136 : ' VITIS. No. 99 & 100. 



duce our Grapes "fflfc Oaks to a dozen species. But the 

 angular or striated branches, the long or short petioles, 

 the oval, cordate or reniform leaves, &c- must always 

 be deemed essential specific characters, and several of 

 my new species, such as V. bracteata^ V. angnlata^ V> 

 peUata, V, caninan J\ blanda^ V. longifolla^ V. acerifo- 

 lia, v. amara^ V. proli/era^ &c. must h^ deemed very 

 distinct. It remains for me to apply the same principle 

 to the Vines of the old continent^^which 1 shall do in a 

 -very concise maimer, and merely as an illustration of the 

 American kinds. 



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42, ri yinifera, L. Common Grape. Branches tvv ining 

 cylindric. Petioles subequal- Leaves cordate sinuate 3 

 or 5 lobed, acute, base cordate, teeth unequally acute, 

 green jon^both sides. Racemes thyrsoidal paniculated. 

 Flowers all fertile, pistil turbinate. Berries ellipsoid. 

 Native of central Asia, cultivated all over the world. 

 A multitude of varieties and names, perhaps as many as 

 500 ; the utmost confusion has been thrown on the sub- 

 ject by writers, and no general classification nor syno- 

 nymy attempted. The same grapes are often found in 

 France, Spain. Italy, Greece and Asia, under very dif- 

 ferent names. In this dilemma, I can only offer a first 

 (and perhaps rude) attempt at distinction and co-ordina- 

 tion, and thus divide the principal varieties into 3 series, 

 the last of which he will include 15 species or subspe- 

 cies, so different from the others in many respects as to 

 be probably peculiar species; nay, 3 of them, K /a- 

 brusca, V.pinnata^ F. /aaVuo^a^ have been so considered 

 by many botanists already. 



L Series. Berries oblong, elliptic, orsuboboval- 

 Var.l^Precoar.Early Grape. Small leaves and branches, 

 -pes small, loose, thick skin, juice insipid, pulp dry. 

 ipe in June and July. 



Var. 2. Biirgundica. Burgundy Grape. Leaves semi- 

 5 lobed, red beneath, teeth subequal. Grapes black and 

 ^weet 1 - French. 2. Italian^ larger and sweeter. 3. Ger- 

 ^ J^ ■ '^ weet, austere. 



\ u ' ^^^^^^^' Chasselas Grape. Lono; petioles and 



vooes, tteih broad. Only o;0od to eat. S^subvarieties ; 



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