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DIOECIA MONADELPHIA. 
De Candolle, r eg. veg. 1. p. 540. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 824. Mich. 2. p. 241. Pursh, 2. p. 370. Nutt. 2. p. 244. 
Stem climbing over small shrubs, glabrous, when young pubescent. Pe- 
tioles 1 — 3 inches long, young leaves pubescent, when old glabrous, all pel- 
tate, with the petiole inserted near the margin. Sterile florets racemose, 
sometimes paniculate, solitary, often shorter than the petiole, shooting out a 
little above the axil. Calyx 8-leaved. Corolla yellow, 8-petalled, smaller 
than the calyx. Stamens 18 — 20. Anthers obtusely 4-angled, 4-furrowed. 
Fertile florets few, corymbose. De Cand. 
Grows from Canada to Carolina. Mich. I have never seen this plant in 
the low country of Carolina. It probably inhabits our mountains. 
Flowers in Juty. Pursh. 
2 . Smilacinum. 
M. foliis peltatis sub- 
glabris, cordato-subro- 
tundis, obtuse angula- 
tis, subtus glaucis, ra- 
cemis subsimplicibus, 
petalis 4. 
De Cand. reg. veg. 1. p. 541. 
Leaves peltate, some- 
what glabrous, cord ite, 
nearly round, obtusely 
angled, glaucous un- 
derneath; racemes ge- 
nerally simple; petals 
4. 
Cissarapelos Smilacina, Willd. Sp. pi. 4. p. 863. 
This species only differs from the preceding by its pale glaucous leaves 
and its petals, which are 4 and not 8. De Cand. 
Grows in Carolina in rich moderately dry soils. 
Flowers June to August. 
DIOECIA MONADELPHIA. 
JUNIPERUS. Gen. Pl. 1552. 
Masculi. Amenlum 
ovatum. Calyx squa- 
Sterile Jlorets. A- 
mmt ovate. Calyx a 
