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12. V. labruscoides. Mg. and Rat Sweet Fox Grape. 

 Branches round and smooth. Petioles subequal, hardly 

 pubeBcent. Leaves reniform at the base, trifid or quin- 

 quefid, acute, with unequal acute callous teeth, sinusses 

 acute, smooth above, glaucous beneath. Racemes small. 

 Berries large, depressed, juicy and sweet- From New- 

 York to Virginia, in woods, &c. Large vine, fruit dif- 

 ferent from the last, musky rather than foxy, skin thick 

 and austere, but inside when ripe with a sweet rich juice. 

 Var. 1. Serotina^ Frost Grape, pui-plish black- 2.Rubray 

 Worthington Grape, smaller berries, juice dark red, 

 sweet and rough. 3. Pulposay Lutfborough Grape, ber- 

 ries very large, of a deep purple, pulp dissolving in a 

 sweet musky juice. 4. Precox, Early Grape, middle size 

 berries, black, with a white bloom, sweet mu&ky taste, 

 ripe in July in Virginia. 5. Major^ Big Grape of the 

 Catskijl mountains. Berries purplish blue, exceedingly 

 large (one measured by Mr, Eaton was 3 inches around) 

 fine sweet pulpy juice. All highly deserving cultivation- 



13. F. rugosa. Raf. Roughleaf Grape. Branches round 

 and smooth. Petioles similar, subequal, compressed. 

 Leaves cordate 5 lobed, coriaceous with rounded acute 

 teeth, lobes acute, very wrinkled above, beneath glau- 

 cous. Racemes elongate compound. From New York to 

 Ohio, blossoms in June. Fruit unknown. 



14. F. canina.RaL Dogs Grape. Branches round and 

 smooth. Petiole striated pilose short. Leaves oval cor- 

 date, base subreniform acute, end subtrifid, middlelobe 

 much longer deltoid very sharp, teeth small broad acute, 

 smooth above, with hairy nerves, glaucous beneath, with 

 rusty nenes. From Pennsylvania to Virginia, &c. Fruit 

 large, purple, tough, with a bad foxy taste, hardly edi- 

 ble- Leaves quite ovate, much longer than broad, some 

 large 8 inches long, 6 broad, petiole 4 inches. 



15. F. luteola. Raf. Variable Grape. Branches slen- 

 der flexuose, fulvous tomentose. Petioles short similar. 

 Leaves cordate oval acute, base acute, sides hardly an- 

 gular, nearly entire, denticulate by the mere jutting of 

 nerves, smooth deep green above, yellow tomentose be- 

 neath. Grapes lar^e, depressed, hard. In Pennsylvania, 

 &c. Leaves small 4 inches lonff, 3 broad, petioles 2, 



