VINE 291 



Vitis vinifera, L. Vine (Figs. 110, 111). Climber, with 

 leaf-opposed branch-tendrils. 



Fig. 110. Vine, Vitis vinifera. 1, flowering shoot; 2, flower casting 

 the petals as a cap; 3, vertical section of flower; 4, ditto of fruit; 

 5, seed, p. 291 (Sc). 



Flowers small, yellowish-green, in dense panicles. Calyx 

 5-toothed, petals and stamens 5 each, the former coherent 

 above and pushed off in the form of a cap by the latter. 



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