712 AMPELIDE. 
Grape, from the size and form of the fruit, sometimes Musca- 
dine Grape. 
Round-leaved Vine or Bullet Grape. 
1806. Shrub cl. 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 
+ American species not sufficiently known. 
37 V. parma`ra (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 42.) leaves cordate, pal- 
mate, smooth, with lanceolate, cut segments ; umbels racemose. 
b. u H. Native of Virginia. Vahl had his specimen from 
the Paris garden, where it was said to be a native of Virginia, 
but Mr. Pursh met with nothing answering the description in 
North America. Sir James Smith supposes this to be only a 
variety of Vitis vinifera. 
Palmate-leaved Vine. Shrub cl. 
38 V. Virersta‘na (Hort. par. ex Poir. dict. 8. p. 608.) 
leaves ovate-cordate, smooth, profoundly 5-lobed; lobes un- 
equally and broadly crenated; racemes usually simple. k. o 
H. Native of Virginia. 
Virginian Vine. Shrub cl. 
39 V. tuiæròLa (Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd. in Roem. et 
Schult. syst. 5. p. $20.) leaves cordate, serrated, hoary beneath. 
b. u S. Native of South America on the banks of the river 
Magdalena, near Nares. V. Indica, H. B. et Kunth. 5. p. 227. 
Lime-tree-leaved Vine. Shrub cl. 
40 V. Acarutce’nsis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 
230.) leaves unknown; tendrils very long, branched ; lower 
branches cymiferous ; cymes much branched, clothed with rusty 
wool. h. S. Native of New Spain near Acapulca. Sta- 
mens 35, l 
Acapulca Vine. Shrub cl. 
Cult. 
The cultivation of Vitis vinifera, or common grape- 
vine, is given under its proper species. The American hardy 
species which bear eatable fruit, require the same treatment. 
The other hardy species are not worth cultivating; they will 
grow in any common soil, and ripe cuttings of them will root 
freely in earth. The stove species, or those from tropical coun- 
tries, are not worth cultivating unless in botanic gardens ; they 
are easily increased by ripened cuttings under a hand-glass in 
mould. They will grow in any common soil. 
Tribe Il. 
LEEA‘CEE (plants agreeing with Zeéa in important charac- 
ters). D. C. prod. 1. p. 635. Corolla monopetalous. Stamens 
alternating with the petals? usually monadelphous. Fruit and 
seeds scarcely known. Peduncles not converted into tendrils. 
The fruit, according to our own observations, is a dry capsule, 
with 4 to 6 lobes, which are separable, each lobe containing 
1 seed. 
V. LEE'A (in honour of James Lee, founder of the extensive 
nursery at Hammersmith hamlet, whose grandson is the present 
proprietor; author of an introduction to the Linnean system of 
botany). Lin. mant. 124. D. C. prod. 1. p. 685.—Aquilicia, 
Lin. mant. 211. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Pentandria, Calyx 4-5 toothed. 
Corolla 5-cleft, with revolute segments. Urceolus of stamens 
5-lobed, with the filaments adnate to the outside between the 
lobes; anthers ovate, smooth. Style simple. Capsule 4-6- 
celled ; cells 1-seeded, but both cells and seeds are often abor- 
tive. Theseeds, according to Geertner, are solitary in each cell, 
erect, with a 5 or 6-lobed cartilaginous albumen, with a terete, 
acuminated, arched or straight, somewhat excentral embryo, and 
awl-shaped cotyledons. Radicle inferior.—Large, rough shrubs, 
with cymes of small, greenish or yellowish, insignificant flowers. 
Leaves pinnate or bipinnate, resembling those of the Elder. 
IV. Vitis. 
V. LEEA. 
* Leaves bi or tripinnate. 
FIG. 118. 
1 L. samsgu`cina (Willd. spec. 
1. p. 1177.) stem furrowed, angu- 
lar ; leaves somewhat bipinnate ; 
leaflets ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 
serrated. h.S. Native of the East 
Indies and the Mauritian Islands, 
where it is called Bois de source. 
Aquilicia sambucina, Lin. mant. 
211. Cav. diss. 7. t. 218.—Rheed. 
mal. 2. p. 43. t. 26.—Rumph. 
amb. 4. t. 45. Leaves from simple 
to decompound. Flowers small, 
yellow, in terminal, supra-decom- 
pound, _ trichotomous corymbs. in 
Berries round, pulpy, smooth, glau- Axl 
cous, black, size of a marrow-fat WN) 
pea, 6-seeded, when dry torose. 
(f. 118.) 
Elder-leaved Leea. 
Shrub 8 ft. 
2 L. rosu’sta (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 468.) stem jointed, pubes- 
cent; leaves bi and tripinnate, with ovate-lanceolate, serrated, 
cuspidate leaflets ; urceolus of stamens rather globose, white. 
h.S. Native of the East Indies in the Northern Circars. Stem 
flexuous. Leaves from 1 to 3 feet long, but usually greater in 
breadth ; lateral leaflets with a broad cordate base, hairy be- 
Fl. Oct. Jan. Clt. 1790. 
neath, Cymes supra-decompound, villous, Flowers numerous, 
small, green. Berries much flattened, size of a small cherry, 
smooth, black, and rather succulent, 6-lobed, 6-celled. 
Robust Leea. Fl. Nov. Dec. Clt. 1823. Shrub 6 feet. 
3 L. srapny’LeA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 471.) leaves compound 
or supra-decompound, with linear-oblong, finely taper-pointed, 
serrated, smooth leaflets; cymes loose. h.S. Native of the 
East Indies. Aquilicia Otillis, Otillis Zeylanica, Geert. fruct. 1. 
p. 275. t. 57. Staphylea? Indica, Burm. ind. 75. t. 24, f. 
2. Leaflets 4-7 inches long, and from 2-3 broad. Stipulas 
large. Calyx 5-toothed. Flowers small, greenish-white, very 
numerous. Urceolus of stamens a yellow, 5-cleft, fleshy ring. 
Berries dry, size of a small cherry, flattened, 5-6-grooved, 5-6- 
celled, with a single seed in each cell. Branches flexuous. 
Staphylea-like Leea. Shrub 10 feet. 
4 L. wreerirdnia (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 427.) somewhat ar- 
boreous ; leaves supra-decompound, with lanceolate, entire, 
acuminated leaflets ; corymbs supra-decompound. Rh. S. Native 
of the East Indies, in moist valleys among the Circar mountains. 
Leaves about 24 feet long, with the lower two pairs of pinne 
always bipinnate, as in the last species. Flowers greenish- 
white. Urceolus of stamens of 5 emarginate scales. Capsule 
usually 6-seeded. ~ 
Entire-leaved Leea. Shrub 8 feet. 
5 L. rv'sra (Blum. bijdr. 4th number,) stem round, fur- 
rowed; leaves bipinnate, rough on the veins beneath, with sia 
lanceolate, bluntly-serrated leaflets, lower ones ternate ; cory™ s 
decompound. h.S. Native of Java. Berries red. 
Red Leea. Shrub 8 feet. d 
6 L. Java’nica (Blum. bijdr. l. e.) stem round, dotte , 
rough ; leaves bipinnate, smooth, with sharply-serrated leaflets ; 
corymbs decompound. h.S. Native of Java. 
Java Leea. Shrub. 
7 L. Guiner’nse; leaves pinnate, lower pair ternate ; leaflets 
broad-lanceolate, acuminated, serrated ; corymbs axillary, twin; 
fruit 4-celled, 4-seeded. h.. S. Native of Guinea. (v. s. In 
herb. Lamb.) 
Guinea Leea. Shrub straggling. 
