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So far as I can judge from these circumstances, I p. 87suppose that it is a species of Smilax, with ternate leaves. 

From An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha by Hamilton, Francis

Leaves ternate; leaflets 4–5′ long, half-ovate, obtuse, entire, stiff and downy, the middle one elliptical.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

Leaves binate, ternate, or both, from 10 to 15 cm. long, stout and rigid; resin-ducts external, or external and medial.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

Cones dehiscent at maturity 52. virginiana Cones serotinous 53. clausa Leaves ternate.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell

Leaves decussately opposite or ternate, usually scale-like and adnate, the earlier free and subulate; leaf-buds not scaly.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa