No, 89 & 100. VITIS. 125. 



Many varieties : I. LongipeSj branches fulvous hairy* 

 Petioles very long, rusty. Leaves trilobe, base reniform- 

 2. Media. Petioles shorten Leaves ovate 3-5 lobed, base 

 acute cordate- S.iJ/andina- Petioles long. Leaves cordate 

 trifid, base acute cordate, lobes near or even overlaping, 

 as in F. blanda. Perhaps several species, but leaves of- 

 ten variable on same vine. Grapes good. 



4. F. multiloba. Raf- Dissected vine. See tab- 100, 

 fig, G- Branches tomentose rusty. Petioles very short, 

 round, tomentose rusty. Leaves palmate multilobe, 

 base oval acute^ sinusses oboval rounded, segments 

 bilobe, the middle ones trilobe, lobes oval lanceolate 

 acute, with but few acute teeth, pubescent above, rusty 

 glaucous beneath, nerves rusty. Found on the Washita 

 and Red River, cultivated at Bartram's garden. Grape 

 large, good and sweet. Var. 1. jRubripes. Petioles red. 

 Leaves smaller, 5 lobed, lobes oval entire acuminate, 

 without lobes, rusty gray beneath, nerves concolor. Is it 



a peculiar species ? 



5, V.digitata. Raf- Hand-chick Grape. Petioles equal 

 rufous. Leaves palmate 5 lobed, base reniform, sinusses 

 very broad, lobes lanceolate unequal toothed, \Yhite be- 

 neath, nerves rufous stellate hairy. Berries black and 

 small. In Virginia, Carolina, &c. Grapes similar to the 



Chicken Grapes. 



6- V. bracteata, Raf. (T. labnisca, Walter, F. estiva- 

 lis, Elliot.) Sour Grape. Branches and petioles tomen- 

 tose. Leaves broad cordate, rounded, entire or lobed, 

 toothed, white beneath. Panicles of several bracteated 

 fascicles, 3-6 flore. Berries black and pisiform. In the 

 Southern States, from Carolina to Florida. A very tall 

 vine, with small fruit like a pea, black, very acid and 



7. V. callosa. Raf. Canada vine. Branches and pe- 

 tioles striated pubescent Petioles subequal. Leaves re- 

 niform subtrilobe acute, with minute callous denticles, 

 lucid above, white beneath, nerves rufous. Raceme com- 

 pound. From Canada to PennsjWania, in hills. Young 

 leaves pubescent above, smooth when grown. Blossoms 



in June. Fruit unknown. 



8. V, hyemalis. Raf. Winter Grape. Branches groov- 

 ed smooth. Petioles smooth, very short. Leaves cordate 



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