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Vitis—continued. 
V. albo-nitens (shining white). Z. oval-oblong, acuminate, cordi- 
form at the base, shining on the upper side and suffused with 
a brilliant, silvery-white tone of colour. Brazil, 1871. Stove 
climber. SYN. Cissus albo-nitens. 
V. amazonica (Amazon). l. large, oval, acuminate, smooth, 
glaucous, red beneath, with the veins silvery above ; young ones 
almost linear, their veins very strongly marked. Amazon, 1866. 
A pretty, stove climber. SYN. Cissus amazonica, 
V. antarctica (Antarctic). Kangaroo Vine. 
pubescent ; cymes dense, broadly corymbose, shorter than the 
petioles. July. fr. globular. lt. simple, petiolate, ovate or 
oblong, mostly acuminate and slightly cordate, 3in. to 4in. by 
Län. to 2in., entire, sinuate or irregularly toothed, rather firm or 
almost coriaceous. Australia, 1790, Tall, greenhouse climber. 
SYN. Cissus antarctica (B. M. 2488 
V. Bainesii (Baines) f. on glandular os cymose ; 
peduncles terminal, as tong. as the stem. uly. 7. ternate, 
rather shortly petiolate (the lower ones sometimes simple) ; 
leaflets ovate or oblong, unequally serrated, penniveined ; 
stipules twin. Trunk turnip-like, lift. in circumference. A. 
44ft. Western tropical Africa, 1864. A dwarf, glaucous, succu- 
lent, stove tree. . M. 5472.) ` 
FiG. 203. BRANCHLET OF VITIS DAVIDIANA. 
V. capriolata (tendrilled). fi. on pedicels jin. to jin. long; 
sa axillary or terminating in short, lateral branches, pe- 
dunculate ` peduncles conspicuously bracteate. fr. black, globose, 
two to four-seeded, the size of a currant. /. five-foliolate ; petioles 
liin. to 24in. long; leaflets 14in. to Jin. by jin. to 1łin., lan- 
ceolate or oae. ovate or sub-ovate, acute or sub-acuminate, 
bristly-serrate in the notches. Temperate Himalayas. Hardy, 
with the protection of a wall, in the South of England. 
V. chontalensis (Chontales). fl. scarlet, disposed in compound 
cymes. December. l. trifoliolate, of a lovely green; lateral 
leaflets obliquely ovate, acuminate, terminal one elliptic, all 
toothed, Branchlets r. Chontales Mountains, Nica’ 
1869. An elegant, glabrous, stove climber. SYN. Cissus chonta- 
V. cirrhosa tendrilled). fl. minute, in dense cymes. I digi- 
tately iron to ge leaflets succulent, M ME. 
obovate, remotely dentate-serrate, quite glabrous in cultivation. 
Stems long, weak, brittle, fleshy, furnished with long, bifid 
tendrils. South Africa, 1866. A straggling, glabrescent or 
jl. tomentose- - 
pilose, greenhouse shrub. E 
Vitis—continued. 
V. cordifolia (cordate-leaved). Chicken, Frost, or Winter 
Grape. (fl. very sweet-scented. May and June, fr. blue or 
black, with a bloom, small, very acerb, ripening after frosts ; 
panicles compound, long and loose. L thin, not shining,’ 
cordate, acuminate, sharply and coarsely toothed, obscure. 
three-lobed, smooth or nearly so, and bright green on both 
sides. A. 12ft. North America, 1806. Hardy climber. V. riparia 
= M. 2429) is a mere form of this, with broader, cut-lobed 
eaves. 
V. Davidiana (David's) fl. small. fr. violet, not edible. I 
palmately lobed, the margins of the broad lobes toothed ; petioles 
red, long. China. A Mar om dr hardy climber, speedily 
covering a large surface. See Fig. SYNS, Cissus Davidiana 
(R. H. 1868, p. 29, f. 2), C. platanifolia, C. rubricaulis. 
V. Endresii (Endres) Z cordate, deep velvety-green, the veins 
being of a deep purplish-brown. Costa Rica, 1875. A strong- 3 
growing, stove climber. S 
V. gongylodes (rounded). A synonym of V. pterophora. 
V. heterophylla humulifolia (variable-leaved Hop-leaved). 
Turquoise-berried Vine. J. minute, sub-umbellate; cymes on 
slender peduncles, sparingly divided. fr. of a fine, pale, china- 
blue colour, dotted with black, globular. J. on slender, red 
petioles, three to five-lobed, with a broad sinus at base ; lobes 
acutely serrated, Care grom and ragos above, pale beneath 
with pubescent veins. Stems 2ft. to 5ft. long. Nerth China an 
Japan, 1868. Hardy climber. (B. M. 5682.) 
" ret freely P laucous beneath).  / yellow, minute, but 
oliolate, ov: 
GT E pd 
or oblon above. u cous 
eath when young. RENE vestit" A Green- 
house or conservatory shrub. 
V. japonica (Japanese 
pound ; leaflets five, [o „t 
pum, roundish-oval, denticulate. or ter one 
arger, oval-elliptic, a te. Japan, 1875. A half-hardy 
climber, of vigorous, quick-growing habit. SYN. Cissus japonica. 
A variety ed marmorata, with broad, yellow blotches on the 
leaves, has sported from this. PM 
j in panicles. L com- 
our lower ones ` 
the odd "nate 
cordate, acuminate, mucronate-toothed, a, - 
tifully velvety-pubescent, the midrib and veins D cs aga below 
glabrous and purplish. Chontales Mountains, Nicaragua, 1869. 
A highly ornamental plant. SYN. Cissus javalensis, 
FIG. 204. FRUITING BRANCHLET OF VITIS LABRUSCA. 
V. Labrusca (classical name)* American Plum Grape; Isabella. 
Grape ; Nerd Fox Grape E -scented. June. - 
