AMPBLIDEJB. (VINE FAMILY.) 



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many as the petals, opposite to them. Berry 2-4: celled — 

 Ovary free, with 1-2 anatropous erect ovules in each of the 

 2-4 cells. Style 1 ; stigma capitate. Seeds erect, albuminous, 

 with bony testa. 



Fig. 84. 



(a) Branch of the common Vine, Vitis vinifera, showing leaves 

 and tendrils, (b) A flower, showing the obsoletely crenate-margin- 

 ed calyx, the petals, united at tip, and falling from disk (c) A 

 flower after the falling of the corolla, showing the crenate lobes of 

 the disk between the stamens, and the ovary within. 



VITIS, L. Vine. Karmah. 'Arish. 



Calyx entire or obsoletely toothed. Petals free and soon deciduous, 

 often coherent at apex, and falling together. Berry sometimes by abor- 

 tion l-ccUed, 1-seeded, usually 2-4-seeded. 



* Petals adherent at apex. Tendril hearers. 



1. V, vinifera, L. 5 Common Grape-Vine. Karmah. ^Arish. 

 Leaves round-heart-shaped, 5-lobed, coarsely toothed. Flowers 

 panicled ; petals 5, obovate, much longer than the obsoletely toothed 

 calyx — Summer — Cultivated everywhere in numerous varieties, but 

 no where strictly spontaneous. Its home is between the southern shores 

 of the Caspian Sea and the Taurus. 



* * Petals free at apex. Tendrils 0. 



2. V. Orientalis, Lam. 5 Leaves 3-pinnate, the uppermost 

 sometimes 3-foliolate, leaflets round or wedge-shaped at base, ovate- 

 oblong, coarsely serrate or cut. Flowers dichotomously cymose ; 

 petals 4, hooded, much longer than the obsoletely 4-lobed calyx ; berry 

 as large as a currant, with little juice, black, 4-8eeded — Summer — 

 Hauran ; Antioch to Marash, and northward. 



