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

 date at the base, acuminate, toothed-serrate, pubescent ; peduncles forking ; petals 

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

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

 Berry small, black. 



^ 2. ViTlS. — Mowers poli/rjamoits: petals 5, cohering at the top, free at the base: 

 stamens 5 : stjle short : disk thick, 5-lobeil: leaves simple, cordate, ciiurc or varioaslj 

 lobed. 



* Leaves and branches woolhj. 



5. V. Labrusca, L. (Fox-Grape) Leaves broadly cordate, angularly 

 3-5-lohcd, mucToiuitc-serratc, very woolly when young, at lungtli smoothish 

 above; fertile panicles or racemes few-flowered; berry large. — River-swam])s, 

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

 wide. Berry ^' in diameter, j)urple or whitish, pleasant-flavored. 



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

 sinus, entire or 3-lobcd, wavy-serrate, acute or acuminate, soon smootli above, 

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

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

 ("V. coriacea, ShattlA a form with smaller and more rigid leaves.) — South 

 Florida. Berry h in diameter. 



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

 entire or 3- 5-lobed, or on young plants pinnatifid, mucronatc-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, wiien 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 tlie branches, 

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

 small; berry large. (V. rotundifolia, Afichx.) —Banks of rivers, Florida to 

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

 smooth bark. Leaves 2' - 3' wide. Berry i' - 1' in diameter, purple, pleasant- 

 flavored. — A form with smaller leaves and hemes, the latter very austere, is 

 sometimes callud the Mustang Grape. 



2. AMPELOPSIS, Michx. 

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

 clustered, in corymbose panicles. 



