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anil July. A very handsome species, of which there are plants at Messrs.Loddiges’s.

A 11. S. cadu'ca L. The deciduous Smilax.

Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1460.; Wiild. Sp. PI., 4. p. 780.; Mart. Mill., No. 10.; Ait. Hort. Kew.,ed. 2., 5. p. 389.; Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 250.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836.

Spec. Char., Sfc. Stem round, prickly. Leaves unarmed, ovate, 3-nerved.( Wiild.') A deciduous climber, with a flexible stem, armed with a few shortspines, black at the tip. According to Miller, he received this plant fromCarthagena, in New Spain ; and he describes it as rising to the height of30 ft., and having thick heart-shaped leaves. In the Hortus Kewensis, itis said to be a native of Canada, and introduced before 1759; but Martynsays that it was introduced in 1.775, by Mr. William Young. A specieswas found in China by Loureiro, which he calls S. cadiica; and the descrip-tion of it agrees with that of Linnieus ; but Professor Martyn appears tothink it improbable that the same species should be a native of threeclimates so different as those of Canada, South America, and China. Thereare plants of S. cadiica at Messrs. Loddiges’s.

§ iii. Stalks unarmed, Wangled.

L 12. S. Bo'na no'x Jj. The Bona nox, or ciliated, Smilax.

Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1460. ; Wiild. Sp. PI., 4. p. 781. j Mart. Mill., No. 11. j Ait. Hort. Kew.,ed. 2., 5. p. 389.; Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 249.

Synonymes. S. aspera India; occidentalis Bauh. Pin .; S. fbliis l&tis, &c., Pluk. Phyt. t 348.; S.variegata Walt. FI. Car., 244.

Engraving. Pluk. Phyt., t. Ill. f. 1.

Spec. Char., $c. Stalks unarmed, angular. Leaves cordate-ovate, with an acutepoint, ciliated, 7-nerved. (Wiild.) A native of North America, in thewoods of Carolina and Georgia; cultivated by Miller, according to theHortus Kewensis, before 1739, and flowering in June and July. Plukenetmentions a variety, which he has figured under the name of S. B. caroli-niana Pluk. Phyt. t. 111. f. 3. There are plants in the HorticulturalSociety’s Garden.

g_ 13. S. latifo'lia R. Br. The broad-leaved Smilax.

Identification. Brown Prod., 293. j Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 5. p. 390.

Spec. Char. $c. Stem unarmed, angular. Leaves ovate; base half-heart-shapedor obtuse, glabrous, 5-nerved; petioles bearing tendrils. (Brown.) A nativeof New Holland. Introduced by Sir Joseph Banks, in 1791. It was firstplaced in the green-house, but has since been found to stand out at Kew.

A 14. S. quadrangula'ris Muhl. The four-angled Smilax.

Identification. Muhl. in Flora Dan.; Wiild. Sp. PI., 4. p. 5775.; Wats.

in Dend. Brit., 1.109. j Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 249.

Engravings. Dend. Brit., 1.109.; and out fig. 2386.

Spec. Char., §c. Stem prickly, tetragonous. Leaves un-armed, ovate, acute, 5-nerved. (Wiild.) A native ofNorth America. Introduced in 1812, and flowering inJune and July.

Description, fyc. A weak twining shrub, with 4-angledglabrous branches, covered with pale spots. Leaves gla-brous, alternate, deltoid-orbicular, with an entire margin;subcordate at the base, and obtusely acuminate at thepoint, with a short, glabrous, grooved, and reddish petiole.

Tendrils 2, from a sheath at the base of each petiole;long, filiform, and glabrous. The berries are black. Anative of North America, in woods, on the edges ofponds, from Pennsylvania to Carolina. It was introducedin 1812, and is occasionally to be met with in collections,in the Botanic Garden, Twickenham.

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