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AMERICAN VINES. 



Fig. 



. 12. Seed of 



white-yellowish golden colour ol its tomen- 

 tum, which is less woolly and less fluffy than 

 that of the Mustang, the seeds (Fig 12) 

 are small, with both chalaze and raphe 

 prominent 



V. CANDICANS. 



(a) Description. Stump very vigorous habit creeping, 

 trunk very strong; wood of the year deep brown, with nu- 

 merous patches of long white hair; tendrils discontinuous. 

 Leaves medium, rather large (Fig. 13), as wide as long, 

 -entire, cordiform, rounded, sometimes indented and lancinate 



Fig. 13. Leaf of V. Candicans. 



