154 AMERICAN VINES. 



extremity of the terminal lobe curved underneath; petiolar 

 sinus shallow, widely open ; limb glabrous on both faces, 

 stiff whitish hair on the veins of the under-face, disseminated 

 patches of fluffy hair on the petiole and the veins of the 

 upper-face, upper-face glaucous green, under-face paler green. 

 The Solonis with lobed leaves differs in its three lobed limb, 

 and less acute teeth ; it is not superior in .vigour or facility 

 of adaptation, to the true Solonis type, and its resistance is 

 less. We will also quote, according to Vermorel, the Solonis 

 Feytel which is not of greater value than the Solonis. 



Hutchison. Stump very vigorous, trunk very strong. 

 Canes straight, medium size, grey-cinnamon colour; young 

 shoots purple rose colour, covered with a white woolly to- 

 mentum extending on to the petioles, tendrils, and upper- 

 face of young leaves. Adult leaves, thick, longer than wide, 

 slightly folded along the mid-rib, teeth acuminate, in two 

 series like the Solonis, but the curve being less pronounced 

 at the summit of the lobes ; upper- face greyish-lustrous 

 green with a few patches of araneous hair; under-face light 

 lustrous green, with prominent ribs ; petiolar sinus widely 

 open, V shape. 



Mobeetie. Stump vigorous ; canes long, straight, cylind- 

 rical, dull cinnamon-red colour, with well defined fluting. 

 Leaves (Fig. 79) large, orbicular, as long as wide, entire, the 

 terminal lobe longer, slightly folded along the mid-rib, fairly 

 thick; upper- face glaucous green, lustrous, with disseminated 

 patches of araneous hair; under-face lighter green, lustrous, 

 with numerous stiff hairs on principal and secondary veins; 

 petiole long and slender, with patches of white araneous 

 hair ; petiolar sinus deep, open U shape. 



Doaniana. T. V. Munson discovered and named the 

 Doaniana, in 1887, in the north of Texas (Panhandle), where 

 this vine grows mixed with Candicans hybrids, especially 

 Novo-Mexicana. As he found this vine growing over a con- 

 siderable area and with constant characters, he thought it 

 constituted a species, which he named V. Doaniana. 



The various forms of Doaniana have, it is true, very 

 peculiar and definite characteristics, the habit, for instance, 

 and the character of the leaves recall certain French cepages. 

 When the ampelographic characters of the Doanianas have 

 been carefully studied in detail, one cannot doubt any longer 

 of their hybrid nature ; their relationship with Mustang is 

 ^very positive in the characters of the fruit, the seed and the 



