Il6 THE GRAPES OF N^EW YORK. 



4. VITIS MONTICOLA Buckley.' 



I. Buckley, Proc. Phil. Acad. Xat. Sci., 1861:450. 2. lb., U. S. Pal. Off. Rpt.. 1861:485. 

 White grape; Mountain grape. 3. Engelmann, Bush. Cat., 1883:10, 12, 14, 15. 16. Mountain grape 

 of West Te.Nias. 4. Munson, Am. Hort. Soc. Rpt.. 1885:134. Mountain grape. 5. lb., Soc. Prom. 

 Ag. Sci. Rpt., 1887:59. Mountain grape. 6. lb., [/. 5. D. A. Pom. Bui., 3:13. 1890. V. Texana. 

 7. lb.. Gar. and For.. 3:474, 475. 1.S90. 8. II)., Am. Card., 12:586. 1S91. Sweet Mountain 

 grape, g. lb.. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1893:116. 10. Bailey, Gray's Syn. FL, 1:422. 1897. Sweet 

 Mountain grape. 11. Munson, Te.x. Sta. BuL, 56:230, 232, 234, 239, 260. 1900. Sweet Mountain 

 grape. 12. Viala and Ravaz, Am. Vines, 1903:42, 96. 



Vine of moderate vigor, climbing, or, in the absence of support, frequently shrubby. 

 Canes very slender; shoots angled, more or less pubescent; diaphragms medium to 

 rather thin; tendrils medium in size, intermittent, usually bifid, deciduous. Leaves 

 with stipules short, broad; leaf-blade small and thin, cordate, entire, notched or shortly 

 three-Iobcd; petiolar sinus rather deep and medium to narrow in width, sometimes 

 overlapping, rounded;, margin broadly and obtuseh' toothed; apex usually acuminate; 

 upper surface smooth, glossy; lower surface grayish-green, more or less pubescent when 

 young; pubescence confined chiefly to ribs and veins. Clusters short and broad, com- 

 pact, with medium to short peduncle. Berries medium to below in size, black or gray 

 with thin bloom. Seeds large, usually slightly notched; chalaza rather narrow; raphe 

 a groove. Leafing, flowering, and ripening fruit very late. 



Vitis monticola was named and described by Buckley in 1861. There 

 seems to have been some misunderstanding by later botanists as to e.xactly 

 what Buckley's species of this name is, and in spite of what has been written 

 on the subject, it seems as though some of the botanists are still describing 

 different species. Tlie seed, in Engelmann's figure, resembles that of the 

 Rupestris very closely, while as figured by Viala the seeds resemble those 

 of Cinerea or Cordifolia. 



Monticola inhabits the limestone hills of central and southwestern 

 Texas. 



The frtiit of this species has a very sweet and somewhat peculiar flavor. 



' Samuel Botsford Buckley was born in iSog, in Yates County, New York, and was educated at 

 Wesleyan University, where he graduated in 1S36. In 1866 he was appointed State Geologist of 

 Texas w-here he resided until he died in 1884. Buckley traveled extensively in connection with his work, 

 explored the southwestern region of the Appalachian Mountains, as well as the southwestern portion 

 of the United States. He was at great disadvantage in his pubhcations in that they were prepared 

 without the benefit of a library. His articles on grapes were published in the Proceedings of the Phila- 

 delphia Academy of Natural Sciences for 1S61, and in the United States Patent Office Report for 

 the same vear. 



