DIOECIA PENTANDRI A. 



687 



h 



VITIS. Gen. Pl. 396. 



MasculL 



a 



lyx 5 



dentatus. QoroUa, pe- 

 tala 5, apice cohaeren- 

 tia. 



FoemineL Calyx et 

 Corolla maris. 



B 



5-sperma, supera 







Sterile Jlorets. 



Ca- 



lyx 5-lootlied. Corolla 



5-petalled, cohering at 

 the summit. 



Fertile Florets, Ca- 

 lyx and Corolla as in 

 the sterile. Berry 5- 

 seeded, superior. 



1. RoTUNDIFOLIA. Mich. 



V. foliis utrinque lu- 

 cidis, cordatis, inaequa- 

 llter dentatis; 



race mo 



rum floribus pluries ca- 



pitulatis, baccis mag- 

 nis. 



Leaves on both sides 

 lucid^ cordate, unequal- 

 toothed: flowers of 



the raccemes in many 

 small heads 



large. 



? 



berries 



Mich. 2. p. 231. Pursh, 1. p. l69. Nutt. 1. p. 143. 



V. Vulpina, Walt. 243. 



V. Vulpina? Sp. pl. 1. p. 1181. 



This vine varies much in size, sometimes ascending the loftiest trees, moie 



frequently humble. Young branches toraentose. 



Leaves 2 — 3 inches in 



diameter, fiordate, round, shining, glabrous, but with small tufts of hair at the 

 junction of the veins, commonly with 3 — 5 prominent teeth, and the resi- 

 due by no means equal. Fl 



araous 



6—8 



integument 



Fruit large, 7 — 8 lines in diameter, covered 



This species of 



grape may be, perhaps at some future day, cultivated advantageously. 



The real V. Vulpina of Linnaeus has been a subject of some doubt. I 

 have long supposed that this may have been his original species. The (Cha- 

 racters agree sufficiently well, and notwithstanding the remark of Michaux, 

 that this is commonly called the Muscadine Grape, as far as my observations 

 reach, it is, in our low country, uniformly and universally known under the 

 name of Fox Grape. Linnaeus may have received his name and specimens 

 from the Southern States. 



Grows in light rich soils. 



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Flowers May. Fruit ripert5i in July and August 



