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AMPELIDE-iE. I. Cissus. II. PTERISANTHES. III. AMPELOPSIS. 



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Leaves pinnate or bipinnate, ruilh opposite leaflets. 



95 C. PINNA'TA (Russ. besch. alep. ex Roem. et Schult. syst. 

 3. p. 317.) leaves pinnate and trifoliate, smooth, membrana- 

 ceous, with ovate, cut leaflets. ^ ? w . S. Native of Aleppo. 



Pmnate-leaved Cissus. Shrub cl. 



96 C. OBLIQUA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 65. t. 101. f. 6.) 

 leaves pinnate, pubescent, with 2 or 3 oblique, cordate leaflets. 

 T? 1 w . S. Native of Peru. 



OMi^ue-leafletted Cissus. Shrub cl. 



97 C. MA'PPIA (Lam. ill. no. 1631.) leaves somewhat bi- 

 pinnate, smooth, rather fleshy ; leaflets ovate, quite entire. Tj . 

 ^. S. Native of the Isle of France, where it is called Mappia, 



Mappia Cissus. Shrub cl. 



98 C. ORIENTALIS (Lam. ill. p. 332. t. 84. f. 2.) leaves bi- 

 pinnate, smooth ; leaflets ovate, serrated. T? . w . S. Native 

 of the Levant. 



Eastern Cissus. Shrub cl. 



99 C. CONNI'VENS (Lam. ill. no. 1630.) leaves somewhat bi- 

 pinnate, smooth ; leaflets ovate, bluntish, a little toothed ; petals 

 conniving. Tj . w . S. Native of Madagascar. Differing from 

 C. orientalis, in having smaller and fewer leaflets. 



Conniving-petalled Cissus. Shrub cl. 



Cult. Cissus is a climbing genus of plants, hardly distin- 

 guishable from Vitis. They are hardly worth cultivating, ex- 

 cept in general collections ; they will grow freely in any light 

 soil, and cuttings will root readily under hand-glasses ; those of 

 the stove species should be placed in a moist heat. 



H. PTERISA'NTHES (from Tn-tpov, pteron, a wing, and 

 avOos, anthos, a flower ; winged.perigone). Blum, bijdr. no. 4. 



LIN. SYST. Polygamia, Dioecia. Perigone leafy, lobately- 

 vvinged, coriaceous, deformed. Flowers polygamous, marginal 

 ones male, pedicellate, hermaphrodite ones in the disk sessile. 

 Male flowers with an urceolate, entire calyx, 4 rhomboid, erect- 

 ish petals, 4 stamens which are opposite the petals, and with a 

 tumid disk in the centre. Hermaphrodite flowers, with a short 

 entire calyx, spreading petals, and with the stamens as in the 

 male. Ovary immersed in the disk, crowned by a sessile, 

 bluntish stigma. Berries obovate, 1 rarely 2 -seeded. Seeds 

 gibbous on the back, compressed on the other side, and with a 

 longitudinal furrow. Albumen cartilaginous, 2-lobed. Embryo 

 straight. 



1 P. INVOLUCRA'TA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves digitate; leaflets 

 oblong, acuminated, repandly-toothed ; flowers disposed in in- 

 volucrated fascicles, outer ones on pedicels, inner ones sessile. 

 f? . w . S. Native of Java. Cissus involucrata, Spreng. syst. 

 append, p. 44. 



Involucrated- flowered Pterisanthes. Shrub cl. 



Cult. Any light soil will suit this shrub, and cuttings will 

 root readily under a hand-glass, in heat. Not worth cultivating 

 unless in general collections. 



III. AMPELO'PSIS (from a^TreXoj, ampelos, a vine, and 

 o>//ic, opsis, resemblance ; resembling the vine in every respect). 

 Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 159. D. C. prod. 1. p. 632. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx almost entire. 

 Petals 5 (as in Vitis) but separating from each other from the 

 apex to the bottom (as in Cissus). Stamens 5. Style 1 , crowned 

 by a capitate stigma. Ovary not immersed in the disk, 2-4- 

 seeded (Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 222.). This is an inter- 

 mediate genus between Cissus and Vitis. 



* Leaves simple. 



1 A. CORDA'TA (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 159.) leaves cor- 

 date, acute, toothed, somewhat 3-lobed ; nerves villous beneath ; 



racemes doubly bifid. Tj . w . H. Native of North America 

 from Pennsylvania to Carolina on river sides and among hedges. 

