161 PfiNTANDRlA. MONOGYNIA, yItis, 



179* VITIS. L, 



Calyx minute, 5-toothed. Petals 5, cohering at 

 their apex, decidiious. Stigma sessile, obtuse, capi- 

 tate:. Berrij 1-celhd, 5 seeded. Seeds subcordate. 

 Gen. pL 396. Nutt. Gen. I. p. 142. Juss. p. 

 267. L a m. til. t. CXL V. Roeai. ^ SchulL 

 G<?We 945. Nat. Ord. Vites/m*5. The North- 

 American species are polygamous and dioecious. 



Vine^ 



1. V. Labfusca L. : leaves broad-cordate, angularly sub- 

 3»lobed, cinereous-lomentose beneath ; racemes snnall ; ber- 

 ries large. Willi. Spec, 1181. M ic h. FI.U.p. 130. 

 Pursh Fl.]. p. 169, Big. Bosf. p. 58. Roem, t^ 

 Schult. V. p. 316. 



Slem climbing the highest trees. Leaves very large, some- 

 times a foot in diameter, denlate^ more or less distinctly 

 3-lobed, at first ferruginovis-tomentose, but much paler when 

 mature. 7>nc?n7* long, die hotomous. i^/owers in dense oblong 

 panicles. Calyx very minute. Petals greenish, cohering at 

 the tip in the manner of a calyptra, deciduous at the base, and 

 then supported by the stamens. Stamens inserted opposite the 

 petals; ^laments slender ; anthers oblong. Berries large, very 

 dark purple, glaucous, collected into a dense oblong clustery 

 peduncle long, fragile. 



Hab. In woods and hedges ; very common. June — July. Fox" 



gra/iCo 

 This grape, though of a strong disagreeable fiavour in its 

 wild state, becomes, when cultivated, as pleasant as many of 

 the varieties of V. vinifera. What is called B la nd' s grape, 

 is a variety of this species ; as is also the valuable Isabella 

 grape, introduced by IVm. Prince, Esq. of Flushing. The 

 iatter is by far the most prolific vine with which I am ac- 

 quainted. 



2, V. vulpina L. t leaves cordate, acuminate, inciselj 

 toolhed, smooth on both sides ; racemes loose, many-flower- 

 ed ; berries small. Sp. pi. 293. Willtl Spec. I. p. 1181. 

 Roem. ^ Schult, V. p. 317. V. cordifolia M ic h. Fl. 

 II.p.331. P?frs/i F/. I. p. 169. i?. & S. V. p. 319. 



Ste7n climbing trees, and spreading along hedges. Leaves 3 — 4 

 inches in diameter, abruptly acuminate-; teeth large, acute, ir- 

 regular ; veins a little pubescent beneath. Panicles opposite 

 the leaves, large. Flowers very sweet scented, greenish-white. 

 Berries small, amber-coloured, acid ; ripening late. 



