266 PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA, cissus. 



Juss, p. 267. Lam. III. t. 84. f. 1. Roem. ^ 

 Schult. Gen. 511. Ampelopsis Mich. Fl. I. p, 

 139. H.^ S. Gen. 946. Nat. Ord. Vites Juss. 

 Flowers perfect, sometimes tetrandrous. 



1. C. hederacea Pers.: stem elimbing and rooting; 

 leaves quinate-digitate, smooth ; leaflets petiolate oblong, 

 acuminate toothed; racemes cymose, dichotomous ; nectary 0. 

 P ers. Syn.I. p. \43. P ur s h Fi. I. ip. \70. Elliott 

 Sk. I. p. 305. JsCutt. Gen. I. p. 144. Vitis hederacea 

 W illd. Spec. L p. 1 1 &2. B i g. Bost. p. 58. V. quinquefolia 

 Lam. III. 2815. Hedera quinquefolia Lin. Hart. Clif. p. 

 74. W a 1 1, Car, p. \02. Ahpelofsis quinquefolia M i ch. 

 Fl. I. p. 160. Roem. <^ Schult. V. p. 321. 



Stem climbing to a great height, supporting itself against walls 

 and trees by its rooting tendrils, brittle at the joints. Leaves 

 on long naked petioles ; leaflets generally in fives, attenuate at 

 the base into short petioles ; the middle one largest ; teeth 

 mucronaie. Panicle or cyme compound ; flowers all pedicel- 

 late. Calyx 4 — 5-toothed, purple. Peiah 5, green, cucul- 

 late, with the margins inflected. Glandular disk wanting. 

 Stamens 5, inserted at the base of the pt-tals; anthers oblongs 

 horizontal. Germen conic ; style ; stigma minute, glandu- 

 lar. Berries about the size of peas, dark blue, 4-seeded, acid 

 and disagreeable to the taste. 



Hab. In woods ; common. July. 



With J\/'ut tally I doubt whether this species can with 

 propriety be referred to Cissus, nor even to the Ampelopsis 

 of Michaux, if that genus include the A. cordata. It per- 

 haps should be made a distinct genus, to which would belong 

 V. hefitafihylla. 



$, hirsuta Ph. : leaves pubescent on both sides ; leaflets 

 ovate, acuminate, coarsely toothed. P ur s h FL. 1. c. Ak- 

 PELOPsis /lirswfa Muhl. Cof. p. 26. Donn Cai. ed, 10. 

 p. 83. Rnem.kSchult.y.i^.mX. 



Hab. On the Alleghany Mountains. Pur ah. In New- York. 

 Muh lenb er g. 



This variety, Pur sh thinks, may be a distinct species, but 

 not having seen the flowers, he could not establish its charac- 

 ters. 



2. C. Ampelopsis P er s, : leaves cordate, acuminate, 

 tootlied and angular; nerves beneath pubescent; racemes 

 twice bifid. Pers. Syn. I. p. 142. Pursh Fl. I. p. 

 t70. Elliott Sk, 1. p. 305. Amfej.opsis cordata Mich. 

 F/. I. p. 159. Roem. ir Schult. V. p. 321. 



Siem climbing ; branches slender, smooth. Leaves petiolate, 



