§ 2. Petals 5, mostly united at the a p e x : stamens 5 : style short, conical:
stigma dilated. Peduncles sometimes partly changed into tendrils:
flowers in the North American species polygamous.—V itis, Linn.
4. V. Lahrusca (Linn.): leaves broadly cordate, somewhat lobed and
angular, repandly toothed, whitish-tomentose beneath, with somewhat ferruginous
veins ; fertile racemes oblong, compact, rather few-flowered; berries
large.—Michx.! fl. 2. p. 230; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 169; Torr.l fl. 1. p. 264;
Ell. sk. 2. p. 689; DC. prodr. 1. p. 634; Darlingt. fl. Cest.p. 150; Hook,
fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 115.
Woods and thickets, Canada! to Georgia; west to Arkansas ! and Texas!
June.—Stem very long, straggling over bushes, or climbing the highest trees ;
the branches clothed with a ferruginous pubescence. Leaves 4-6 inches or
more in diameter, often distinctly 3-lobed, short, mucronate, densely tomen-
tose beneath; the tomentum usually whitish or gray, but sometimes tawny,
particularly on the veins ; teeth short, mucronate. Racemes somewhat compound
; the branches short and umbelled. Petals yellowish-green. Berries
6-7 lines in diameter, globose, usually very dark purple when ripe, but sometimes
amber-color, or greenish-white, of a strong musky flavor, and filled
with a tough pulp.-—Fox-Grape of the Northern States. Several esteemed
varieties are known in the gardens; such as the Isabella, Schuylkill or
Alexander’s, the Catawba, and Bland's Grape, which have doubtless been
produced from the seeds of this species.
5. V. astivalis (Michx.) : leaves broadly cordate, often 3-5-lobed or sin-
uately palmate, coarsely and unequally toothed, sparsely ferruginous-tomen-
tose beneath; fertile racemes long, compound ; berries small. Darlingt.—-
Michx.! fl. 2. p. 230; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 169 ; Torr.! fl. 1. p. 265 ; Ell. sk.
2. p. 688; DC. prodr. 1. p. 634; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 151. V. vinifera
Americana, Marsh, arbust. p. 165. V. intermedia, Muhl. cat. p. 26. V.
palmata, Vahl.?
Woods and banks of rivers, Connecticut! to Florida ! west to Arkansas!
June.—Stem very long. Leaves V-7 inches wide, often deeply lobed, with
the sinuses rounded, the lower surface, particularly in the young state, clothed
with a reddish cobweb-like pubescence, when old somewhat glabrous.
Sterile racemes usually large and much compound, frequently bearing one or
more tendrils from the base. Petals cohering at the summrt. Berries 3-4
lines in diameter, deep blue, of a pleasant flavor, ripe in OctoberXSummer
Grape.
3. V. cordifolia (Michx.) : leaves cordate, acuminate, somewhat equally
toothed, glabrous ion both sides; racemes loose, many-flowered; berries
«mall.—Michx. I fl. 2. p. 231; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 169; DC. prodr. 1. p. 364.
V. vulpina, To rr.! Jl. 1. p. 264 (not of Willd.); Hook. 1. c.
Thickets along rivers, Canada ! to Florida! west to Arkansas ! June.—
Stem 10-20 feet long. Leaves thin, 3-6 inches in diameter, often slightly 3-
lobed, and rarely sinuate, pubescent on the veins when young, glabrous when
old ; the teeth broad and mucronate. Berries nearly black when mature,
about 4 of an inch in diameter, ripening late in autumn, acerb, but tolerably
well flavored after having been touched by frost.— Winter Grape. Frost
Grape.
4. V. riparia (Michx.): leaves unequally and incisely toothed, somewhat
3-lobed; the petioles, veins, and margins pubescent; racemes loose, fruit
small.—Michx. ! fl. 2. p. 231; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 169; DC. prodr. 1. p. 635.
V. odoratissima, Donn.
Thickets along rivers, Canada ! to Virginia! Western States ! Arkansas!
—Stem long. Leaves 4-6 inches in diameter, thin; teeth very coarse, with
a long acumination. Berry 3-4 lines in diameter, dark purple or amber-color
when mature.— Winter Grape.
5. V. vulpina (Linn.) : branches minutely verrucose; leaves cordate, lucid
on both surfaces, somewhat 3-lobed, coarsely toothed, the teeth not acuminate
; racemes composed of numerous capitate umbels; berries large.—
Willd. sp. 1. p. 1181; Walt. Car. p. 243. V. rotundifolia, Michx.! fl. 2.
p. 231; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 169 ; Ell. sk. 2. p. 687; DC. prodr. 1. p. 635.
Banks of rivers, Virginia ! to Florida!—Stem often very long, climbing
the highest trees; the bark smooth. Leaves 2-3 inches in diameter; the
lower surface more shining than the upper; sinus deep, but rather acute.
“ Fruit 7-8 lines in diameter, covered with a coriaceous integument, the flavor
not unpleasant.” Elliott.—Fox-Grape of the Southern States; also called
Bullet-ox Bull-Grape. It appears to be the original V. vulpina of Linnaeus.
2. AMPELOPSIS. Michx. fl. 1. p. 159.
Calyx entire. Petals 5, distinct, spreading. Torus without a ring. Ovary
2-celled ; With 2 ovules in each c e ll: style very short, conical. Berry 2-
celled; the cells 1-2-seeded.—A shrubby vine. Leaves digitately 5-foliolate.
Flowers perfect, in spreading corymbose panicles.
A. quinquefolia (Michx. 1. c.)—Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 114. A. hede-
racea, DC. prodr. 1. p. 633; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 153. Vitis quinquefolia,
Lam. V. hederacea, Willd. sp. l.p . 1182. Hedera quinquefolia, Linn.
Cissus hederacea, Pers.syn. l.p .1 4 3 ; Pursh,fl. l.p . 170; Torr.! fl. l.p .
266; Ell. sk. 1. p. 305.
p. hirsuta: leaves pubescent on both sides; leaflets ovate.—A hirsuta,
Donn.; DC. prodr. 1. p. 633. Cissus hederacea P. hirsuta, Pursh, l. c.
Borders of woods, and along fences, Canada ! to Georgia, and Western
States, p. Alleghany Mountains, Pursh.—Stem climbing to a great height
and spreading extensively, attaching itself to trees and walls by expansions
of the extremities o f the tendrils. Leaves on long petioles : leaflets petiolu-
late, oblong, acuminate, coarsely serrate or toothed above the middle, glabrous.
Panicle many-flowered, consisting of about 3 primary branches,
which are compoundly divided; the ultimate divisions, somewhat umbellate.
Flowers small, yellowish-green. Calyx very slightly creDate. Petals at
first somewhat cohering, at length spreading. Berry about as large as a
small pea, dark blue; the peduncles and pedicels bright crimson. Foliage
crimson in autumn.— Virginian Creeper. American Ivy.
Or d e r XLIII. ACERACEiE. Juss.
Sepals 5, or rarely 4 -9 , more or less united, colored : testivation imbricated.
Petals as many as sepals and alternate with them, inserted
round an usually lobed hypogynous disk, sometimes none. Stamens inserted
on the disk, usually 8 (sometimes 3—12), d istin c t: anthers in-
trorse or versatile. Ovary 2 -lobed, composed o f two united carpels,
each containing 2 collateral ovules: styles more or less combined,
stigmatose on the inside. Fruit composed o f 2 indehiscent samaroid
carpels, finally separable from the filiform a x is : the wing thickened