VITACEJE, 86 VITIS. 



leaves of the shoots which arise from the stump and roots, are remarkable for 

 their large size. The flowers are distinguished for their peculiar inflort'scence. 

 They are in little clusters on a foot-stalk, proceeding obliquely from the cen- 

 tre of a long, narrow, floral leaf. Color green and yellow. The inner bark 

 is very strong, and manufactured into ropes. The wood is white, soft and 

 clear, much used in cabinet-work, and the panneling of carriages. Jl. 



Buss-wood. Lyme- Tree. 



ORDER XLII. VITACE^. The vine Tribe. 



Cal. — Minute, nearly entire or 5-toothed. [often cohering above, and caducous. 



Cor.— Petals 4 — 5, inserted on the outside of the disk, valvule and inflexed in aestivation, 

 Sta. — 4 — 5, oiiposite the petals, inserted upon the disk. 



Ova. — Superior, d-celled. Style 1, very short. Fruit a berry, globose, pulpy. Seeds bony. 

 Shrubs climbing by tendrils. Lower leaves opposite, upper ones alternate. Flowers 

 raeemed. Native of the warmer parts of both hemispheres. The Grape fruit is the only 

 important production of this order. The acid of the grape is tartaric. It contains a sugar, 

 which dilfers from the common sugar in containing a smaller quantity of carbon. 



Genera. 

 Torus elevated into a ring surrounding the ovary. Leaves cordate, &c., Vitis. 1 



Torus without a ring. Leaves digitately 5-foUate, Ampelopsis. 2 



1. VITIS. 



Petals deciduous, cohering at the top, or distinct and spread- 

 ing; ovary partly enclosed within the torus, 2-celled; cells 

 2-ovuled ; stigma sessile, capitate; berry 1-celled, 1 — 4- 

 seeded. 



Celtic gwyd, a tree or shrub, 



1. V. Labru'sca. 



Leaves broad cordate, angular lobed, tomentose beneath. This vine is na- 

 tive through the U. S., growing in woods and groves. Like most of the N. 

 American species, the flowers are dicecicms. Stem woody, rough-barked, 

 ascending trees often to a great bight, and hanging like cables suspended from 

 the branches. Leaves very large, somewhat 3-lobed, at first white-downy 

 beneath. Flowers small, green, in panicles with a leaf opposite. Fruit large, 

 purple, often green or red. It is valued in cultivation for its deep shade in 

 summer arbors, and its fruit which is pleasatit in taste. The Isabella, and 

 other sorts known in gardens, are varieties of this species. 



2. V. CORDIFO'LIA. Mx. V, vulpina. L. 



Leaves cordate, acuminate, somewhat equally toothed, smooth on both sides ; 

 racemes loose, many-flowered; berries small. Grows in thickets, by rivers, 

 &c., ascending shrubs and trees to the higlit of JO — 20 feet. Leaves large, 

 membranous, often 3-lobed, witii pubescent veins when young, and with a 

 few mucronate teeth. Berries nearly black, rather small, late, acid, but well 

 flavored after frosts of November. Jn. Frost Graj)e. Winlcr Grape. 



3. V. ^stiva'lis. 



Leaves broadly cordate, 3 — 5-lobed or palmate-sinnate, coarsely dentate, 

 with scattered ferruginous iiairs beneath; fertile racemes long, j)Enicled ; //er- 

 rtes small. Grows in woods, by rivers, &c. Stein very long, slender, climb- 

 ing, with very large leaves, whicli are sometimes witii deep, rounded sinuses, 



