CHAP..XXVI. VITA‘CER. VrI'ris. 477 
¥ 3. M. australis Swt. is a native of New Holland, introduced in 1810, and said to “grow, in its 
native country, to the height of 20 ft. 
¥ 4. M. japénica G. Don is a green-house species, growing 30 ft. high, which has not yet been 
introduced ; and.M, Buckayun Royle is a species of which little seems to be known. 
Ali the species of Mélia, being deciduous trees, without visible buds, are peculiarly eligible for 
growing against a conservative wall; because, by the application of heat artificially, and by pre- 
venting (which can be done by thatching the ground) the rain from falling on the soil under the 
trees at the end of summer, the wood may be ripened to such a degree as to enable it to stand our 
winters with very little or no protection. 
CHAP. XXVI. 
OF THE HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER VITA‘CEA. 
TuatamirLorous. (H. B.) Calyx small. Petals 4 or 5, inserted on the out- 
side of a disk surrounding the ovarium; in estivation, turned inwards at the 
edge in a valvate manner. Stamens equal in number to the petals, inserted 
upon the disk that surrounds the ovarium; filaments distinct or slightly co- 
hering at the base. Anthers versatile. Ovarium 2-celled. Fruit a pulpy berry. 
Seeds 4 or 5, fewer by abortion; embryo erect; albumen hard. Climbing 
shrubs, with tumid separable joints. Leaves with stipules. Properties, acidity 
and sugar, (Lindl. Introd. toN. S., and Key.) The species are trailing and 
climbing shrubs, and they include the grape vine, which may be considered 
as the type of the order. “ The genus Vitis is found in the equinoctial parts 
of the Old and New Worlds, extending into both the temperate zones ; as, 
southwards, to the Cape of Good Hope and New Holland; and, northwards, 
to Japan and North America, as well as from the plains of India to the defiles 
of Caucasus.” (Royle, Illustr., p. 144.) The genera which contain hardy 
species are two, which are thus distinguished :— 
Vitis. Calyx 5-toothed. Style wanting. Berry, 2-celled, 4-seeded. 
AmPELo’psis. Calyxnearlyentire. Petals5. Stamens 5. Style 1, crowned 
by a capitate stigma. 
Cissus. Calyx nearly entire. Petals 4. Stamens 4. Ovary 4-celled. 
Genus I. 
VITIS L. Tue Grave Vine. Lin, Syst. Pentandria Monog¥nia. 
Identification, Lin. Gen., 284; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 633. ; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 695. 
Synonymes, Giud, Celtic; Vid, Span.; Vigne, Fr.; Wein, Ger. : 
Gen, Char. Flowers hermaphrodite, dicecious or tricecious. Calyx commonly 
5-toothed. Petals 5, cohering at the top, separating at the base, and de- 
_ciduous. Stamens 5.—Climbing shrubs, deciduous, with leaves simple, lobed, 
or serrated, sometimes compound, and small greenish yellow flowers in 
thyrsoid racemes. (Dec. Prod., i. p. 633.) The species are deciduous climb- 
ers, one of which has long been celebrated in the Old World as the grape 
-yine; and all the others are natives of North America. The varieties of 
the first species have been described at length by Du Hamel in France, 
Don Roxas de Clemati in Spain, and Sickler in Germany ; and the species 
and varieties of North America by Rafinesque. 
& 1. V. vini’rera L, The wine-bearing Vine. 
Identification. Lin. Spec., 293. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 633. ; Don’s Mill. 1, p. 695. 
Synonymes. Vigne, Fr.; gemeiner Weinstock, Ger. 
Engravings, Duh, Arb. Fr., 2.t. 16.; Jacq. Ic., 1. p. 53. ; and our fig. 139. 
