Vot. II.] GRAPE FAMILY. 
8. Vitis Baileyana Munson. Bailey’s INN 
Grape. (Fig. 2405.) x : 
Vitis Virginiana Munson, Gard. & For. 3: 474. \. 
1890. Not Lam. 1808 
Vitis Batleyana Munson. Vit. Bail. 1893. 
Climbing, but often low, the branches dis- 
tinctly angled, the young twigs tomentose, 
the tendrils intermittent; pith interrupted 
at the nodes; internodes short. Leaves cre- 
nate-dentate, sometimes slightly 3-lobed, as 
a rule smaller than those of V. cordifolia, 
somewhat pubescent on the veins beneath even 
when old; the apex short-acuminate, acute, or 
blunt, the teeth mucronate; inflorescence com- 
pact; berries black, 4’’-5’’ in diameter, sweet; 
seeds about 2’’ long, the raphe broad. 
In valleys, southwestern Virginia, West Vir- 
ginia and North Carolina. 
g. Vitis rupéstris Scheele. Sand Grape. Sugar Grape. (Fig. 2406.) 
V. rupestris Scheele, Linnaea, 21: 591. 1848. 
Low, bushy or sometimes climbing to 
a height of several feet, glabrous or some- 
what floccose-pubescent on the younger 
parts; pith interrupted; bark loose; ten- 
drils forked, intermittent or often want- 
ing. Leaves smaller than in any of the 
preceding species, pale green, shining, 
sharply dentate with coarse teeth, ab- 
ruptly pointed, rarely slightly 3-lobed, 
the sides often folded together; stip- 
ules 2/’-3/’ long; inflorescence compact; 
berries black, with a bloom, 3//-4/ in 
diameter, sweet, 2-4-seeded; seeds about 
2/’ long; raphe very slender. 
In various situations, southern Pennsylva- 
nia to Missouri, Tennessee and Texas. 
April-June. Fruit ripe in August. 
1o. Vitis rotundifolia Michx. Southern Fox-grape. Bullace Grape. (Fig. 2407.) 
Vitis rotundifolia Michx. F1. Bor, Am. . 
2: 231. 1803. 
Vitis vulpina T. & G. Fl. N. A. 1: 245. 
1838. Not L. 1753. 
Trailing or high-climbing, glabrous 
or nearly so throughout; tendrils 
simple, intermittent, sometimes few; 
bark close, not shreddy; pith contin- 
uous through the nodes. Leaves 
nearly orbicular, 2/-3’ wide, dark 
green, shining, dentate with large 
triangular teeth; inflorescence dense; 
berries few, purple, 5’’-9’’ in diameter, 
without bloom, tough, musky; seeds 
several, flat, wrinkled, notched at the 
apex; raphe indistinct. 
In moist, often sandy soil, Maryland to 
Kansas, south to Florida, Texas and Mex- 
ico. Muscadine Grape. The original of 
the Scuppernong. The berries fall away 
singly. May. Fruit ripe Aug.—Sept. 
