838 VITACEAE 
1. V.coriacea Shuttlw. Leaf-blades reniform to suborbicular in outline, 3-10 
e 
ordate: panicles 5-12 cm. long: berry subgl obose, less than 12 mm. in diam- 
eter, e acid.—Hammocks, pen. Fla.—(W. I. ) 
12. V. Simpsonii Munson. Leaf-blades suborbieular in outline, 5—18 cm. broad, 
prominently or mostly deeply 3—5-lobed, and shallowly toothed, ped above, 
sa or less o o or rusty-tomentose beneath, cordate: pani 5—10 
m. long, usually compact: berry commonly 15 mm. in diam Black, mostly 
d wie ——BSandy soil, especially in scrub and on shell mounds, pen. Fla 
V. Labrusca L. Leaf-blades thickish, suborbicular to broadly ~ mostly 
longer An ien moro toothed or scalloped, otherwise entire, or 3-lobed 
ar the , glabrate above, densely ne a or felty icd a. 
5-12 em a pi Je id simple: berry globose, 1.5-2 cm. in diameter, amber 
o purple with a sli s bloom, the skin and tough pulp sweet and musky, or 
esr ngent.— (FOxX-GRAPE. PLUM-GRAPE. )—Thiekets and woods, various prov- 
ces, D ouch. and Vt. 
2. MUSCADINIA Small Vines. Leaf-blades angled or coarsely toot ane 
Flowers in racemes or panicles, green. Oalyx minute. Petals cohering. Berri 
rather juicy, ultimately edible.—T'wo species.—SCUPPERNONGS. 
uos = 5-2.5 cm. in diameter; the skin and pulp tough, the latter musky: seed 
ong. 1. M.rotundifolia. 
Berries L ‘1.5 em. in e the skin and pulp tender, the 
latter acid: seed 3-5 mm. long. 2. M. Munsoniana. 
1. M. rotundifolia ( ere ee Leaf-blades firm or leathery, suborbicular 
to ovate-orbicular, 4— meter or larger, usually acuminate, coarsely 
aay: E abrous, pe nig EM and some- 
eath, cor rdate: berry 
EDS "dull e. without nn n 
musky pulp, t iud o Rn E 
CADINE. SOUTHERN RAP "Sci 
NONG. )—Thickets S wamps, p reed ‘and 
hammocks, various provinces, see a. to Tex., 
Kans., and Del.—(Mez.)—Spr.-sum. 
M. Munsoniana (Simpson) Small. Leaf- 
blades thinnish, but rather firm, suborbicular 
or reniform, 4— 8 em. Dodd coarsely toothed, 
eet except the axils of the us be- 
neath, rnc cordate at the base: berry 
globose, 1-1.5 em. in diameter, nearly d 
na 
pulp tender, acid: seed 3-5 mm. long pe itis peltata Raf.|— (BULLACE- 
E.)— —Hammocks and serub, Fla. and Ga.—(W. I.) m fall, or all year S. 
3. CISSUS L. Fleshy vines. Leaf-blades simple or 3-foliolate. Flowers 
in small cymes, green. Petals spreading. Berry inedible.—About 225 species, 
tropieal.—Spr.-sum. or all year S.—POSSUM-GRAPE. 
Leaf-blades 3-foliolate, the leaflets coarsely toothed. 
Flowers in trichotomous cymes: berry thickest above the middle. 
1. C. incisa. 
lo E in compound umbel-like cymes: berry thickest below 
middle. 2. C. trifoliata. 
3. C. 
Leaf-blades simple, distantly serrate. sra yo ides: 
