(\\2 ri.ANT LIFK OK ALABAMA. 



VITIS I.. Sji. I'l. 1:2(M). 17.'):). (ii;Aii:\ INK. ' 



Tliirty species in iiorthtMii iiiul toiu|»<!ratc regioiiH oC l»otli lu-inisplHTes. Eiinipo, 

 iiKitlitrii Asia. Nortli America, 15; Atlantic, II. Wocxly cliiiib<T8. 



Vitis aestivalis Miciix. Fl. Mm. Am. 2 : L':i<». 180:}. .Summkk (iUAi-K. 



Kli.Sk. 2: 088. (Iray, Mau. ed. t>, li:<. Chap. Fl. 71. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : ti2. 



NOKTIIKKN MkXICO. 



Alle^henian to Louisiaiiian area. Soiitlierii Ontario; Boiitlifrn New Kn^jjland wo.sl 

 to Minnesota and Nebraska, south to western Texas, and from New York to Florida. 



Ai.aham.v: Over the State, lu damp thickets and bottom lamls. Flowers April, 

 May; fruit ripe Auji;ust, .September, lierries black witli a bloom, ijlfasant. Com 

 nion. Asccnils the highest trees. In rieli bottoms, I to (> inches in diameter. 



Kconomic uses: One of tlie most im]tortaut of American wine grapes; mother 

 jdantof the Cunningham, llerbomont, Lenoir, and lilack .Spanish varieties of the 

 (Julf region. 



Type locality : " llab. in sylvie, a Virginia ad Carolinain." 



Herb. (leol. Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



Vitis ciaerea Kngclm. in Bushberg, Cat. ed. 3, 17. 1883. Downy fiRAi-K. 



f-'ilis (icstinilix var. ciiierea Engelm. in (Jray, Mau. ed. .5, (579. 18()7. 



Cray. Man. ed.tj, 113. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 73. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. Central Hlinois to Kansas, and to Tisxas, Teii- 

 ness(!e, and Missi8sii)pi. 



Ai^AitAMA : Central Prairie; region to Coast jilain. Low thickets, banks of streams. 

 Hale County, Gallion, Big Prairie Creek. Mobile County, .Spriughill, .Steins Creek. 



Type locality : "Rich bottom lands iu the Mississippi Valley, Illinois and south- 

 ward." 



Herl). Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Vitis cordifolia Micbx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 231. 1803.- Wintkr Ghapk. Frost Gkai'e. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 688. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 113. Chap. Fl. 71. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 62. 



Alleghenian to Carolinian area. Ontario; New England west to Minnesota, 

 Nebraska, and Kansas, sontli to Arkansas and Texas, and to Tennessee and Georgia. 



Alajjama: Mountain region. Banks of streams. Lee County, Auburn (/>Vj/.cr<)- 

 Earle). Blount County, Warnock Mountain, about 800 feet. Clay County, .Shinbone 

 Valley, Elders, 1,000 feet. Frequent in the higher valleys; not met with in the low 

 country. 



Type locality: "Hab. a Pensylvania ad Floridam." 



Herb. Mohr. 



Vitis bicolor Le Coute, Proc. Acad. Phila. 6 : 272. 1852. 



Blue Gravk or Winter Grape. 



Vitis aestivalis var. Incolor Gray, Man. ed. 6, 113. 1890. 



V. aestivalis Darlington, Flora Cestrica, 151. 1837. Fide Le Conte. Not Michx. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 1. c. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Northern New York to North Carolina. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Rocky summits. Calhoun County, Anniston, high- 

 est ridges, 800 to 1,000 feet, with I'inus anstralis iind (^>uercus printis: trailing over 

 the rocks of flinty cliert. Collected September 19, with ripe fruit. I'alladega County, 

 Alpine Mountains, 1,800 feet. Che-aw-ha Mountains, 2,400 feet, on clifls, associ- 

 ated with Lonicera ftava, Unbus rillosns, and Robinia ri.'^cosa. The trailing vines 

 from 10 to 12 feet long. Ripe berries black, without bloom, juicy, sweet, and of a 

 pleasant flavor, worthy the attention of the cultivator. 



Ty])e locality : "From Pennsylvania to Virginia." 



Herb. Ge(d. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



V. vulpina L. Sj). PI. 1:203. 1753. River.sii)k Gj:ape. 



Vitis riparia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 231. 1803. 



Vitis cordifolia var. ripatia (jrav, Man. ed. 5, 113. 1867. 



Ell. .Sk. 2 : 688. (iray, Man. ed. 6, 114. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 63. 



Alleghenian to Louisiauian area. New Brunswick and Ontario to Lake Winnipeg; 

 New England west to Minnesota and Nebraska, south to Missouri and Texas, 

 Florida, and Louisiana. 



' George Engelmann, The True Grapevines of tlu: United States, in Bushberg, Cat, 

 ed. 3, St. Louis. 1883. 



