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vigour of these forms, studied in a collection planted in 

 clayey-calcareous soil at the School of Agriculture, Mont- 

 pellier, the vines being of the same age : 



Solonis 



Solonis with lobed leaves 



Hutchison 



Mobeetie 



Doaniana 



Vigour. 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 17 

 12 



Resistance. 



14 

 , 13 



15 



16 



12 



Solonis. Stump vigorous, habit spreading, trunk strong. 

 Canes long cylindrical, with patches of whitish hair, light- 

 brownish grey when lignified. Leaves (Fig. 78) medium, 



Fig. 78. Leaf of Solonis. 



entire, teeth acute, in two series ; the longer ones indicating 

 the lobes ; those of the two inferior lobes converging towards 

 the axis of the leaf, which is folded along the mid-rib, the 



