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Hah. In Carolina and Georgia in swamps. V. bracteata, Raf. V. aestivalis, 

 Elliot. Vulg. Duck shot or Swamp grape. 



Stem'very large, climbing to the Tops of the loftiest trees ; leaves broad-cor- 

 date, acuminate, five-lobed, sinuses wide and deep, the lobes irregularly dentate ; 

 the teeth without any mucronate point, above smooth, beneath with the nerves 

 rufo-pubescent. Fascicles of the flowers with a short leaf or bract at the base 

 of each; racemes long, loose, and compound; berries very small, '15 of an inch 

 in diameter, very acid. 



5. V. vuLPiNA. Foliis glabris, cordatis acuminatis, simplicibus, trilobis aut 

 interdum profunde quinquelobis, dentatis, dentibus subabrupte-acurainatis, sub- 

 tus plus minus sparse villosiusculis aut etiam glabris. ^acemis densis baccis 

 parvis. 



Hah. In the Northern and Middle States. V. vulpina, Willd. V. aestivalis, 

 Emerson's Report on the Trees, &c., of Massachusetts. V. cordifolia of many 

 authors, but not of Michaux. V. callosa, byemalis, cordifolia, Raf. Vulg. Winter 

 grape. 



Stem moderately large, very branching, the younger shoots for the most part 

 purplish. Leaves always smooth above, and generally so on both sides ; be- 

 neath sometimes, particularly in the younger ones, a little villous ; cordate 

 acuminate dentate, the teeth abruptly acuminate, always more or less tri-lobate, 

 sometimes profoundly so, and often five-lobed. Racemes tolerably large, very 

 dense, so as even to change the form of the berries ; berries -35 of an inch in 

 diameter, black, acid. 



The name of cordifolia is occasionally given improperly to another species, 

 the V. rotundifolia Mx. Willdenow's description is not very full, but suffi- 

 ciently so to remove all doubt of his meaning this species ; there is no other 

 so well deserving the name of Vulpina, as the grapes have a strong smell much 

 resembling that of a fox. 



The older leaves are without any villosity beneath except on the nerves, 

 which with the veins are very prominent. They frequently become glaucous 

 beneath. 



6. V. ARA.NE0SUS. Foliis lato-cordatis, sublobato-angulatis, integris, trilobis aut 

 quinquelobis, lobis acuminatis, dentatis, dentibus submucronatis, supra glabris, 

 subtus arachnoideo-villosis, villositate plus minus ferruginea. Racemis subden- 

 sis, baccis majoribus nigris. 



Hab. In the upper parts of Georgia. Vulg. Fox grape. 



Stem moderately large and high. Leaves broad, cordate, sublobately angled, 

 entire and three or five lobed, acuminate dentate ; the teeth submucronate, above 

 glabrous, beneath arachnoideo-villous, more or less ferruginous ; in the older 

 leaves this villosity forms into small tufts or knots, and in the very oldest 

 almost entirely vanishes, although in the youngest it is very thick and close. 

 Racemes dense; berries of a middling size, -5 of an inch in diameter, black, often 

 very sweet and agreeable. The leaves are sometimes 8 inches long and as 

 many wide. 



This species is well worth cultivating. 



7. V. BicoLOR. Foliis lato-cordatis sublobato-angulatis acuminatis subintegris 

 et tri aut quinquelobis irregulariter dentatis, dentibus acuminatis aut mucronatis 

 supra glabris subtus paliidioribus, in junioribus sparse arachnoideo-villosis. 

 Racemis laxis, baccis parvis nigris. 



Hab. From Pennsylvania to Virginia. V. aestivalis Darlington, Florula 

 Cestrica. 



Stem moderately large and high. Leaves broad-cordate, sublobately angled 

 acuminate, subentire, and three or five-lobed, irregularly dentate ; the teeth 

 acuminate or mucronate, above smooth ; beneath paler in the younger leaves, 

 sparsely arachnoideo-villous, the villosity entirely vanishing with age. Ra- 

 cemes long, loose and compound ; berries small, black, -3 of an inch in diameter, 

 sweet and agreeable. 



