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t)roniment nerves instead of veinSy as usual. Fruit un' 

 Known. 



ifoli 



Orbicular 



Grape. Leaves orbicular, entire, base liardlj cordate, 

 no teeth nor lobes. A doubtful species, inserted on the 

 authority of Robin, but hardly described by hiro. From 

 Louisiana. 



Sr. V. poiretia^ Raf, (Fl vulpina^ Poiret.) Chicken 

 Grape. Leaves ample cordate, entire trilobe or 5 lobed, 

 lobes distant at the base, lobes angular acuminate, une- 

 qually toothed- Both sides smooth, pale beneath, with 

 yellow veins. "Racemes with many ombellules, with a 

 linear lanceolate bract. Berries small and black. This 

 species, which Poiset describes as the F- vulpzna of L. 

 is totallv difterent from it, and I stronfflvsusnect onlv 



a variety of m}^ V. bracteata^ improperly described as- 

 smootji beneath- 



S8. V. jjalviata^ Vahl. Palmate Grape. B^anches^ 

 smooth purple* Leaves palmate cordate, segments lan- 

 ceolate acute, lateral ones with lanceolate teeth, the ter- 

 minal serrate. Raceme oblong and shdrt. Only described 

 and seen by VaUl, ^.^ ,/a in Europe from seeds sent from 

 America- Perhapsa variety of my V. multiloba* Stipules 

 lanceolate. Raceme only one inch lonsr. 



IV. Series. Aglob^'^'a. Berries not globular nor de- 

 pressed, but oblong or oval, as commonly in V.vinifercu 



39. F- Vir^Miana. Poiret Virginia Grape. Branches 

 smooth and red. Leaves coriaceous, ovate cordate 5 

 lobed, lobes unequal rounded, terminal large acuminate- 

 teeth unequal short acute, above lucid, beneath with pu- 

 bescent Merves. Berries oval. Described by Poiret from 

 garden specimens, sent by Mr. Ilinsston irom the Poto- 

 mac. Racemes nearly simple, pedicels slender. Berry 

 of middle size, of an oval round shape. 



40. V,prGUfera.R^t\ (See tab. 100, fig- F.) Prolific 

 Cxape. Branches substriated, subpilose. Petiole short, 

 pilose. Leaves cordate acute, of a square form, trifid, 

 trilube or 3 lobed, base acute with distant rounded lobes, 

 ^ ^^T ^-bes and sinusses variable, margin acute serrate 



>Mthj beneath cineruus tomentose. nerve* fui- 



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vouii. ifcaceraes compound pruuferons. Berrie:- larae •. 



