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VITACEAE. [Vor. Il. 
5. Vitis vulpina L. Riverside or Sweet Scented Grape. (Fig. 2402.) 
[ 
6. Vitis palmata Vahl. Missouri 
Grape. (Fig. 2403.) 
Vitis palmata Vahl, Symbol. Bot. 3: 42. 
High-climbing, glabrous or nearly so through- 
out, or with slight pubescence on the veins of 
the lower surfaces of the leaves; twigs bright 
red; bark separating in large flakes; pith inter- 
rupted, the diaphragms thick; tendrils inter- 
mittent, forked. Leaves dull, darker green 
than in /’”. vulpina, deeply 3-5-lobed, the sinuses 
rounded, the lobes long-acuminate; stipules 
berries 
black, 4//-5’ in diameter, without bloom; seeds 
144//-2/’ long; inflorescence loose; 
1-2, about 3’’ long; raphe indistinct. 
River-banks, Illinois and Missouri. Blooming 
later and ripening its berries after J waulpina. 
June-July. 
Vitis vulpina VL. Sp. Pl. 203. 1753. 
Vitis riparia Michx. Fl. Bor, Am, 2: 231. 1803. 
Vitis cordifolia var. riparia A, Gray, Man, Ed. 
5, 113. 1867. 
Climbing or trailing, glabrous throughout, 
or more or less pubescent on the veins of the 
lower surfaces of the leaves; branches rounded 
or slightly angled, greenish; pith interrupted, 
the diaphragm thin; tendrils intermittent. 
Leaves shining, almost all sharply 3-7-lobed, 
the sinuses angular, the lobes acute or acum- 
inate, the terminal one commonly long; stip- 
ules 2/’-3/’ long, often persistent until the 
fruitis formed; inflorescence compact or becom- 
ing loose; berries bluish-black, with a bloom, 
4/’-5/’ in diameter, rather sweet; seeds 2-4, 
2’ long, the raphe narrow and inconspicuous. 
Along rocky river-banks, Nova Scotia to Mani- 
toba, south to Maryland and Arkansas. May- 
June. Fruit beginning to ripen in July, some- 
times continuing until October. Leaves light 
green, thin. 
7. Vitis cordifolia Michx. Frost Grape. 
Chicken Grape. (Fig. 2404.) 
Vitis cordifolia Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 2: 231. 1803. 
High-climbing, the twigs glabrous or slightly 
pubescent, terete or indistinctly angled; pith in- 
terrupted by thick diaphragms; internodes long; 
bark loose; tendrils intermittent; stem some- 
times 1° in diameter or more. ‘Leaves 3/-4’ 
wide, shining above, glabrous or sparingly pubes- 
cent beneath, thin, sharply and coarsely dentate 
with very acute teeth, sometimesslightly 3-lobed, 
mostly long-acuminate at the apex; tendrils 
forked, intermittent; stipules about 2’’ long; in- 
florescence loose; berries black, shining, about 3” 
in diameter, ripening after frost; seeds 1 or 2, 
about 2/’ long; raphe narrow or inconspicuous. 
Moist thickets and along streams, New England 
to Nebraska, south to Florida and Texas. Called 
also Possum Grape and Winter Grape. May-June. 
Fruit ripe Oct.—-Nov. 
