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ViTIS RIPARIA, mascula. MALe sweet-°° 
SCENTED VINE. 
KEE KEKE EKER EE EERE ER 
Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Petala apice coherentia, emarcida. Bacca 5-spertha, 
supera. ! at ond 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Vitis riparia; (dioica) foliis inequaliter inciso-dentatis 
breviuscule trifidis, petiolo, nervis margineque pu- 
bescentibus. Michaux. Fl. Bor.-Am. 2. p. 231. Pursh. 
Fl. Am. Sept. 1. p. 169. 
Viris incisa. Jacg. Schenb. 4. t. 427. 
Vitis odoratissima. Donn Cantab. ed. 9. p. 71. 
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The American species of vine, according to Micuavux, 
are all diecious, that is, the male and female flowers are 
on distinct trees. ‘The plant from which our drawing was 
taken being male, of course produces no grapes. Mr. Pursu 
temarks that the female plants are seldom found north of 
the Patowmac river, though the males extend very far 
beyond it. This observation reminds us of an analogous 
fact respecting the hop ; the male of which are found in 
almost etary hedge in some parts of this country, whilst 
the females we believe are seldom seen with us except 
under cultivation. The stems of this vine are finely grooved 
and later in the season, have a reddish brown tinge on the 
Parts exposed to the sun. The leaves have a very broad 
Sinus at the base, are slightly divided into three lobes, the 
‘erratures are unequal and terminated with a soft mucro, 
they are smooth on the upper surface, but on the — 
side, 
