676 VITIS 



lobed, but with the marginal teeth large, irregular, triangular; upper surface 

 glossy dark green, smooth; the lower one yellowish green, also glossy, with 

 down in the vein-axils and sometimes on the veins; stalk usually shorter 

 than the blade. Berries roundish, f to I in. diameter, dull purple without 

 bloom, skin thick and tough; flavour musky. 



Native of the southern United States; sometimes wrongly named "V. 

 vulpina." Nearly allied to it is Munson's grape (V. MUNSONIANA, Simpson), 

 which has smaller fruits with a tender skin and acid flesh; it has been in 

 cultivation, but is not very hardy, coming from Florida. These two species 

 are distinguished from all the grape vines by the pith running uninterrupted 

 through the joints of the stem, and by the non-shredding bark and unforked 

 tendrils. 



V. RUPESTRIS, Scheele. SAND or SUGAR GRAPE. 



A deciduous bush up to 6 or 7 ft. high, usually without tendrils; young 

 shoots smooth or nearly so. Leaves kidney-shaped or broadly heart-shaped; 

 2 to 4^ ins. wide, scarcely so long; abruptly and slenderly pointed; coarsely, 

 irregularly, and -sharply toothed, but not or only slightly lobed; glossy, 

 bluish green on both surfaces ^and smooth, except that the veins beneath 

 are sometimes downy; stalk rather shorter than the blade. Berries roundish, 

 about \ in. wide, purple-black with a slight bloom, agreeably flavoured. 



Native of the south-eastern United States. Interesting as a bushy, not 

 climbing vine. 



V. SINENSIS, Veitch. 

 (Parthenocissus sinensis, Diels ; Psedera sinensis, C. K. Schneider?) 



A vigorous, deciduous handsome climber, with rarely branching tendrils, 

 young shoots at first flossy, then smooth. Leaves very variable, 3 to 6 ins. 

 long, 2j to 5 ins. wide; three-lobed with a heart-shaped base, or composed 

 of three or five taper-based leaflets, the middle one of which is stalked and 

 oval or obovate, the side ones or at least the lower pair obliquely ovate and 

 stalkless. The merely lobed leaves differ much in the depth of the lobes, 

 which are sometimes little more than large triangular teeth, but showing 

 every intermediate condition between that and the tri- or quinque-foliolate 

 ones. The margins are sharply toothed, the upper surface dark green, 

 downy on the veins, the lower surface more or less brown-felted; stalks 

 purplish, half to two-thirds as long as the blade. Fruit black-purple, in. 

 wide, in slender, sometimes forked branches 4 or 5 ins. long. 



Native of Central China; discovered by Henry, and introduced in 1900 

 by Wilson. It has remarkably variable leaves, resembling in that respect 

 V. Pagnucci; but that species is a "true" Vitis with peeling bark, whilst 

 this is one of the close-barked species. 



V. STRIATA, Baker. 



(Ampelopsis sempervirens, Hort. ; Cissus striata, Ruiz and Pawn.") 



An evergreen climber ; young stems slender, angled, hairy and very 

 leafy ; tendrils thread-like. Leaves i^ to 3 ins. across, composed of five 

 scarcely stalked leaflets, radiating from the end of a common stalk f to 

 i^ ins. long. Leaflets obovate or oblanceolate, to i| ins. long, to f in. 

 wide; tapered at the base, coarsely toothed towards the apex, each tootb 

 tipped abruptly with a short gland; dark glossy green and smooth on both 

 surfaces. Flowers green, produced in small cymes. Fruits about the size 

 and shape of small red currants, but of a reddish purple colour. 



