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Rupestris Martin. Form named by Couderc. The best 

 of all Rupestris, in our opinion, for dry, pebbly, non-cal- 

 careous and clay -siliceous soils, and also one of the grafting- 

 stocks having the highest resistance to phylloxera. 



Fig. 38. Leaf of Rupestris Martin. 



Stump vigorous, trunk large; young shoots vinous red, 

 and shining; secondary ramifications fairly numerous; canes 

 large, sinuous, of a dark chestnut, dull; internodes rather 

 short. Leaves (Fig. 38) medium, as wide as long, folded 

 along the mid-rib, goffered, 

 structure at the centre, the 

 margins undulating, dull 

 glaucous green on the upper- 

 face, lighter green a little 

 shining under-face ; petiolar 



sinUS (Fig. 39) wide V Shape; Fig- 39. Petiolar Sinus of Rupestris 



two series of large teeth; ribs 



vinous red at their insertion at the upper-face, with rather 



long hairs at the angles formed by their insertion. Petiole 



short and slender, of a dirty vinous red near the cane, groove 



wide. 



