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A rr.\t.'i:.K. (vink family.) 



♦ * ♦ ♦ # Floiirrs ]ur/,rt, in an open panicle, the pedicels niosth/ alioiiivr, eJonyat- 

 iiifj, and phimose : drupe smooth. 

 9. R. cotinoides, Nutt. Smooth ; leaves siinple, mcmlmmiKfous, oval, 

 obtuse, entire, iicufc at tlie base, tlie upper ones lon<;-petiok(l ; puiiielc nearly 

 sessile, nanow, with eivet branches; flowers minute. — Interior of Alabama, 

 Buckley. Leaves, with the petiole, 3' - 4' long. 



Order 38. VITACEiE. (Vine Family.) 



ClimbinjT slinibs, with watery juice, opposite stipulate leaves, and small 

 greenish Howers in paniclcd clusters opposite the leaves. — Calyx minute, 

 truncated. Petals 4-5, hypogynoUs or perigynous, valvate in the bud, 

 deciduous. Stamens 4-5, ojjposite the petals : anthers introi-se. Ovary 

 2-c-elled, with 2 erect collateral ovules in each cell. Style .short or none: 

 stigma slightly 2-lobed. Berry 1 -4-seeded. Seeds anatropous, bony. 

 Embryo minute at the base of hard or fleshy albumen. Radicle inferior. 

 — Leaves simple or compound. Tendrils opi)osite the leaves. Flowers 

 perfect or polygamous. 



1. VITIS, L. Vine. Grape. 



Petals distinct, or remaining united at the apex and separating at the base, 

 inserted into a 4 - .5-lobed or cup-shaped disk which sun-ounds the ovary. 

 ^ 1. Cissus. — Floivers perfect: petals and stamens 4-5 r style conspicuous : 

 stigma minute : leaves simple or compound. 



1. V. bipinnata, Toit. & Gray. Leaves bipiimate, snioothish ; leaflets 

 small, ovate, sliurply toothed ; flowers somewhat eymos e, on a long forking 

 peduncle ; petals 4-5, united at the apex, separating at the base ; style conical ; 

 disk 4-5-lobcd; berry 2 -4-seeded. (Ampelopsis bipinnata, Miclix.) — Margins 

 of swamps, Florida and northward. June and July. — Tendrils nQnc. Leaflets 

 I'long. Beiry small, black. /V^^^ 



2. v. acida, L. Branches geniculate ; leaves trifoliolate, thick and rigid ; 

 leaflets small, cuneate-obovate, sharply toothed at the apex ; flowers in com- 

 j)ound umbels ; petals 4, united at the apex, separating at the ba.se ; style slen- 

 der ; disk cup-shaped, entire ; berry black, 1-seeded. — Key West, — Tendrils 

 stout and elongated. Leaflets ^' long. Branchlets and peduncles flattened 

 and elongated. Leaves and parts of the panicle separating in drying, as also in 

 tlie next species. 



3. V. incisa, Nutt. Smooth ; stem climbing, warty ; leaves trifoliolate, 

 very thick and fleshy ; leaflets stalked, wedge-shaped and entire near the base, 

 the latend ones 2-lobed, the middle 3-lobed, all mucronate-toothed or serrate; 

 berry (purple) globose-ovate, nodding, pointed with the conspicuous slender style, 

 1 -seeded. — Sandy shores of St. Vincent's Island, West Florida and westward. 

 Fruiting in November. — Stem 6°-I20 long. Leaflets l'-3' long. Panicles 

 cymosc. Berry 5''- 6" long. Flowers not seen. 



