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

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

Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1460.; Willd. 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. 2835.

Spec. Char., fyc. Stem round, prickly. Leaves unarmed, ovate, 3-nerved.( Willd.') 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 1775, by Mr. William Young. A specieswas found in China by Loureiro, which he calls S. caduca ; and the descrip-tion of it agrees with that of Linnaeus ; 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. caduca at Messrs. Loddiges’s.

§ iii. Stalks unarmed, 4- angled.

A 12. S. Bo'na n o'x h. The Bona nox, or ciliated, Smilax.

Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 1460. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 781.; Mart. Mill., No. 11.; Ait Hort. Kew.,ed. 2., 5. p. 389.; Pursh FL Amer. Sept, I. p. 249.

Synonymes. S. aspera India occidentals Bauh. Pin .; S. fbliis l&tis, &c., Pluk. Phyt ., 348.; S.

varieg^ta Walt . FL Car., 244.

Engraving. Pluk. Phyt, t. 111. f. 1.

Spec. Char., §c. Stalks unarmed, angular. Leaves cordate-ovate, with an acutepoint, ciliated, 7-nerved. ( Willd.) 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. Plukenet mentions a variety, which he has figured under the name of & 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.; Ait Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 5. p. 390.

Spec. Char. S;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,; Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 5775.; Wats.

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

Engravings. Dend. Brit, 1.109.; and our Jig. 2386.

Spec. Char., fyc. Stem prickly, tetragonous. Leaves un-armed, ovate, acute, 5-nerved. {Willd.) A native ofNorth America . Introduced in 1812, and flowering inJune and July.

Description, Sfc. 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. There are plantsin the Botanic Garden, Twickenham.

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