go. 99 & 100. VITIS. . 141 



; 53. V.laciniosa^l^. Cutleaf Grape;* Leaves dlo-itate, 



4 to 6 folioles subpinnatifid, unequal obtuse, pale and 

 smooth beneath. Racemes simple oval pendulous. Ber- 

 ries rounded sweet and acid. Var.K White oval. 2.White 

 round and small. S.White and red. 4. Grandifolia. 

 5. Dissecta* 



54. V. pinnata^YsihL Branches smooth, round pur- 

 plish. Leaves with 5 folioles, ovate petiolate serrate 

 smooth, terminal lobe subsessile, lower ones often auricu- 

 late outside, pale and smooth beneath. Racemes twice 

 compound, partial ombellulate. Grape not known. Ge- 

 nus doubtful, folioles 2 inches long. 



55. F.connf/i/ac^/, Raf. Currants Grape. Leaves Taro-e 



5 lobed, lobes laciniate by long acute teeth, downy be- 

 neath. Berries small and round. Var. !• White. 2. Red. 

 3. Transparent. 4, Sultana or Apyrena, without seeds. 

 Native of Greece. 



56. K maura^ Raf. Morocco Grape. Leaves subpal- 

 naate, teeth long acute, smooth beneath. Berries like a 

 heart, unequal, large, Var, 1. Violaceous. 2. Tawny. 

 S. Very large purple. Native of North Africa, Morocco 



and Bombay. 



Grape* Leaves 



o 



lobes and segments very unequal. Berries cylindrical, 

 straight or curved, commonly acute, with hard pulp and 

 two acute seeds. Var. 1, Olive Grape, oblong cylindrical 

 greenish. 2, Long cylindrical, very hard. 3. Oblong, 

 juicy, white. 4. mcurva. Curved yellow. 5. Curved ob- 



obtuse, green. 6. Curved, brick-red, acute. The 

 French call this grape Cornichon^ the Italians Dattola 

 and Oliva* It is very good to eat, but rather insipid and 

 not good for wine : grapes one or two inches long. 



Here ends the supposed varieties of V, vinifera, and 

 begins the series of tropical Vines or F^mrffca of authors. 



58. F. indie a of Rheede, L. Malabar Grape. Leaves 

 cordate without lobes, smooth beneath, teeth acute, Bcr- 

 rie- globular and red. In Malabar and India. 



59. KJlexuosOf Thunberg. Japan Grape. Branches 

 stnooth in x'lgzag. Leaves cordate acute serrate, dow^ny 

 beneath, Flo^^ers glomerate in long panicles. In Japan, 

 called there ItodorL 



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