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AMERICAN VINES. 



glaucous green, rather light; under-face, yellow-green; 

 two series of indentations, wide and short; petiolar sinus 



Fig- 33- Petiolar Sinus of Rupestris Mission. 



bracket-shape (Fig. 33). Petiole yellowish-pink, rather long 



and slender. 



Rupestris du Lot. This grafting stock is one of the most 



meritorious, and the most employed actually in reconstitution 



on account of its adaptation 

 to certain calcareous soils; 

 it has numerous synonyms, 

 but we will retain that of 

 Rupestris du Lot on the 

 ground of priority. It was 

 first described by Millardet 

 and de Grasset. It is also 

 called Rupestris Phenomene 

 or Phenomene du Lot, 

 Rupestris Sijas, Rupestris 

 Monticola, Rupestris Saint- 

 Georges erige, Rupestris 

 Lacastelle, Rupestris Coli- 

 neau, Rupestris Reich, but 

 all these names, which are 

 only synonyms, were given 

 or at least printed, after that 

 of Rupestris du Lot. We 



Fig. 34. Leaf of V. Rupestris du Lot. 



must not omit to state that Sijas was one of the first, if not 

 the first, to isolate, in iSyg, this Rupestris in his vineyard 



Fig- 35- Petiolar Sinus of Rupestris du Lot. 



at Montferrier (Herault). The name Rupestris Monticola 

 is entirely erroneous, as it has never been demonstrated 



