Ampelopsis. VITACE.E. 245 



a lonsi acuniination. Borry 3-4 lines in diameter, dark purple or amber-color 

 when mature. — Wintei- (j'rape. 



5. V. vulpina (Linn.) : branches minutely verrucose ; leaves cordate, lurid 

 on both surfaces, somewhat 3-lobed, coarsely toothed, the teeth not acumi- 

 nate ; racemes composed of numerous capitate umbels ; berries lar<,n'.— 

 Willd. sp. 1. p. 1181 ; Walt. Car. p. 243. V. rotundifolia, Mich.v.! Jl. 2. 

 p. 231 ; Pursh, fl. 1. /). 169 ; /;//. .s-A". 2. p. C->S1; DC. prodr. 1. p. 635. 



Banks of rivers, Virs^inia ! to Florida!— Stem often very lon<i, climbm^ 

 the highest trees; the Imk smooth. Leaves 2-3 inches in diameter; the 

 lower Surface more shining than the upper; sinus deep, but rather acute. 

 " Fruit 7-S lines in diameter, covered with a coriaceous inteuumc nt, the fla- 

 vor not unpleasant." EtUott.— Fox-Grape oi \.\m Southern States; also call- 

 ed Bidlcl- or Bull-Grupe. It appears to be the original V. vul])ina of Lm- 

 naeus. 



2. AMPELOPSIS. Michx. fl. 1. p. 159. 



Calyx entire. Petals 5, distinct, spreading. Torus without a ring. Ova- 

 ry 2-cclled ; with 2 ovules in each cell : style very short, conical. Berry 2- 

 celled ; the cells 1-2-seeded.— A shrubby vine. Leaves digitately 5-foliolate. 

 Flowers perfect, in spreading corymbose panicles, 



A. qninquefoHa (Michx. 1. c.)—Hook. f. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 114. A. hede- 

 racea, DC. prodr. 1. p. 633; Darlingt. fl. Ce.st. p. 153. Vitis quinquefo- 

 lia. Lam. V. hederacea, Willd. sp. I. p. 1182. Hcdera quinqiiefolia, Linn. 

 Cissus hederacea, Pers.syn. l.p. 143; Pursh,fl. I. p. 170; Torr.! fl. I. p. 

 266 ; Ell. sk. 1. p. 305. 



p.hirsuta: leaves pubescent on both sides; leaflets ovate. — A hirsuta, 

 Donn.; DC. prodr. 1. p. 633. Cissus hederacea &. hirsuta, Pnr.s-h, I. c. 



Borders of woods, and along fences, Canada ! to Georgia, and Western 

 States. i3. Alleghany Mountains, Pursh.— Stem climbing to a great height 

 and spreading extensively, attaching itself to trees and walls by expansions 

 of the extremities of the tendrils. Leaves on long petioles : leatlets petiolu- 

 late, oblong, acuminate, coarsely serrate or toothed above the middle, gla- 

 brous. Panicle many-tlowered, consisting of about 3 primary branches, 

 Avhicharecompoundly divided; the ultimate divisions, somewhat umbellate. 

 Flowers small, yellowish-green. Calyx very slightly crenate. Petals at 

 first somewhat cohering, at length spreading. Berry about as large as a 

 small pea, dark blue ; the peduncles and pedicels bright crimson. Foliage 

 crimson in autumn. — Virginian Creeper. American Ivy. 



Order XLIIL ACERACE.^. Jhss. 



Sepals 5, or rarely 4-9. more or less united, colored : aestivation im- 

 bricated. Petals as niany as sepals and alternate with them, inserted 

 round an usually lobed hypogynous disk, sometimes none. Stamens in. 

 serted on the disk, usually 8 (sometimes 3-12), distinct : anthers in- 

 trorse or versatile. Ovary 2-lobed, composed of two united carpels, 

 each containing 2 collateral ovules : styles more or less combined, 

 stigmatose on the inside. Fruit composed of 2 indehiscent samaroid 

 carpels, finally separable from the filiform axis : the wing thickened 



