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8. V. PULLARiA. Foliis elabris, ovatis cordatis acuminatis, ut plurimum 

 versus apicem obscure aut profunde trilobatis rarius quinque lobatis saepe inte- 

 gris, inaequaliter gross dentatis, dentibus acuminatis. Racemis longis ramosis 

 laxis. 



Hab. In Virginia and Maryland. Vulg. Ctiicken grape. 



Stem miderately large and tall. Leaves thin, smooth on both sides, polished, 

 ovate cordate abruptly acuminate, beyond the middle more or less tri-lobed, 

 sometimes five-lobed, often entire, unequally dentate ; teeth large, acuminate ; 

 petioles and nerves beneath conspicuouslypubescent. Racemes long, compound 

 and loose ; berries small, -3 of an inch in diameter. 



9. V. RiPARiA. Foliis elabris ovatis cordatis acuminatis ante medium plus 

 minus trilobis, saepe integris dentatis, dentibus latis depressis, brevi-mucronatis. 

 Racemis laxis baccis parvis. 



Hab. In Georgia and Mississippi on the banks of rivers in overflov\'ed places. 

 V. riparia Mx. V. dimidiata Rafinesque. 



Stem lariie and tall. Leaves thin, smooth on both sides, polished ovate, cor- 

 date, acuminate, more or less tri-lobed beyond the middle, often entire, sub- 

 crenato-dentate ; teeth broad, flat, with a short point; the youngest leaves with 

 a slight arachnoid pubescence beneath, petioles, nerves and margin pubescent. 

 The leaves are sometimes five-lobed, the upper lobes with deep spathuliform 

 sinuses, the margin but little dentate. Racemes loose; berries small, -3 of an 

 inch in diameter, black and acid. 



This species, confounded by most authors with the next (if it has ever been 

 seen by them,) is found only in the southernmost States on the margins of 

 rivers, in places frequently subject to inundation, whence its name among the 

 inhabitants of the banks of the Mississippi, Vigne de battures ; it very much re- 

 sembles the next, but is easily distinguished by its thinner leaves and the 

 arachnoid pubescence on the under side of them in their younger state. 



10. V. oDORATissiMA. FoUis glabris ovatis cordatis acuminatis inaequaliter 

 crenato-dentatis dentibus' mucronatis, ut plurimum versus apicem obscure trilobis. 

 Racemis laxis, baccis parvis. 



Hab. In the Northern States, in dry situations, generally on the sides of rocky 

 hills. V. odoratissima Donn. V. riparia Pursh, Torrey and Gray, &c. V. 

 serotina Bartram, 1. c seems to be V. cordifolia of Emerson, &c. V. montana, 

 concolor, columbina, populifoka, odoratissima and amara Rafinesque. 



Stem large and high. Leaves smooth on both sides, broad-ovate, cordate, 

 acuminate, unequally crenato-dentate, teeth mucronate ; generally obscurely trilo- 

 bate beyond the middle, nerves beneath very prominent, margin, nerves beneath 

 and petioles pubescent ; a small pubescent tuft on the axillae of the nerves of the 

 under side of the leaves. Racemes long and loose, berries small, '2 of an inch 

 in diameter, black, very acid and austere, ripening in November, 



This species is much cultivated in gardens on account of its fragrant flowers, 

 the perfume of which is exactly that of Reseda odorata. It very rarely pro- 

 duces fruit. I have found fertile individuals only on the rocky hills north of 

 Hoboken, New Jersey. I have been informed that the Indians formerly used 

 the juice of this grape for dyeing blue. 



11. V. ROTUNDiFOLiA. FoUis glabris nitidis rotundo-cordatis, acuminatis 

 nunquam lobatis grosse dentatis, dentibus acutis subaequalibus, racemis parvis 

 baccis magnis nigris, rubescentibus vel albis. 



Hab. From Virginia to Florida. V. rotundifolia Mx. V. vulpina Walter. 

 V. acerifolia, vulpina, angulata, and veruccosa Rafinesque. Vulgo, BuUace 

 grape, from its resemblance to the bullace or wild plum of Europe, corrupted into 

 Bull grape. In Virginia and North Carolina, it is called Muscadine and 

 Scuppernon grape. 



Stem moderately large, unlike every other species perfectly smooth even in 

 the oldest vines. Leaves thin, smooth on both sides, polished, shining, most so 

 beneath, round cordate, never lobed, acuminate dentate ; teeth large, subequal, 

 acute, axillae of the nerves beneath sometimes furnished with a small tuft of 



