VITACE^. (vine family.) 71 



4. V. indivisa, Willd. Leaves simple, undivided, ovate, truncate, or cor- 

 date at the base, acuminate, tootlied-sen-ate, pubescent; peduncles forking; petals 

 and stamens 5 ; style slender; disk cup-shaped ; berry 1 -3-seeded. — Banks of 

 rivers, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. June. — Stem climbing high. 

 Berry small, black. 



^ 2. VlTiS. — Mowers poli/'/fiwoiis: petals 5, coherliirj at the top, free at the base: 

 stamens 5 : style short : dts/c thick, 5-lubed : leaves simple, curdate, tiUire or variously 

 lobed. 



* Leaves and branches woolly. 



5. V. Labrusea, L. (Fox-GRArE ) Leaves broadly cordate, angularly 

 3 - .5-lobed, mucronatc-serrate, very woolly when young, at length smoothisli 

 above; fei'tile panicles or racemes few-flowered; berry large. — River-swamps, 

 Mississippi to North Carolina, and northward. May and June. — Leaves 4' - 6' 

 wide. Berry ^ in diameter, purple or whitish, pleasant-flavored. 



6. V. Caribsea, DC Leaves round-cordate, with a broad and shallow 

 sinus, entire or 3-labed, wavy-serrate, acute or acuminate, soon smooth above, 

 the lower surface, like the branches, petioles, and panicles, clothed with soft asli- 

 colored down ; panicles equalling or longer than the leaves ; pedicels smooth. 

 ("V. coriacca, Shuttl.l a form with smaller and more rigid leaves.) — South 

 Florida. Berry h' in diameter. 



7. V. aestivalis, Michx. (Summer Grape.) Leaves broadly cordate, 

 entire or 3- 5-lubed, or on young plants pinnatifid, mucronate-serrate, covered 

 with a loose cobwebby down, at length smooth or nearly so on both sides ; pani- 

 cles long, many-flowered ; berry small. — Rich woods, Florida to Mississippi, 

 and northward. June. — Stem climbing high. Leaves 4' -7' wide. Panicle 

 6' -12' long, compound. Berry deep blue, very austere. 



* * Leaves and branches smoothish. 



8. v. COrdifolia, Michx. (Frost Grape.) Leaves thin, broadly cor- 

 date, entire or slightly 3-lobcd, mucronate-serrate; pubescence, when present, 

 soon vanishing; panicles compound, many-flowered; berry small. — River- 

 swamps, Florida to Mississippi, and northward. May and June. — Leaves 3' - 6' 

 wide. Berry almost black, very acid. — A form with broader incisely lobed and 

 toothed leaves is V. riparia, Michx. 



9. V. VUlpina, L. (Muscadine Bullace.) Leaves broadly cordate, 

 toothed-serrate, smooth and glossy on both sides, or rarely, like the branches, 

 pubescent, the sinus at the base broad and rounded, or nan-ow and acute ; panicle 

 small; berry large. (V. rotundifolia, Mc/^r.) —Banks of rivers, Florida to 

 North Carolina, and westward. June. — Stem climbing high, with pale and 

 smooth bark. Leaves 2' -3' wide. Beny ^'-i'in diameter, purple, plea.sant- 

 flavorcd. — A form with smaller leaves and berries, the latter very austere, is 

 sometimes called the Mustang Grape. 



2. AMPELOPSIS, Michx. 

 Petals distinct, spreading, concave. Disk none. — Leaves digitate. Flowers 

 clustered, in corymbose panicles. 