 Cissus ampelopsis, Pers. ench. 1. p. 142. Vitis indivisa, Willd. 

 baumz. 538. Flowers reddish. Berries pale-red. 



Corrfrtte-leaved Ampelopsis. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1803. 

 Shrub cl. 



2 A. BOTRIA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 633.) leaves cordate, cre- 

 nated, 3-5-lobed, downy ; racemes subdivided. Tj . w . S. Na- 

 tive of the eastern coast of Africa on the shores of Zanquebar. 

 Botria Africana, Lour. coch. 154. Flowers reddish. Berries 

 black and eatable. 



Grape Ampelopsis. Shrub cl. 



* Leaves palmate, with 3 or 5 leaflets. 



3 A. HETEROPHY'LLA (Blum, bijdr. 4th number,) leaves simple 

 or ternate, cordate, crenate-serrated, smooth ; corymbs dichoto- 

 mous. Fj.^.S. Native of Java. Vitis Javanica, Spreng. syst. 

 app. p. 90. 



Variable-leaved Ampelopsis. Shrub cl. 



4 A. HEDERA'CEA (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 160.) leaves 

 palmate, with 3 and 5 leaflets, smooth on both surfaces ; leaflets 

 stalked, oblong-acuminated, mucronately toothed ; racemes co- 

 rymbose, dichotomous. Tj . w . H. Native of North America 

 from Pennsylvania to Carolina on the Alleghany mountains. 

 Hedera quinquefolia, Lin. spec. 292. Vitis quinquefolia, Lam. 

 ill. no. 2815. Cissus hederacea, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 

 170. Vitis hederacea, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1182, Corn. can. t. 

 100. Stems climbing and rooting. Flowers greenish-purple. 

 Fruit small, black. This shrub is used for covering walls like 

 ivy. The leaves turn red in autumn. 



Five-leaved Ivy, Virginian Creeper, or Ivy-like Ampelopsis. 

 Fl. June, July. Clt. 1629. Shrub cl. 



5 A. HIRSI/TA (Donn, hort. cant. 166.) leaves palmate, with 

 3 or 5 ovate, acuminated, coarsely toothed leaflets, which are 

 pubescent on both surfaces. Tj . w . H. Native of the Alleghany 

 mountains. Cissus hederacea, var. ft, hirsuta, Pursh, fl. amer. 

 sept. 1. p. 170. 



Hairy Ampelopsis. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1806. Shrub cl. 



6 A. CAPREOLA'TA (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 188. under 

 Vitis') leaflets 5, elliptical, acuminated, bristly-toothed, coria- 

 ceous, pubescent beneath ; umbels axillary, 4-rayed, shorter 

 than the leaves, fj . w . H. Native of Nipaul. Resembles A. 

 hederacea, but is one half smaller. Flowers axillary, umbellate. 



Climbing Ampelopsis. Shrub cl. 



7 A.? TERNA'TA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 683.) leaves trifoliate, 

 clothed with cinereous down beneath ; leaflets oblong-oval, mu- 

 cronate, doubly serrated, lateral ones oblique ; stems and ten- 

 drils downy. J? . w . S. Native of the East Indies. Vitis 

 ternata, Roth, in Roem. and Schult. syst. 5. p. 319. 



Ternate-leaved Ampelopsis. Shrub cl. 



* Leaves pinnate or bipinnate. 



8 A. PINNA'TA (Roem. et Schult. syst. 3. p. 322.) leaves pin- 

 nate, smooth, with 5 toothed leaflets. ^ . w . S. Native ? 

 Vitis pinnata, Vahl. symb. 3. p. 43. Branches purplish. Flowers 

 small. 



Pinnate-leaved Ampelopsis. Shrub cl. 



9 A. BIPINNA'TA (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 160.) leaves bi- 

 pinnate, smooth ; leaflets deeply lobed ; racemes stalked, twice 

 bifid. ^ . H. Native of Virginia and Carolina, in shady woods 

 on river sides. Vitis arborea, Willd. spec. 1. p. 1183. Cissus 

 stans, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 170. Pluk. mant. t. 412. 

 f. 2. Stem upright. Flowers small, green. Berries globose, 

 cream-coloured. 



J3ipinnate-\ea.ved Ampelopsis. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1700. 

 Shrub 10 feet. 



