668 VITIS 



V. BREVIPEDUNCULATA, Dippel. 

 (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata, ICoehne.) 



A vigorous climber, with roughly hairy young shoots. Leaves distinctly 

 three-, rarely five-lobed, the side lobes spreading and pointed; heart-shaped 

 at the base ; 2 to 6 ins. long and wide, coarsely toothed, the teeth rounded, 

 but ending in a minute abrupt point (mucro); dark green above with 

 scattered short hairs at first; bristly hairy beneath; stalk from three-fourths 

 to as long as the blade, very hairy, especially at first. Inflorescence hairy, 

 once or twice forked, each fork terminated by a cymose flower-cluster. 

 Fruit J to ^ in. across, amethyst blue. 



Native of Japan and of the region of the Amur and Ussuri rivers; 

 cultivated for the last forty years in gardens under various names, such as 

 V. amurensis, Regeliana, heterophylla var. cordata. It is certainly closely 

 allied to V. heterophylla, but is well distinguished by its bristly hairy young 

 shoots, etc., and less angular teeth. One of the true Ampelopsis. 



V. CALIFORNICA, Bentham. CALIFORNIAN GRAPE. 



A deciduous climber, reaching 20 to 30 ft. in height, the young shoots 

 covered at first with grey cobwebby down, nearly smooth later. Leaves 

 roundish cordate or kidney-shaped, occasionally three-lobed; 2 to 4 ins. 

 wide, and about as long; rounded at the apex, the sinus at the base wide 

 and rounded; the margins set with fairly even, broadly triangular teeth, 

 scarcely \ in. deep; upper surface smooth, lower one usually grey with down; 

 stalk i to 2 ins. long, grey downy like the young shoot. Berry \ in. in 

 diameter, black, covered with purple bloom. 



Native of California. This is a very well-marked vine in the round- 

 ended, shallowly and evenly toothed leaves. It has no value, even in its 

 own home, as a fruit-bearer, but is certainly very handsome in autumn, its 

 leaves turning a deep crimson before they fall. 



V. CANDICANS, Engelmann. MUSTANG GRAPE. 



A vigorous deciduous climber, shoots covered with a dense white wool, 

 a thick disk interrupting the pith at the joints. Leaves 2 to 4^ ins. wide, 

 broadly heart-shaped to kidney-shaped, sometimes entire or with only a 

 wavy outline, sometimes obscurely three-lobed; on young plants or strong 

 sucker shoots the leaves are sometimes deeply three-, five-, or seven-lobed, 

 but even then scarcely or very shallowly toothed. On first expanding the 

 upper surface is woolly, but the wool soon falls away, leaving it a dull, dark 

 green, whilst the under-surface remains covered with a thick white felt. 

 The stalk is one-fourth to half as long as the blade, and white-woolly. 

 Berries globose, about in. wide, purplish, and unpleasantly flavoured. 



Native of Texas, often found on limestone. It is one of the most distinct 

 of American grape-vines in the broad, almost entire leaves and vivid white 

 wool beneath, suggesting a white poplar leaf. It is quite hardy at Kew. 

 Allied to it, and perhaps a hybrid from it, is 



V. DOANIANA, Munson. Doan's Grape. The leaves of this vine, however, 

 are always three-lobed and coarsely toothed, and the upper surface is bluish 

 green strewn with patches of white wool. The young shoots and leaves are 

 quite white all over at first, and much of the wool persists beneath. It was 

 found wild in Texas and New Mexico; introduced to Kew in 1892 and quite 

 hardy there. 



