. 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. 2057. S. lanceolktit. J. 20. S. pu'bera Willd. The downy Smilax. Identification. Willd. Sp. 4. ; Pursh Fl. Atner. Sept. 1., p. 250. Synoiiyjne. S. pQmila IValt. Car. 244. Engraving Our fig. 20-59. Spec. Char., Sfc. Stem unarmed, round. Leaves oblong, acute, cordate, indistinctly 5-n
. 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. 2057. S. lanceolktit. J. 20. S. pu'bera Willd. The downy Smilax. Identification. Willd. Sp. 4. ; Pursh Fl. Atner. Sept. 1., p. 250. Synoiiyjne. S. pQmila IValt. Car. 244. Engraving Our fig. 20-59. Spec. Char., Sfc. Stem unarmed, round. Leaves oblong, acute, cordate, indistinctly 5-nerved ; soft and pubescent beneath. Berries oblong, acute. (Willd.) An evergi'een climbing shrub. North America. Height 10ft. to 12 ft. Introduced in 1806. Flowers greenish. Berries white. ^^^1. 2039. S. piibera. Kinds of Smila,v which are either not introduced, or of which we have not seen the Plants. S. ovata Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 249. â Stem subarmed ; leaves smooth, ovate, 3-nerved, and very shining on both sides ; berries black. A native of Georgia, near Savannah; flowering in July. S. alba Pursh 1. c. p. 250. â â Stem subarmed, slightly angular ; leaves 3-nerved, lanceolate, coriaceous, glabrous ; berries white. Found by Walter in sandy ground on the edge of rivulets, in Carolina ; flowering in June. S. pandiirdta Pursh 1. c. p. 251. â 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. catalonica Poir. are natives of Spain, from which coun- try they were brought to England in 1817. The first is probably a black-ber- ried variety of S. aspera. S. horrida Desf. â A native of North America, introduced in 1820. S. VilldndsJa Ham., S. macrophylla Ro,Tb., (Royle 111. vol. 1. p. 384., and vol. 2. t. 94. fig. 2. ; and our fg. 2109. in p. 1110.) has elliptical, mucronate, S-nerved, smooth leaves. Mysore. Not yet introduced.
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