Berchemia RHAMNACEAE— VITACEAE Vitis 



RHAMNACEAE (Buckthorn Family) 



Berchemia Necker. 



B. scandens (Hill) Trel. Supple Jack. 



Known only fron Chincoteague Island (Ac), where it climbs 

 over shrubs on the low ridges between "swales," just w. of the 

 village: Canhy in 1878 (A); True in 1926 (P); F. M. Jones & R. R. 

 Tatnall, 329, 31 May 1929 (T, G). Late May, early June. 



Rhamnus L. Buckthorn. 

 R. cathartica L. 



Planted for hedges, and escaping to waste ground and roadsides 

 about Wilmington. Introd. from Europe. 



Ceanothus L. 



C. americanus L. New Jersey Tea. 



In dry open woods; frequent in the Piedmont area; occasional 

 southward on the Coastal Plain: Ellendale (S), Canhy, July 1893 

 (D); H. K. Henry, 10 June 1929 (P); pine woods s. of Accomac 

 (Ac), R. R. Tatnall, 4212, 9 June 1939 (T); near Goldsboro (Ca), 

 Otis, 13 Aug. 1924 (A). Early June, July. 



Var. intermedius (Pursh) K. Koch. 



Two mi. s. e. of North East (Ce), Long, 54405, 30 May 1940 

 (A). "First between New England and Virginia." 



VITACEAE (Grape Family) 



Parthenocissus Planch. 



] i> P. quinquefolia (L.) Planch. {Psedera quinquefoUa (L.) Greene.) 

 Virginia Creeper. 

 Frequent in woods and thickets of the Piedmont; common in 

 hedgerows, margins of woods and coastal sands, southward to 

 Accomac County. Fl. early June through July. K*-Jucj*vi • 



Vitis L. Grape. 



V. Labrusca L. Northern Fox Grape. 



Common in moist thickets, Piedmont and Coastal Plain. FI. 

 late May, early June. Frt. Sept., Oct. 



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