66 DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



olate, acuminate, dentate towards the apex ; panicle compound, di- 

 chotomous, opposite the leaven ; nectary none. Cissus hcderacea Pars. 

 Vitis hederacea Wittd. 



HAB. Woods. Penn. to Car. W. to Arkansa. June, July. *>. 

 Flowers green. Berries dark blue. Common Creeper. 



3. A. hirsute, Muhl. : leaves pubescent on both sides ; leafets ovate, 

 acuminate, coarsely toothed. Cissus kederacea, var. hirsuta Pursh. 

 HAB. Alleghany mountains. Pursh. Still a doubtful species, 



2. VITIS. LMW. 



Calyx somewhat 5-toothed. Petals 5, cohering at their 

 apex, deciduous. Stamens 5. Style none. Berry 2-celled, 

 4-seeded ; cells and seeds often abortive, 



Pentandria. Mwogynia. 



1. V. labrusca Linn. : leaves very large, broad-cordate, sub-3-lobed, 

 acutely toothed, glabrous above, and with the peduncles tomentose be- 

 neath ; racemes small, panicled ; berries large. 



HAB. Woods. Can. to Flor. June, July. *>. Stem climbing 

 to a great height. Flmccrs greenish. Berries dark purple. 

 Undergoes great changes by cultivation. Fox Grape. 



2. V. Gstwalis Mich. : stem long and slender ; leaves broad-cordate, 

 3 5-lobed, younger onea ferruginous-tojnentose beneath, when old 

 nearly smooth; sinuses rounded; racemes opposite the leaves, rather 

 crowded, oblong; berries small. V. intermedia Muhl. 



b. sinuata Pursh : leaves sinuate-palmate, coarsely dentate ; sinu- 



se rhomboidal. 

 HAB. Woods. On banks of streams. N.Y. to Car. W. to Misg. 



June. J?. Berries deep blue or purple ; ripen in August. 



Summer Grape. 



3. V. rulpina Linn. .* leaves cordate, abruptly acuminate, incisely 

 toothed, smooth on both sides ; racemes loose, many flowered ; ber- 

 ries small. V. cord\folia Mich. Pursh. 



HAB. River banks. Can. to Flor. >>. Berries amber-colour- 

 ed ; ripen in November, and have a tart taste. Winter Grape. 



4. V. riparia Mich. : leaves cordate, unequally and incisely toothed ; 

 shortly 3-lobed, pubescent on the margin, nerves and petiole. V. odo- 

 ratissima Donn. Cat. 



HAB. Gravelly shores of rivers. Penn. to Car. May July. *> . 

 " Flowers of an exquisitely fine smell, resembling Reseda odo- 

 rata." Pursh. 



ORDER XXVII. GERANIACE^E. De Cand. Lind. 



Sepals 5, persistent, more or less unequal, with an imbri- 

 cated aestivation ; 1 sometimes saccate or spurred at the base. 



