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§ iv. Stans unarmed, round.

A. 15. S. lanceola'ta L. The lanceolate-/c«wd Smilax.

Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1460.; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 783. ; Lour. Coch., 683.; Ait. Hort. Kew.,ed. 2., 5. p. 390.; Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 250.

Synonyme. S. non spinbsa, &c., Cat. Car.

Engraving. Catesb. Car., 2. t. 84.

Spec. Char., $c. Stem unarmed, round. Leaves unarmed, lanceolate. ( Willd.)A climbing shrub, with a short, very branchy stem, and smooth, entire,3-nerved leaves, and red berries. Catesby found this species in Carolina,hanging from the branches of lofty trees, to which it had attached itself.The leaves are long, narrowed at both ends, thick, stiff; and shining, with avery conspicuous rib down the middle. They are alternate at very consi-derable distances. The flowers, which are of a greenish white, are pro-duced at the ends of the branches, in small tufts ; and are succeeded byglobular, mucilaginous, red berries, each containing one very hard roundstone. These berries serve as food for birds. It is a native of Virginia,Carolina, and Cochin-China; in which last country it was discovered byLoureiro; and it was introduced from America in 1785, by Mr. WilliamYoung.

A- 16. S. virginia'na Mill. The Virginian Smilax.

Identification. Mill. Diet., No. 9.; Mart. Mill., No. 20.; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836.

Engraving. Pluk. Phyt., t. 110. f. 4.

Spec. Char., §c. Stem prickly, angular. Leaves lanceolate, unarmed, acu-minate. (Mill.) This species is somewhat tender ; but there are plants in theopen ground at Messrs. Loddiges’s.

A- 17. S. pu'bera Willd. The downy Smilax.

Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4.; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 5. p. 390.; Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., 1.p. 250.

Synonyme. S. pximila Wall. Car., 244.

Spec. Char., 8fC. Stem unarmed, round. Leaves oblong, acute, cordate, indistinctly 5-nerved ; softand pubescent beneath. Berries oblong, acute. {Willd.) A climbing shrub, a native of NorthAmerica. Introduced in 1806, by Mr. John Lyon, who found it in shady woods in Carolina andGeorgia. According to Walter, the berries are white. We have not seen the plant.

App. i. Kinds of Smilax which are either not introduced, or ofwhich we have not seen the Plants.

S. ovdta Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., 1. p.249., has the stem subarmed; the leaves smooth, ovate,3-nerved, and very shining on both sides ; berries black. A native of Georgia, near Savannah, flower-ing in July.

S. alba Pursh, 1. c., p. 250. Stem subarmed, slightly angular; leaves 3-nerved, lanceolate, co-riaceous, glabrous; berries white. Found by Walter, in sandy ground on the edge of rivulets, inCarolina ; flowering in June.

S. pandurdta Pursh, 1. c., p. 251. Stem prickly ; leaves ovate, fiddle-shaped, acuminate, 3-nerved;smooth and shining on both sides. Found by Pursh, in sandy woods, from New Jersey to Carolina;flowering in July.

S. nigra W. and S. cataldnica Poir. are natives of Spain, from which country they werebrought to England in 1817. The first is probably a black-berried variety of S. &spera.

S. hdrrida Desf. is a native of North America, introduced in 1820.

S. glauca Walt, is a native of North America, introduced in 1811; and is probably a variety of S.Sarsaparilla.

S. alpina W. is a native of Greece, introduced in 1820.

CHAP. CXVI.

OF THE HARDY AND HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS BELONGINGTO THE ORDER XILIa'cE®.

The only genera containing hardy ligneous plants, in the order Liliaceae,belong to the section ylsparageae, and are as follows : —

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