VITIS 671 



V. HETEROPHYLLA, Thunberg. 

 (Bot. Mag. (as van humuli folia), t. 5682 ; Ampelopsis heterophylla, Siebold.} 



A luxuriant, deciduous climber, with the shoots and leaf-stalks reddish, 

 smooth, or only slightly downy when quite young. Leaves extremely variable 

 in shape; sometimes broadly heart-shaped and not lobed at all, sometimes 

 slightly three-lobed, sometimes deeply three- or five-lobed, several shapes 

 to be seen on the same shoot; 2 to 4 ins. long and wide; the lobes and apex 

 slenderly pointed, the base straight or more or less heart-shaped; margins 

 sharply toothed; dark green above, pale bright green beneath, with a slight 

 pubescence at first on the veins; stalk from half to nearly as long as the blade. 

 Flowers in small cymose clusters, each cluster terminating a division of the 

 forked inflorescence. Berries porcelain blue, dotted with black, ^ in. across. 



Native of China, Japan, and Corea; introduced about 1860. Several 

 attempts have been made to distinguish by name the various forms of this 

 vine, but the leaves are so extremely variable, even on the same plant, that 

 it seems best to keep to the name heterophylla. The great beauty of this 

 vine is in its blue fruits, and these are only produced where the plant is 

 fully exposed to the sun. The best results are obtained by planting it 

 against a south wall, where it has a rather restricted root run. It is most 

 nearly allied to V. indivisa, but that never has distinctly lobed leaves 

 (see also brevipedunculata). 



Var. ELEGANS, Regel (V. heterophylla var. variegata). Leaves handsomely 

 splashed with pink and white, and the young shoots pink. It is too delicate 

 to thrive away from a wall. 



The climber known in gardens as V. citrulloides, with very deeply five- 

 lobed leaves, which seem constant, may belong to heterophylla. 



V. HIMALAYANA, Brandts. 

 (Psedera himalayana, C. K 9 Schneider?) 



A vigorous deciduous climber, with semi- woody, smooth young stems; 

 the tendrils terminated by clinging disks. Leaves composed of three leaflets, 

 each shortly stalked and borne at the end of a slender, common stalk 

 2 to 5 ins. long. Central leaflet ovate, oval or obovate; the side ones very 

 obliquely ovate (two or three times as much blade on one side of the midrib 

 as on the other), and often somewhat heart-shaped at the base on one side 

 only. They are all abruptly tapered at the apex, toothed; dark green and 

 smooth above, paler, slightly glaucous beneath, with a few short hairs on 

 the midrib only; 2 to 6 ins. long, \\ to 4 ins. wide. Fruit globose, \ in. 

 wide, in loose clusters several times forked. 



Native of the Himalaya up to n,oooft. It is a rather tender species, 

 and only thrives well on a wall. Its leaves change to rich red in autumn. 



V. SEMICORDATA, Waltich, is perhaps not specifically distinct from 

 himalayana, but it has smaller leaves and its young shoots and under- 

 surface of leaves are bristly. It may be a form from higher altitudes, as 

 plants raised at Kew from seed sent by the Calcutta Botanic Garden seem 

 to be hardier than V. himalayana. 



V. 1NCONSTANS, Miquel. 



(Ampelopsis Veitchii of gardens ; Parthenocissus tricuspidata, Planchon, 

 Bot. Mag., t. 8287.) 



A' lofty deciduous climber reaching the tops of trees over 60 ft. high; 

 young shoots smooth, attaching themselves to their supports by means of 



