58 Class V. Order I. 



70. VITIS, 

 VITZS LABRUSOA. Common ivild grape vine. 



Leaves heart shaped, somewhat three lobed, 

 dentate, downy underneath* Willd. 



This vine is dioecious, a fact which Michaux affirms of all 

 the species observed by him in America.* The leaves are ve- 

 ry broad and white underneath. Clusters of flowers small, op- 

 posite to leaves, as are also the tendrils. Fruit large, purple 

 and pleasantly flavoured. Found in woods in low ground. 

 June. 



VITIS HEDERACEA. Willd. Common creeper. 



Leaves quinate, ovate, acuminate, dentate. 

 Willd. 



Si/n. HEDERA QUINQUEFOLIA, //. 



Vifis QUJXQUEFOLIA. Lam. <J? Sm. 



jiMPELOPSIS QUINQUEFOLIA. Mich. 



The common creeper is much cultivated as an ornament of 

 walls. The stems climb to a great height, supported by radi- 

 cating tendrils. Leaves in fives, petioled, smooth. Flowers in 

 branched clusters ; petals green, not united at their summit. 

 Berries of the size of peas. Found growing wild in woods and 

 about fences. June. 



71. IMPATIENS. 

 IMPATIENS NOLI TANGERE. Mich. /3. Touch me not . 



Flower stalks solitary, many flowered ; leaves 

 ovate ; joints of the stem swelling. L. 



Syn. iMPJflENS MACULAfA. Muhl. 



Found about brooks and in moist shades, flowering from June 

 * Excepting those placed in his genus Ampehpsis. 



