. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 1096 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BKITANNICUM. Carolina, on the river sides. Height 3 ft. to 5 ft. Introduced in 1820, or before. Flowers greenish white; August. 4- 8. S. MACULA^TA Roxb. The spotted-leaved Smilax. Identiflcation. Roxb. ; Royle 111., p. 384. Engravings. Koyle 111., t. 94., fig
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 1096 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BKITANNICUM. Carolina, on the river sides. Height 3 ft. to 5 ft. Introduced in 1820, or before. Flowers greenish white; August. 4- 8. S. MACULA^TA Roxb. The spotted-leaved Smilax. Identiflcation. Roxb. ; Royle 111., p. 384. Engravings. Koyle 111., t. 94., fig. I.; ourj^. 2043. Spec. Char., ^c. Stem angular, prickly. Leaves cordate, sojnewhat hastately lanceolate, coriaceous, the under sides of the nerves and petioles prickly. () A climbing evergreen shrub. Nepal, 1819. Height 5 ft. to 10 ft. Flowers whitish; 2048 £. maculjita. § ii. Stems prickly, round, L. 9. S. China L. The Chinese Smilax. Identification. Lin. Sp. PI., 1459.; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 5. p. 388. Sijnonymes. China radix Bauh. Pin. 896.; 5mllax ispera minor Plum. Ic. 183. j Sankira, viilga Qufiguara, &c., K^mpfer Amcen. Ex. p. 781.; Cena gentila, Ital. Engravings. Blackw., ; Ksempf. Amten., t. 782.; Pluk. Amal., c. 408. S. 1.; and aoir fig. 2049. Spec. Char., Spc. Stem round, with a few spines ; leaves roundish-ovate, with acute points^ 5-nerved. (Willd.) An evergreen climbing shrub. China and Japan. Height 20 ft. Introduced in 1759. Flowers greenish white ; August. Berries red. The root is very large, fleshy, and reddish: it is used for food, in some parts of China, instead of rice; and is considered extremely nourishing. Brown found it in abundance in Jamaica, where the roots are used to feed hogs. When first brought to Eng- land, it was cultivated in the stove: it was afterwards transferred to thegi-eeii-house; and it has since been found hai'dy. f'Xl /LWSfe>\ a in 5'. ROTUNDIFoYlA Please note that these images are extracted from
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