. 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. 1094 ARBOIIETUM ET FKUTICt-TUM BRITANNICUM. Gen. Char. Perianth 6-parted. Stamens 6. Styles 3. Berry 3-celled ; cells 5i-seedecl. (G. Don.) Leaves as in the Order. Flowers corymbose, axillary. Shrubs, climbing by means of their tendrils, with stems that are generally prickly. Leaves with
. 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. 1094 ARBOIIETUM ET FKUTICt-TUM BRITANNICUM. Gen. Char. Perianth 6-parted. Stamens 6. Styles 3. Berry 3-celled ; cells 5i-seedecl. (G. Don.) Leaves as in the Order. Flowers corymbose, axillary. Shrubs, climbing by means of their tendrils, with stems that are generally prickly. Leaves with veiny disks. The tendrils are intrapetiolar stipules. In British gardens, they grow in sandy loam, and are readily propagated by division of the root. They are not showy, but they are interesting from their climbing character, as being generally evergreen, and as being some of the few hardy ligneous plants which belong to the grand division of vegetables Mono- cotyled6nea2. § i. Stems prickly and angular, i- 1. iS'. a'spera L. The rough Smilax. Identification. Sjinmtijmes. UngraviTi^s. SchJc, Lin. Sp., 1458. ; Vill. Dauph., 3. p. 272. Kough Bindweed; Rogo acerbone, Ital. Mart. MUl., No. 1. and Han., 3. 328.; and OMtfig. 2042. Spec. Char., Sfc. Stem prickly, angular; leaves toothed and prickly, cordate, 9-nerved. (Witld.) A climbing evergreen. South of Europe, Asia Minor, and Africa. Height 5 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1648. Flowers whitish ; July. Berries red; ripe in September. Varieties, fi- S. a. 2 auncutata Ait. — Leaves ear-shaped at the base. fi- S. a. 3 maimtanica. S. mauritanica Pair. — Introduced in 1820, there are plants in the Horticultural Society's Garden, and in .some private collections. The roots are thick and fleshy, spreading wide, and striking deep ; and they are sometimes sold by the druggists of the South of Europe for those of S. Sarsa- parilla, as they possess nearly the same qualities, but in an inferior degree; they are also larger, and more poro
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