leaves and perfect fruit glabrous. The ala are remarkably large, broad upwards, and falcato-incurved,
beautifully striated, the strhe running in strait parallel lines along the outer margin, and all terminating
towards the broad part at the inner margin.
8. A. rubrum ; foliis cordatis demum glabris subtus glaucis palmato-5-lobis, lobis acu-
minatis inciso-serratis, sinubus acutis, floribus conglomeratis pentapetalis “ pentandris,”
ovariis glabris, fructus alis subdivergentibus superne dilatatis paululum falcatis.—‘•Linn.
Sp. PL p . 1496. Mich. Am. v. 1. p. 253. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 1. p. 265. Elliott, Carol, v. 1.
p . 449. De Cand. Prodr. v . l . p . 595. Bigel. FI. Bost. ed. 2. p. 377. Torrey, FI. o f Un.
St. v. 1. p. 395.
TTau. Throughout Canada, (Pursh; Mrs. Sheppard; Mrs. Percival, ) to the valli'es of the Rocky
Mountains, and on the west side near the sources of the Columbia. Drummond.—This, the Red Maple, so
called on account of its red flowers and fruit, is a large tree, whose wood is close-grained, smooth, and hard,
and used for various kinds of furniture. Elliott observes that “ in descending the mouths of our large
rivers, this is the last tree we find in the swamps, diminishing as the soil becomes impregnated with salt,
until it dwindles to a shrub, and, mingling with the Myriea cerifera (Candleberry Myrtle') and Baccharis
halimifolia, finally disappears.9’
2. NEGUNDO. Mceneh.
Flores dioici. Cal. minimus insequaliter 4—5-dentatus. Pet. 0. 5 Flores fasciculati,
pedicellis filiformibi*. Anthers 4-5, liheares, sessiles.— 9 Fiores racemosi.—Folia com-
posita impari-pinnata. DC.
1. N. fraxinifolium ; foliis 3-foliolatis, foliolis oppositis grosse rariterque dentatis, im-
pari ssepius trilobo. DC.—Nutt. Gen. v. 1. p. 253. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 596. Acer
Negundo. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1497. Mich. Am. v. 1. p . 253, Arb. (ed. Am.) v. 1 .1. 46. Elliott,
Carol, v. I. p . 459. Torrey, FI. o f Un. St. v. 1. p. 398.
Hab. Interior of Canada: abundant about the Red River and Saskatchawan, which latter river, in lat.
54°, is its most northern limit. Dr. Richardson; Douglas; Drummond.—This is the Box Elder or Ashleaved
Maple of the United States. Mr. Douglas informs me that the Cree Indians manufacture a sugar
from it. From Dr. Schweinitz I possess a specimen with the leaves having their two lower and the terminal
leaflets termate.
Ord. XXI. AMPELIDEÆ. JSumb. et Kunth.
1. AMPELOPSIS. Mich.
Cal. subinteger. Pet. 5, (ut in Vite) ab apice ad basim (more Cissi) abscendentia.
Stam. 5. Stylus 1. Stigma capitatum. Ovarium disco non immersum, 2-4-spermum.
Kunth.—Genus medium inter Cissum et Vitem.
1. A. quinquefolia ; foliis palmato-3—5-foliolatis utflnque glabris, foliolis petiolatis ob-
longis acuminatis mucronato-dentatis, racemis dichotomo-corymbosis.—Mich. Am. v. 1.
p. 160.—Hedera quinquefolia. Linn. Sp. PL p . 292.—Vitis quinquefolia Lam.—Cissus
hederacea. Pursh, FL Am. v. 1. p. 170. Elliott, Carol, v. 1. p. 305. Torrey, FI. o f Un. S t
v. 1. p . 266.—Vitis hederacea. Willd.—Bigel. FI. Bost. ed. 2. p . 93.
Hab. Canada. Michaux. Lake Huron. Dr. Todd.—A well-known plant, being cultivated throughout
Europe under the name of Five-fingered Ivy, and employed for covering old walls and the sides of buildings,
and rendered beautiful in autumn by the deep red-colour of its leaves.
2. VITIS. Lim.
(Dioicce et Poly games. Omnes Americamce.)
Cal. sub 5-dentatus. Pet. 5 apice cohasrentia et instar calyptrae basi pbscedentia
simulque decidua. Stam. 5. Stylus 0. Bacca 2-loc., 4-sperma, loculis seminibuSve
saspe abort!vis.—Folia simplicia. De Cand.
1. V. Ldbrusca; ramis ferrugineo-tomentosis, foliis cordatis subintegris trilobisve acute
dentatis subtus pedunculisque subferrugineis tomentosis.—Linn. Sp. Pl. p . 293. Mich.
Am. v. 2. p. 230. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 1. p. 169. Elliott, Carol, v. 2. p . 689. De Cand.
Prodr. v. 1. p. 634. Bigel. Fl. Bost. ed. 2. p . 93. Torrey, Fl. o f Un. St. v. 1. p. 264.
Hab. Canada. Pursh.—This is the Fox-Grape, or common Wild Grape-Vine of the United States. The
fruit is, according to Professor Bigelow, large, purple, and pleasantly tasted; while Torrey remarks that
it has a strong disagreeable flavour in a wild state, but that, when cultivated, it is as pleasant as any of the
varieties of V. vinifera. Two sorts are much esteemed at New York, and known under the name of
“ Bland's-Grape" and the “ Isabella-Grape.”
2. V. vulpina; foliis profunde cordatis acuminatis subasqualiter dentatis utrinque glabris
in axillis pubescentibus, racemis laxe multifloris polycarpiis, baccis parvis serotinis.—
Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 293. Sm. in Heed Cycl. n. 9. Torrey, Fl. o f Un. St. v. 1. p. 264.—V. cor-
difolia, Mich. Am. v. 2. p . 231. Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 1. p . 169. EUiott, Carol, v. 2. p. 688.
De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p . 634.
Hab. Canada. Pursh.—This is the Winter-Grape or Chicken-Grape of North America. Dr. Torrey
considers it to be the true V. vulpina of Linn., on account of the glabrous leaves; and his observation is
confirmed by Sir J. E. Smith in Rees' Cycl.
3. V. riparia ; foliis profunde cordatis 3-lobis, lobis acuminatis inciso-serratis subtus
glabriusculis in axillis nervisque pubescentibus.—Mich. Am. v. 2. p . 231. Pursh, Fl. Am.
v. 1. p. 169. Elliott, Carol, v. 2. p. 688. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p . 635. Torrey, Fl. o f Un.
S t v. 1. p. 265.
Hab. Canada. Mr. Cleghom; Mrs. Percival. Lake Huron. Dr. Todd. Extending to the south end
of Lake Winipeg, in lat. 52°. Dr. Richardson.—Some of my specimens of this plant have the leaves so
slightly lobed that I scarcely know how they are to be distinguished from the preceding.
O rd. XXII. GERANIACEÆ. Juss.
1. GERANIUM. L'Rerit.
Sepala 5, æquaJia. Pet. 5, æqualia. Stam. 10 fertilia, alterna majora. Glandulæ nec-
tariferæ ad basin stam. majorant. Carpellman aristoe intus glabræ, demum elastice a
basi ad axeos apicem circinatim revolutæ— Herbæ rarissime suffrutescentes, foliis pal-
mato-lobatis, peduncvlis 1-2 floris. DC.
* Perermia, peduncvlis bifioris.
1. G. maculatum ; caule subangulato erecto dichotomo retrorsum pubescente, foliis
3-5-partitis segmentis acutis inferne cuneatis superne inciso-serratis, radicalibus longe