AMPELIDEJa. (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. (&) A flower, showing the obsoletely crenate-margin- 

 ed calyx, the petals, united at tip, and falling from disk, (e) 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 f allmg together. Berry sometimes by abor- 

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



* Petals adherent at apex. Tendril hearers. 



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

 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 fi^ee at apex. Tendrils 0. 



2. V, Orientalis, Lam. 5 Leaves 2-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-seeded — Summer — 

 Hauran ; Antioch to Marash, and northward. 



