S44 YITACKM. Vitis. 



§ 2. Petals 5, mostly united at the apex : stamens 5 : style short, conical: 

 stigma dilated. Peduncles sometimes partly changed into tendrils : 

 Jlowers in the North American species polygamous. — Vitis, Linn. 



4. V. Labrusca (Linn.) : leaves broadly cordate, somewhat lobed and 

 angular, repandiy toothed, whitish-tomentose beneath, with somewhat ferru- 

 ginous veins ; fertile racemes oblong, compact, rather few-flowered ; berries 

 large.— Mtc/i.f. / fl. 2. p. 230; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 169; Torr.! f. 1. p. 264; 

 Ell. sk. 2. p. 689"; DC.prodr. 1. p. 634; Darlingt. fi. Cest. p. 150; Hook. 



fl. Hor.'Am. 1. /x 115. 



Woods and thickets, Canada ! to Georgia ; west to Arkansas ! and Texas ! 

 June. — Stem very long, straggling over bushes, or climbing the highest trees ; 

 the branches clothed with a ferruginous pubescence. Leaves 4-6 inches or 

 more in diameter, often distinctly 3-lobed, short, mucronate, densely toraen- 

 tose beneath ; the tomentum usually whitish or gray, but sometimes tawny, 

 particularly on the veins ; teeth short, mucronate. Racemes somewhat com- 

 pound ; the branches short and umbeUed. Petals yellowish-green. Berries 

 6-7 lines in diameter, globose, usually very dark purple when ripe, but some- 

 times amber-color, or greenish-white, of a strong musky flavor, and fdled 

 with a tough pulp. — Fox-Grape of the Northern States. Several esteem- 

 ed varieties are known in the gardens; such as the Isabella, Schuylkill or 

 Ale.vander^s, the Catawba, and Bland'' s Grape, which have doubtless been 

 produced from the seeds of this species. 



5. V. cestivalis (Michx.) : leaves broadly cordate, often 3-5-Iobed or sin- 

 uately palmate, coarsely and unequally toothed, sparsely ferruginous-tomen- 

 tose beneath ; fertile racemes long, compound ; berries small. Darlingt. — 

 Michx. ! fl. 2. p. 230 ; Pu.rsh, fi. 1. p. 169 ; Torr.! fl. 1. p. 265 ; Ell. sk. 

 2. p. 688; DC. prodr. 1. p. 634 ; Darlingt. fl. Cest. p. 151. V. vinifera 

 Americana, Marsh, arbust. p. 165. V. intermedia, Mtihl. cat. p. 26. V. 

 palmata, Vahl. ? 



Woods and banks of rivers, Connecticut! to Florida! west to Arkansas! 

 June. — Stem very long. Leaves 4-7 inches wide, often deeply lobed, with 

 the sinuses rounded, the lower surface, particularly in the young state, cloth- 

 ed with a reddish cobweb-like pubescence, when old somewhat glabrous. 

 Sterile racemes usually large and much compound, frequently bearing one or 

 more tendrils from the base. Petals cohering at the summit. Berries 3-4 

 lines in diameter, deep blue, of a pleasant flavor, ripe in October. — Summer 

 Grape. 



3. V. cordiflilia (Michx.) : leaves cordate, acuminate, somewhat equally 

 toothed, glabrous on both sides; racemes loose, many-flowered; berries 

 «mall.— Mf/i.r. .' fl. 2. p. 231 ; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 169; DC. prodr. 1. p. 364. 

 V. vulpina, Torr:! fl. 1. p. 264 (not of Willd.) ; Hook. I. c. 



Thickets along rivers, Canada! to Florida! Avest to Arkansas! June. — 

 Stem 10-20 feet long. Leaves thin, 3-6 inches in diameter, often slightly 3- 

 lobed, and rarely sinuate, pubescent on the veins when young, glabrous when 

 old ; the teeth broad and mucronate. Berries nearly black when mature, 

 about \ of an inch in diameter, ripening late in autumn, acerb, but tolerably 

 well flavored after having been touched by frost. — Winter Grape. Frost 

 Grape. 



4. V. riparia (Michx.) : leaves unequally and incisely toothed, somewhat 

 3-lobed ; the petioles, veins, and margins pubescent ; racemes loose, fruit 

 sm-dW.— Michx. ! fl. 2. p. 231; Pursh, fl. 1. p. 169 ; DC. prodr. 1. p. 635. 

 V. odoratissima, Donn. 



Thickets along rivers, Canada ! to Virginia! Western States ! Arkansas! 

 — Stem loag. Leaves 4-6 inches in diameter, thin ; teeth very coarse, with 



