358 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



VITIS Linn. Gen. 161 (1737). 

 Planchon, Mon. Amp. 321; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. I, 387; Durand, 

 Ind. Gen. Plian. 70; Gray, III. Gen. II, 163; O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. I, 125; 

 Schenck, Palaeophyt. 593. 



Living species: 30 ±; northern and temperate regions 

 in both hemispheres. Russia, 1; Europe, 1; N. America, 15; 

 S. Sts., 11; E. Sts., 8; Canada, 3; W. Tex.. 8; Calif., 1; Rocky 

 mts., 1; PL Wheel., 3. 



Fossil species: Cretaceous, Europe and N. Amer. ; 

 Tertiary, Greenland {Heer); Wyoming {Lesquereaux); France 

 {Saporta and Mario7i); Pliocene or Quat., Japan (iVa^/iorsO ; older 

 Tertiary, Japan (Nathorst); 25-30 sp. descr. 



Titis aestivalis Michx. F1. N. Am. II, 230 (1803). 

 V. laciniosa Marsh. Arbust. 165 (1785). 

 F. labrusca Walt. FI. Car. 243 (1788). 

 V.palmata Vaiil, Symb. Ill, 42 (1794). 

 V. vulpina Jacq. Ilort. Schoenbr. IV, 13 (1804). 

 V. virginiana PoiR. Enc. Meth. VIII, 608 (1810). 

 V. intermedia and labrmcoides Muhl. Cat. 26 (1813). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 113; Britt., Fl. N. J. 77; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 38; Webb., Fl. Neb. 123; Chap., Fl. S. St. 71; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 

 504; Coult., Fl. Tex. 62; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 83?; Cov.,Fl.Ark. 172; Wats.. 

 Bibl. Ind. I, 171. 



North America: Ont. along L. Erie to N. Eng., N. J. 

 and S. to Pla. ; W. to Minn., Neb., Ark., Miss, and Pecos river 

 in Tex. 



Minn, valley: Throughout but local; reported from 

 Big Stone, Ft. Snelling and Worthington. 



Yltis riparia Michx. Fl. N. Am. II, 231 (1803). 

 V. vtdpina Linn. Spec. 203 (1753) in part. 

 V. odoratissima Don, Cat. Cant. 66 (1796). 

 V. incisa Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. IV, 14 (1804). 

 V. cordifolia var. riparia Gray, Man. 5 ed. 113 (1867). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 114; Britt., Fl. N. J. 77; Webb., 

 Fl. Neb. 123; Chap , Fl. S. Sts. 71; Upham, Fl. Minn. 38; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 

 97, 504; Coult., Fl. Tex. 63; Cov., Fl. Ark. 172; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 173. 



North America: N, S., N. Br. to Lake Winnipeg; S. 

 to N. Eng., N. J. andPenn.; W. to Minn., Neb., Kan., Ark. 

 and Tex. 



Minn, valley: Throughout; less common than V. cor- 

 difolia Lam. ; river banks and thickets. 



Herb.: Sheldon 1333, Lake Benton; Ballard 30, 

 Chaska; Sheldon 1485, Pipestone City; Sheldon 34, Elysian; 

 Herb. Moyer 259, Montevideo. 



