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places near Philadelphia. All the species are indiscriminately 
called Brambles. Perennial. June. 
2. S. prickly ; branches unarmed ; leaves coria- caduca, 
ceous, elliptical or elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, 
reciirved-acute, 3-nerved ; umbels on very short 
peduncles. — ■>Willd. and Pursh, 
Icon. Catesby Car. 1. t. 15. 
Deciduous Rough Bind-weed. Green Briar. 
Climbing over bushes and shrubs in thickets — very com- 
mon. Berries said to contain caoutchouc. Perennial. June. 
3. S. stem terete, scandent ; leaves subrotund- peduncuiaris. 
ovate^ cordate, acuminated, 9-nerved ^ umbels 
on very long peduncles. — Willd. and Pursh. 
S. pulverulenta, Mich. 
Long-peduncled Smilax. 
This species resembles No. 4, so closely as to be easily con- 
founded with it. Peduncles longer. The flowers partake in 
a slight degree of the stercoraceous odour of those of No. 4. 
In the shady woods just above the falls of Schuylkill, not un- 
frequent. Perennial. June. 
4. S. stem angular, erect, simple; leaves on long herbacea. 
petioles, oval, 7-nerved ; umbels on very long 
peduncles : peduncle compressed ; berry depress- 
ed-globular. — Wind, and Pursh. 
Icon. Pluk. aim. t. 225. f. 4. 
Stinking Rough Bind-weed. 
About two or four feet high. Flowers exhaling the smell 
of carrion, which attracts the carrion-flies. On the borders of 
fields and the edges of woods, above the falls of Schuylkill, 
west side, and elsewhere. Perennial. June. 
5. S. prickly ; leaves unarmed, ovate-lanceolate, sarsapariiia, 
cuspidate, sub-5-nerved, somewhat glaucous be- 
neath ; common peduncle longer than the pe- 
tiole.— and Pursh. 
S. glauca, Mich. 
