AMPELIDE. L Cissus. 
694 
**#*** Leaves pinnate or bipinnate, with opposite leaflets. 
95 C. pinna‘ta (Russ. besch. alep. ex Roem. et Schult. syst. 
3. p. 317.) leaves: pinnate and trifoliate, smooth, membrana- 
ceous, with ovate, cut leaflets. kh? U.S. Native of Aleppo. 
Pinnate-leaved Cissus. Shrub cl. 
96 C. optiauva (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 65. t. 101. f. 6.) 
leaves pinnate, pubescent, with 2 or 3 oblique, cordate leaflets. 
h? a S. Native of Peru. 
Oblique-leafletted Cissus. Shrub cl. 
97 C. Ma’pria (Lam. ill. no. 1631.) leaves somewhat bi- 
pinnate, smooth, rather fleshy ; leaflets ovate, quite entire. h. 
US. Native of the Isle of France, where it is called Mappia. 
Mappia Cissus. Shrub cl. 
98 C. ortenta'zis (Lam. ill. p. 332. t. 84. f. 2.) leaves bi- 
pinnate, smooth ; leaflets ovate, serrated. h.o. S. Native 
of the Levant. 
Eastern Cissus. Shrub cl. 
99 C. connivens (Lam. ill. no. 1680.) leaves somewhat bi- 
pinnate, smooth ; leaflets ovate, bluntish, a little toothed ; petals 
conniving. h.» S. Native of Madagascar. Differing from 
C. orientalis, in having smaller and fewer leaflets. 
Conniving-petalled Cissus. Shrub cl. 
Cult. Cissus is a climbing genus of plants, hardly distin- 
guishable from Vitis, They are hardly worth cultivating, ex- 
cept in general collections; they will grow freely in any light 
soil, and cuttings will root readily under hand-glasses ; those of 
the stove species should be placed in a moist heat. 
1I. PTERISA’NTHES (from zrepov, pteron, a wing, and 
avOoc, anthos, a flower ; winged perigone). Blum. bijdr. no. 4. 
Lix. syst. Polygamia, Dioécia. Perigone leafy, lobately- 
winged, coriaceous, deformed. Flowers polygamous, marginal 
ones male, pedicellate, hermaphrodite ones in the disk sessile. 
Male flowers with an urceolate, entire calyx, 4 rhomboid, erect- 
ish petals, 4 stamens which are opposite the petals, and with a 
tumid disk in the centre. Hermaphrodite flowers, with a short 
entire calyx, spreading petals, and with the stamens as in the 
male. Ovary immersed in the disk, crowned by a sessile, 
bluntish stigma. Berries obovate, 1 rarely 2-seeded. Seeds 
gibbous on the back, compressed on the other side, and with a 
longitudinal furrow. Albumen cartilaginous, 2-lobed. Embryo 
straight. 
1 P. mvorvucra'ta (Blum. 1. c.) leaves digitate ; leaflets 
oblong, acuminated, repandly-toothed ; flowers disposed in in- 
volucrated fascicles, outer ones on pedicels, inner ones sessile, 
h. U.S. Native of Java. Cissus involucrata, Spreng. syst. 
append. p. 44. 
Involucrated-flowered Pterisanthes. Shrub cl. 
Cult. Any light soil will suit this shrub, and cuttings will 
root readily under a hand-glass, in heat. Not worth cultivating 
unless in general collections. 
III. AMPELO’PSIS (from apmedoc, ampelos, a vine, and 
oyec, opsis, resemblance; resembling the vine in every respect). 
Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 159. D.C. prod. 1. p. 632. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx almost entire. 
Petals 5 (as in Vitis) but separating from each other from the 
apex to the bottom (as in Cissus). Stamens 5. Style 1, crowned 
by a capitate stigma. Ovary not immersed in the disk, 2-4- 
seeded (Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 222.). This is an inter- 
mediate genus between Cissus and V itis. 
* Leaves simple. 
1 A. corpa‘ra (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 159.) leaves cor- 
date, acute, toothed, somewhat 3-lobed ; nerves villous beneath ; 
II. PTERISANTHES. 
III. AMPELOPSIS. 
racemes doubly bifid. k. H. Native of North America 
from Pennsylvania to Carolina on river sides and among hedges. 
