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the blossoms smelling like Reseda odorata, Var. 1. Vu 



ridis^ berries greenish. 9., Purpurea^ berries purplish. 



III. Series. Hypoleia. Berries globular or depressed. 

 Leaves smooth beneath, but commonly pubescent at the 

 axilla of the nerves. 



30. Sp. V. odoratissima^ Donn. Sweet scented Grape. 

 ^-1 and petioles smooth, not striated. Petioles 



Branche 



igth 



subanirular 



and green on botli sides, axillas of nerves bearded be- 

 neath. Raceraefi pubescent, lax, compound. Berries 

 pisiform and Rweet. From New York to Kentucky^ 

 in groves, fields, commonly procumbent, not twining : 

 blossoms in May, flowers very sw^eet, like V. rtparia^ 

 from which it differs by the petioles, leaves nearly angu- 

 lar laciniate, not pubescent nor ciliated. Many authors 

 have united it to F» riparia. Var. 1. Atropurpurm^ grapes 

 purplish black acerb, on the Ohio and Green Rivers. 

 2. Purpurea^ grapes purple and sweet, in Ohio. S.iNTi- 

 gra^ Petioles equal to leaves, grapes black, fine flavor, 

 in Ohio. 4. Alba. Grapes white, in New York. 



31* V. Amara^ "Raf. Bitter Grape. Branches striated 

 and smooth. Petioles very short, smooth, purplish. Leaves 

 cordate acuminate, base" obtuse, lobes distant, unequally 

 toothed, teeth rounded mucronate, smooth on both sides, 

 pale beneath, nerves brown, with bearded axillas. Ber- 

 ries small, black and bitter. Found near Philadelphia 

 by Mr. Carr, and cultivated in Bartram's garden, leaves 

 about 6 inches long, 6 broad, petioles 2. Berries pisi- 

 form, intolerable bitter, with two seeds and hardly any 

 pulp. 



32. V. vnlpina or muscadina^ Raf. (F. inma, Jaq- V- 

 vulpina, L., Abbot, Walter, Smith. F. rotwidifoUa,Ux. 

 P. N. Elliot.) JIuscadine Grape. Branches pubescent 

 Petioles subequal smooth. Leaves cordate acute, une- 

 qually toothed, smooth and shining on both sides, nerves 

 bearded at the axilla. Racemes with many capitules. 

 I* rmt depressed, large, juicy. From Virginia to Florida 

 and lexas, near streams chiefly. It bears a multitude of 

 vuigar names, such as Muscadine, Bullet, Fos and Scu^ 



Vjh^^^ ?^^ ' ^^ confusion in the botanical names is 

 oad, and as they do not apply, I have changed them 



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