24 Vine ( Vitacece). [No. 5 



sometimes rather thin, and with a bluish bloom or 

 pubescence, sometimes thicker and rusty-downy be- 

 neath. Tendrils, forked. Tendrils and flower-clusters, 

 intermittent (wanting opposite each second or third 

 leaf). Branchlets, cylindrical. 



Bark, loose and shreddy. 



Fruit, small (about half an inch in diameter), dark blue or 

 black with a bloom, well-flavored, in compact bunches 

 six to twelve inches in length. September. 



Found, in rich woods and thickets, common and widely 

 distributed North and South. 



Vines with slender, high-climbing stems. From V. 

 sestivalis, MX., at least twelve cultivated varieties are 

 derived. 



This species is sometimes divided into two V. bicolor, 

 Le Conte, for forms found mostly in the North, and V. 

 ^estivalis, MX., for the Southern forms. 



Resembling Fig. 8. (3) Downy Grape. V. cintrea, Eng. 



Leaves, entire or slightly three-lobed, greyish-downy, the 

 down persistent beneath. Leaf-stems, very long. 

 Tendrils, forked. Tendrils and /lower-clusters, inter- 

 mittent (wanting opposite each second or third leaf). 



Branchlets, angular, densely downy or woolly. 

 Bark, loose and shreddy. 



Fruit, small, black, without bloom, in large, compound, 

 and long-stemmed clusters. 



Found, from Central Illinois to Kansas and Texas. 



