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2. Vitis aestivalis Michx. Summer 
Grape. Small Grape. (Fig. 2399. ) 
Vitis aestivalis Michx. F1. Bor. Am, 2: 230. 
1803. 
High climbing, branches terete, the 
twigs and petioles glabrous or pubescent; 
bark loose and shreddy; pith interrupted at 
the nodes. Leaves as large as those of 
Labrusca, dentate, or 3-5-lobed, floccose- 
woolly with whitish or rusty pubescence, 
especially when young, sometimes becom- 
ing nearly glabrous when mature; tendrils 
and flower-clusters intermittent (wanting 
opposite each third leaf) ; inflorescence gen- 
erally long and loose; berries numerous, 
about 5’’ in diameter, black, with a bloom, 
acid, but edible; seeds 2-3, about 3// long; 
raphe narrow. 
In thickets, southern New England to Flor- 
ida, west to southern Ontario, Wisconsin and 
Louisiana. Ascends to 3500 ft. in North Caro- 
lina, May-June. Fruit ripe Sept.—Oct. 
3. Vitis cinérea Engelm. Downy Grape. (Fig. 2400.) 
Vitis aestivalis var. canescens Engelm. Am. 
Nat. 2: 321, name only. 1868. = 
Vitis aestivalis var. cinerea Engelm.; A. 
Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 679. 1867. 
V. cinerea Engelm. Bushb.Cat.Ed.3, 17. 1883. 
Climbing, branches angled, young 
shoots and petioles mostly floccose-pubes- 
cent; bark loose; pith interrupted; tendrils 
intermittent. Leaves dentate, or some- 
what 3-lobed, often longer than wide, 
rather densely floccose-pubescent with 
whitish, persistent hairs on the lower sur- 
face, especially along the veins, sparingly 
so on the upper; inflorescence loose; ber- 
ries black, without bloom, 3//—4’’ in dia- 
meter, pleasantly acid, 1-2-seeded; seeds 
about 2’ long, the raphe narrow. 
Illinois to Nebraska, Kansas and Texas, 
east to Florida (according to T. V. Munson. ) 
gh Oy 
4. Vitis bicolor LeConte. Blue or chy y 
Winter Grape. (Fig. 2401.) Mal ) 
Vitis bicolor LeConte, Proc. Phil. Acad. 6: 272. 1852. ) a ~ 
Vitis aestivalts var. bicolor Conte; Wats. & Coult. al C ) 
in A. Gray, Man. Ed. 6,113. 1890. 
High-climbing or long-trailing, the tendrils in- | 
termittent, the branches terete. Twigs and leaves 
glabrous, or somewhat pubescent, bluish-glaucous, 
especially the lower surfaces of the leaves, the 
bloom sometimes disappearing by the time the 
fruit ripens; internodes long, the pith interrupted 
at the nodes; leaves usually 3-lobed, cordate at the 
base, sometimes 12’ long, the sinuses rounded, the 
lobes acute or acuminate; inflorescence compact; 
berries bluish-black with a bloom, sour, about 4/’ 
in diameter; seeds about 2’’ long, raphe narrow. 
Northern New York to Michigan and North Carolina. 
