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shining, crepe-like struc- 

 ture between the ribs, 

 well folded along the 

 mid-rib, but with mar- 

 gins slightly turning in- 

 wards; light-green yel- 

 low and shining under- 

 face ; ribs transparent 

 and yellow ; teeth in two 

 series, large and acute ; 

 petiolar sinus (Fig. 43) 

 deep large V shape 

 rounded at the base. 

 Petiole light rose 

 colour. 



We will mention 

 amongst other Rupes- 

 tris, as being fairly 

 vigorous, Rupestris 

 No. 50, Rupestris No. 

 66, Rupestris No. 62, 

 Rupestris de Cle- 

 burne, selected and 

 named by Herman 

 Jaeger ; Rupestris 

 Arkansas, Rupestris du Territoire Indien, Rupestris Nos. 64, 

 65, and 75, died of chlorosis at the School of Agriculture, 

 Montpellier, when three years old in the same spot where 

 the Rupestris Mis- 

 sion is always very 

 vigorous. The Ru- 

 pestris Jaeger, Nos. 

 62, 64, 65, 66, 68, 

 are the most fer- 

 tile, but they do \^ y 

 not present, from 

 this point of view, 

 much interest for 

 th 'ne rard Fig 43 ~ petiolar Sinus of Ru P estris of Fortworth. 



(c) Adaptation and Culture. The V. Rupestris occupy, 

 in the United States, a wide area in the south, from the point 

 of junction of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers up to the 

 south of Texas, in a series of soils which principally belong 



Fig. 42. Leaf of Rupestris of Fortworth. 



