Tab. 5682. 



VITIS HETEROPHYLLA, Thwib. / var. HUMULIFOLIA. 

 Hop-leaved Vine. 



Nat. Ord. AmpelidEjE. — Pextandbia Movooybix. 



Gen. Char. Calyx brevis, integer v. 4-5-dentatus v. lobatus. Prtala 

 4-5, libera v. apice ealyptratim cohaerentia. Discus varius v. obsoletus. 

 Stamina 4-5, infra marginem disci inserta, filamentis subulatis ; anthers 

 libera?. Ovarium ovoideum v. subquadratum, 2- rarissirae 3-4-loeulare ; 

 stylus brevis v. ; ovula in loculis 2. Bacca ovoidea v. globosa, 1-2-loeu- 

 laris, 1-2-sperma. — TYutices cirrhi, sarmentosi, scepe alte scandenfes. Folia 

 simplicia v. composita. Fdores parvi, in cynias thyrsosve racemosos panicu- 

 latos spicatos v. umbellatos dispositi, non raro polyyamo-monoici. 



Vitis heterophylla, Thunb.; var. humulifolia; caule tereti gracili glabro 

 v. piloso, foliis profunde 3-5-lobis late cordatis sinu aperto, lobis 

 basi constrictis ovato-rhombeis acutis v. acuminatis serratis, cirrhis 

 2-fidis, petiolo nervisque pubescentibus, cymis longe pedunculitis di- 

 chotome ramosis rarius gracilibus divaricatis, floribus minutis, calyce 

 breviter 5-lobo, petalis liberis, disco membranaceo truncato, baccis 

 spbgericis pallide cyaneis. 



Vitis heterophylla. Thunb. var. f3, Siebold et Zuccarini, Abhandl. Baier. 

 AJcad. Wissenschaft, iv. v. 2. p. 197. 



Ampelopsis humulifolia. Bunye, Mem. Sav. Etr. St. Petersl. v. 2. p. 86. 

 ex Walp. Hep. v. l.p. 441. 



Japan contains many species of Vine, of which several are 

 now growing freely in the open-air at Kew against the 

 walls of plant-houses. Amongst these that figured here 

 was conspicuous this autumn for the peculiar colour of its 

 lovely pale blue berries, its bright red stems, and hop-like 

 foliage, which latter character suggested to Dr. Bunge. its 

 discoverer in North China, the very appropriate name of 

 humulifolia. It has since been found in Corea. whence dried 

 specimens and seeds have been received from Mr. C. Wilfoid, 

 collector for the Royal Gardens, and in Japan, where it was 

 found by the celebrated Japanese traveller Siebold. 



The V. humulifolia was reduced, by Siebold and Zuccarini, 

 to a variety of the old V. heterophylla of Thunberg. a plant 



DECEMBEB 1ST, 1867. 



