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oak grape. 8. Munson, .4m. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1885:133. V. Lincecumii; Post-oak. 9. Planchon, 

 Dc CandoUc-s Mju. Phan. 5:323, 33S. 1887. V. Lincecumii; Post-oak grape; Vine Wood 

 grape; V. aestivalis, var. Lincecumii; V. incisijolia; V. multiloba? 10. Munson, U. S. V. A. 

 Pom. Bill, 3:12. iSyo. V. Lincecumii. 11. lb., Gar. and For., 3:474- 1890. V. Lincecumii. 

 12. lb.. Am. Card.. 12:585. 1S91. V. Lincecumii; Post-oak grape. 13. lb., Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt.. 

 1893:1 1&. V. Lincecumii; Post Oak grape. 14. McCluer, III. Sta. Bill., 28:257. 1893. V. Lin- 

 cecumii; Postoak grape. 15. Munson, Bush. Cat., 1894:20, 22, 27. fig. V. Lincecumii; Texas Post- 

 oak grape. 16. Husmann, 1895:110. \ . 'Li^ce.cvyin; Summer grape; Post Oak grape. 17. Mun- 

 son, /-JztraZ A', r., 56:010. 1897. V.hi^Q-ECV^wv. Post-oak grape. iS. Mo. Sta. Bid., 46:62. 1S99. 

 V. Lincecumii; Te.vas Post Oak grape. 19. Munson, Te.x. Sta. Bid., 56:218, 231, 234, 235, 240, 

 261, 264. 1900. fig. V. Lincecumii; Post-oak grape. 20. Bailey, Cyc. Am. Hort.. 4:10.^4- 1902. 

 V. diversifolia; Post-oak; Pine-wood; Turkey grape. 21. Viala and Ravaz, Am. Viw:s, 1903:42, 57. 

 V. Li.NCECUMn; Pest Oak. 



Vine vigorous, sometimes climbing high upon trees, sometimes forming a bushy 

 clump from two to six feet high; canes cylindrical, much msty wool on shoots; tendrils 

 intermittent. Leaves very large, almost as wide as long; entire or three-, five-, or rarely 

 seven-Iobed; lobes frequently divided; sinuses, including petiolar sinus, deep; smooth 

 above, and with more or less rusty pubescence below. (The north-Texas, southwestern 

 Missouri and northern Arkansas form shows little or no pubescence but has fine prickly 

 spines at base of shoots and shows much blue bloom on shoots, canes and the under 

 side of the leaves.) Fruit small to large, usually larger than typical Aestivalis, usually 

 black with heavy bloom. Seeds larger than Aestivalis, pear-shaped; chalaza roundish. 



Lincecumii seems to have been first described by Rafinesque, in 1830 

 under the name Vttis multiloba. His description fits fairly well, and as the 

 source from which the vines were secured is within the habitat of the 

 species, there appears but little doubt as to its correctness. In the same 

 year Prince gives a very brief description of a grape from Texas under the 

 name Vitis diversifolia which is probably this grape. The first description 

 of the variety (or species) in such detail that it could not be mistaken was 

 that of Btickley in 1861, as Vitis linsecomii. 



It inhabits the eastern half of Texas, western Louisiana, Indian Terri- 

 tory, Arkansas and southern Missouri on high sandy land, frequently climb- 

 ing post-oak trees, hence the name, Post-oak grape, by which it is locally 

 known. 



or both. In his Latin description of this species nearly every other word is misspelled, and the mis- 

 takes are those of a printer rather than of one whose Latin is weak, such as "totis" for "lobis," etc. 

 Munson says that on the different herbarium specimens of this species collected by Buckley, the 

 name is spelled both ways but he is not able to tell which are in Buckley's hand. As the original 

 error seems to be one by the printer or amanuensis it does not seem desirable to perpetuate it. We 

 have consequently adopted the spelling of Engelmann and Munson. 



