480 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III- 
A 5. V. corpiro‘t1a Michy. The heart-shape-leaved Vine, or Chicken Grape. 
Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 231.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 654.; Don’s Mill. 1. p. 711. 
Synonymes. V. incisa Jacq. Schcen., t. 427.; V.vulpina Lin Spec., p. 293., Walt. Flor, Car., 243. 
Engravings. Jacq. Scheen., t. 247. ; E. of Pl, 286. ; and our/ig. 143. 
Spec. Char., §c. Sexes dicecious or poly- 143 
gamous. Leaves heart-shaped, acuminate, \ 
toothed in the mode of incisions, smooth 
on both surfaces. Racemes loosely many- 
flowered. Berries small, greenish, ripened 
late. (Dec. Prod.,i. p.634, 635.) Found 
wild from Canada to Florida, on the edges 
of rivers and in woods, where it is called 
the winter grape, probably from the late 
ripening of the fruit ; and chicken grape, 
perhaps from the very small size of the berries. Dr. Torrey considers this 
to be the true V/. vulpina of Linnzus, on account of its glabrous leaves. 
(Hook.) Introduced in 1806. Plants of it (but whether male or female, 
we are uncertain) are in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, price 1s. 6d. 
each. 
4&6. V.ripa‘rta Michv. The river-side, or sweet-scented, Vine. 
Identification. Michx. Flor. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 821.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 635. ; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 711 
Synonymes. V. odoratissima Donn Hort. Cant., and Lodd. Cat. ; Vigne de Battures, Amer. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 2499.; E. of P., 2862.; and our fig. 144. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves heart-shaped, shallowly 
3-cleft, toothed in the mode of incisions and un- 
equally. Footstalk, and the margin of the nerves, 
pubescent. (Dec. Prod., i. p. 635.) A native of 
North America, from Pennsylvania to Carolina, 
on the gravelly shores of islands and banks of = 
rivers. ‘“ Extending to the south end of Lake & 
Winipeg, in lat. 520°.” (Richardson, in Hook.) 
Dr. Hooker observes that some of his specimens 
of this plant have the leaves so slightly lobed, that 
he scarcely knows how they are to be distinguished 
from V. vulpina (our No. 3.). Female plants are 
very seldom found north of the Potowmac river, 
though the male extends very far beyond it. The 
flowers have an exquisitely sweet smell, somewhat resembling that of mi- 
gnonette. The female plant is in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, 
where its shoots extend to the length of 20 ft. 
27. V. rorunpiro‘t1a Michx. The round-leaved Vine, or Bullet Grape. 
Identification. Michx. Flor. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 231.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 635.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 711. 
Spec. Char., §c. Sexes dicecious or tricecious. Leaves between heart- 
shaped and kidney-shaped, toothed in rather an equal manner, shining on 
both surfaces. Racemes composed of several little heads of flowers. 
Berries of a deep blue colour. (Dec. Prod.,i. p.635.) Found in North 
America, from Virginia to Florida, on river sides, and on islands. The 
berries are as large as those of the common muscadine grape, by which 
name it is sometimes called: they are agreeable to eat. Introduced in 1806, 
but not often met with in collections. There is a plant in the garden of the 
London Horticultural Society. 
28. V. caripm®’a Dec. The Caribean Vine. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 1. p. 634. ; Don’s Mill, 1. p. 711. 
Synonyme. V. {ndica Swx. Obs.,95., Potr. Dict., 8. p. 607. 
Engraving. Sloane Hist., 2. p. 104. t. 210. fig. 4. 
Spec. Char., §c. Sexes diccious or tricecious. Leaves beart-shaped, acumi- 
nate, toothed with acute and rather projecting teeth ; rather glabrous above, 
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