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in Florida. The fruit of Muscadinia Munsonidna, a vine 

 which sends out long aerial roots, is small, thin-skinned, 

 shining, and acid; that of M. rotundifolia is large, thick- 

 skinned, sweet, and richly flavored. The flowers of grapes 

 and muscadines have minute petals which, although sepa- 

 rate at the base, cohere at their tips and fall off as a cap. 

 The tendrils are opposite the leaves, which are lobed or 

 toothed. 



The attractive pepper-vine, Ampelopsis arbor ea, is a 

 bushy plant of damp locations that sometimes climbs by 

 its few tendrils. It has large, twice-pinnate leaves of 

 coarsely toothed leaflets, and bears in summer tiny green 

 flowers in flat clusters. The small, inedible, bluish black 

 berries are ripe in autumn. 



The well-known Virginia creeper, Ampelopsis quinque^ 

 folia {Parthenocissus) J with five-foliate leaves, is common 

 in Florida woods. 



The marine ivy. Cissies incisa, a vine growing near the 

 shore, has light green, fleshy, three-foliate leaves, one to 

 three inches long, whose leaflets are deeply toothed and 

 cut, and are wedge-shaped at the base. Long aerial roots, 

 hanging from the warty stems, finally penetrate the earth 

 and form elongated tubers. 



The tropical water liana, Cissus sicyoides, found in 

 southern Florida, has a stem so full of sap that it is said 

 a drink may be had by cutting it, and that the part above 

 the cut will send down new roots into the earth and con- 

 tinue to live. This vine has thickish leaves, two to four 

 inches long, heart-shaped at the base, and with bristle- 

 tipped teeth. The small, inedible berries are black. 



LINDEN FAMILY {Tiliaceae) 



Triumfetta semitriloba. A naturalized weed from the West 

 Indies. Flowers yellow, small, in many small clusters along 

 upper part of stems. Sepals 5, petals 5, stamens 10 or more. 



