. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. SMILACEAE. Vol. I. 9. Smilax laurifolia L. Laurel-leaved Green- brier. Fig. 1316. Smilax laurifolia L. Sp. PI. 1030. 1753. Rootstocks bearing tubers sometimes 6' thick, stem stout, high-climbing, terete, striate, armed with strong straight prickles, the branches angled, mostly unarmed. Petioles stout, 3"-8" long; leaves leathery, evergreen, elliptic o
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. SMILACEAE. Vol. I. 9. Smilax laurifolia L. Laurel-leaved Green- brier. Fig. 1316. Smilax laurifolia L. Sp. PI. 1030. 1753. Rootstocks bearing tubers sometimes 6' thick, stem stout, high-climbing, terete, striate, armed with strong straight prickles, the branches angled, mostly unarmed. Petioles stout, 3"-8" long; leaves leathery, evergreen, elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, acute or ab- ruptly cuspidate at the apex, narrowed at the base, entire, 3-nerved, or sometimes with an additional pair of nerves near the margins, 2'-4i' long, ¥-2' wide; peduncles stout, angled, 2"-io" long; umbels 6-30-flowered; pedicels 2"-3" long; anthers usually about one-third shorter than the filaments; stigma 1, sometimes 2; berries black, ovoid, 2"-3" thick, not ripening until the second year. In moist woods and thickets, southern New Jersey to Florida and Texas, north in the Mississippi Valley to Arkansas. Bahamas. Bamboo-vine. March-Sept. 10. Smilax Waited Pursh. Walter's Green- brier. Red-berry Bamboo. Fig. 1317. Smilax Walteri Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 249. 1814. Glabrous, stem angled, prickly below, the branches commonly unarmed. Petioles 2"-6" long, stout, angled; leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, rarely lobed at the base, cordate or subcordate, obtuse or ab- ruptly acute at the apex, entire, 5-7-nerved, 2'-s' long, io"-3i' wide; peduncles 2"-5" long, flattened, thickening in age; umbels 6-15-flowered; pedicels very slender, 2"-^' long; berries globose, coral-red (rarely white), 3"-4" in diameter, 2-3-seeded, ripen- ing the first year. In wet soil, pine barrens of New Jersey to Florida, Tennessee and Louisiana. Sarsaparilla. Please note that these images are extra
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