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Spring Flora of Oklahoma 
26-flowered. Berries bluish black, about 3" in diameter, maturing 
the first year. 
In thickets. Common. May-June. 
5. Smilax Pseudo-China L. Long-stalked Greenbrier. Stem 
terete, glabrous, the branches angled. Lower part of the stem beset 
with straight, needle-shaped prickles, the upper part and the branches 
mostly unarmed. Leaves ovate, often narrowed at about the middle 
or lobed at the base, acute or cuspidate at the apex, 7-9-nerved, 
often denticulate on the margins. Umbels 12-40-flowered. Berries 
black, 8-16 in the umbels, 2"-3" in diameter, 1-3-seeded, maturing 
the first year. 
In dry or sandy thickets. Collected by J. W. Blankinship. March- 
August. 
6. Smilax Bona-nox L. Bristly Greenbrier. Stem terete or 
slightly angled, the branches often 4-angled. Prickles scattered or 
numerous, stout or needle-like, often wanting on the branches. Peti¬ 
oles 3"-6" long, often prickly. Leaves ovate or commonly deltoid- 
hastate, sometimes narrowed at the middle, often spiny on the mar¬ 
gins and on the veins beneath, acute or abruptly cuspidate at the 
apex, obtuse, truncate or cordate at the base, 5-9-nerved. Umbels 
15-45-flowered. Stigmas 1-3. Berries 8-2,0 in the umbels, 2"-3" in 
diameter, mostly one-seeded, ripening the first year. 
In thickets. Common. April-July. 
FAMILY 7. AMARYLLIDACEJE. Amaryllis Family. 
Perennial herbs, with bulbs or rootstocks, scapose or 
sometimes leafy stems and usually narrow and entire 
leaves. Flowers perfect, regular or nearly so. Perianth 
6-parted or 6-lobed, the segments or lobes distinct, or 
united below into a tube which is adnate to the surface of 
the ovary. Stamens 6. Style 1. Capsule 3-celled, several- 
many-seeded. • 
Bulbous herbs with flowers on scapes. 
Flower solitary; perianth without a crown. 
Anthers erect; tube of the perianth several 
times the length of its lobes. I. Caoperia. 
Flowers clustered; perianth with a membranous 