Cissus ampeldpsis, Pers. ench. 1. p. 142. Vitis indivisa, Willd. 
paumz. 538. Flowers reddish. Berries pale-red. 
Cordate-leaved Ampelopsis. Fl, June, July. 
Shrub cl. 
2 A. porria (D.C. prod. 1. p. 633.) leaves cordate, cre- 
nated, 3-5-lobed, downy ; racemes subdivided. h.. S. Na- 
tive of the eastern coast of Africa on the shores of Zanquebar. 
Botria Africana, Lour. coch. 154. Flowers reddish. Berries 
black and eatable. 
Grape Ampelopsis. 
Clt. 1803. 
Shrub cl. 
* * Leaves palmate, with 3 or 5 leaflets. 
3 A. HETEROPHY'LLA (Blum. bijdr. 4th number,) leaves simple 
or ternate, cordate, crenate-serrated, smooth ; corymbs dichoto- 
mous. h. S. Native of Java. Vitis Javanica, Spreng. syst. 
app. p. 90. 
‘ariable-leaved Ampelopsis. Shrub cl. 
4 A. nepera‘ceA (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 160.) leaves 
palmate, with 3-and 5 leaflets, smooth on both surfaces ; leaflets 
stalked, oblong-acuminated, mucronately toothed ; racemes co- 
rymbose, dichotomous. k.. H. Native of North America 
from Pennsylvania to Carolina on the Alleghany mountains. 
Hédera quinquefolia, Lin. spec. 292. Vitis quinquef dlia, Lam. 
ill. no. 2815. Cissus hederdcea, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 
170. Vitis hederacea, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1182,—Corn. can. t. 
100. Stems climbing and rooting. Flowers greenish-purple. 
Fruit small, black. This shrub is used for covering walls like 
ivy. The leaves turn red in autumn. ; 
Five-leaved wy, Virginian Creeper, or-Ivy-like Ampelopsis. 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1629. Shrub cl. , 
5 A. nirsu'ra (Donn, hort. cant. 166.) leaves palmate, with 
3 or 5 ovate, acuminated, coarsely toothed leaflets, which are 
pubescent on both surfaces. h. H. Native of the Alleghany 
mountains. Cissus hederacea, var. /3, hirsùta, Pursh, fl. amer. 
sept. 1. p. 170. | 
Hairy Ampelopsis. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1806. Shrub ci. 
6 A. carpreotata (D. Don, prod. fi. nep. p. 188. under 
Vitis) leaflets 5, elliptical, acuminated, bristly-toothed, coria- 
ceous, pubescent beneath; umbels axillary, 4-rayed, shorter 
than the leaves. h.. H. Native of Nipaul. Resembles 4. 
hederacea, but is one half smaller. Flowers axillary, umbellate. 
Climbing Ampelopsis. Shrub cl. oy: 
7 A.? ternara (D. C. prod. 1. p. 683.) leaves trifoliate, 
clothed with cinereous down beneath; leaflets oblong-oval, mü- 
cronate, doubly serrated, lateral ones oblique ; stems and ter- 
drils downy. h. ¥ S. Native of the East Indies. Vitis 
ternata, Roth. in Roem. and Schult. syst. 5. p. 319. 
Ternate-leaved Ampelopsis. Shrub cl. 
*** Leaves pinnate or bipinnate. 
8 A. pinna‘ta (Roem. et Schult. syst. 3. p. 322.) leaves pin 
nate, smooth, with 5 toothed leaflets. h. o S. Natre 
Vìtis pinnàta, Vahl. symb. 3. p. 43. Branches purplish. Flowe 
small, 
Pinnate-leaved Ampelopsis. Shrub cl. -os bi- 
9 A. sirinNa`ra (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 160.) leaves ice 
pinnate, smooth ; leaflets deeply lobed ; racemes stalked, ds 
bifid. h.H. Native of Virginia and Carolina, in shady Ciss us 
on river sides. Vitis arborea, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1183. ™ 
2. 
stáns, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 170.—Pluk. mant. tee 
f. 2. Stem upright. Flowers small, green. Berries g 
cream-coloured. 1700. 
Bipinnate-leaved Ampelopsis. Fl. June, Aug. Ch. 
Shrub 10 feet, 
