. 
Unarmed; leaves 
lanceolate and ovate, 
acute or acuminate, 3 
— 5 nerved, very gla- 
brous, perennial; um- 
bels many flowered; 
peduncles short. 
Sp pi. 4. p. 783. Pursh, 1. p. 250. Nutt. 2. p. 238. 
S. Pseudo China? Walt. p. 244. 
