PENTANDRIA.— M0N0GYN1A. 121 



V. vulpina : leaves cordate, acuminate, incisely 

 toothed, smooth on both sides ; racemes loose, 

 many-flowered ; berries small. 



HAB. Woods and river-banks. June. T?. Leav 

 3 — 4 i n , broad; veins ft little pubes. ; fruit sm., 

 amber-col. 



V. aestivalis : leaves broad-cordate, 3 — 5-lobed, fer- 

 ruginous-tomentose beneath ; sinuses rounded ; 

 racemes oblong ; berries small. 



HAB. Rocky river-banks. June. \ . Leav, 

 smoothish when old ; fruit deep blue or purp. 



£. sinuata : leaves sinuate-palmate. 



V. riparia: leaves unequally incisely toothed, short 

 3-lobed, pubescent on the margin, nerves and pe- 

 tiole. 



HAB. Gravelly shores. T2. Fl. very sweet scented. 



182. CISSUS. Vites. 



C. hederacea : stem climbing and rooting ; leaves 



quinate-digitate, smooth ; leaflets petiolate, oblong. 



acuminate, toothed ; racemes cymose, dichoto 



mous ; nectary 0. 

 HAB. Woods. July. Tj. Leav. on long pet, : fl. 



greenish; her. small, dark-blue, acid. 

 3. hirsuta : leaves pubescent on both sides ; leaflets 



ovate, acuminale, coarsely toothed. 

 HAB Mountains. 

 C. Ampelopsis : leaves cordate, acuminate, toothed 



and angular ; nerves beneath pubescent ; raceme? 



twice bifid. 

 HAB. River banks and mountains. T?. Climbing ; 



leav. petiol. ; raceme few-fl. ; ber. pale-red. 



183. RIB.ES. Currant and Gooseberry. 

 Grossulance. 



* Sterns without thorns. 

 R. florid-urn : unarmed ; leaves punctate both side?, 

 acutely 3-lobed, pubescent ; racemes pendulous 

 calyx tubular ; bracts longer than Jhe pedicels. 

 HAB. Woods and hedges. J 1 . April— i^v. Shnd 

 1—4 ft. high ; fl. greenish; ber, black. 

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