712 



AMPELIDE,. IV. VITIS. V. LEEA. 



Grape, from the size and form of the fruit, sometimes Musca- 



Round-leaved Vine or Bullet Grape. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1806. Shrub cl. 



f American species not sufficiently known. 



37 V. PALMA'TA (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 42.) leaves cordate, pal- 

 mate, smooth, with lanceolate, cut segments ; umbels racemose. 



\j . w . H. Native of Virginia. Vahl had his specimen from 

 the Paris garden, where it was said to be a native of Virginia, 

 but Mr. Pursh met with nothing answering the description in 

 North America. Sir James Smitli supposes this to be only a 

 variety of Vltis vinifera. 



Palmate-\eaved Vine. Shrub cl. 



38 V. VIRGINIA'NA (Hort. par. ex Poir. diet. 8. p. 608.) 

 leaves ovate-cordate, smooth, profoundly 5-lobed ; lobes un- 

 equally and broadly crenated ; racemes usually simple, fj . w . 

 H. Native of Virginia. 



Virginian Vine. Shrub cl. 



39 V. TiuJEF6i.iA (Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd. in Roam, et 

 Schult. syst. 5. p. 320.) leaves cordate, serrated, hoary beneath. 

 1? . w . S. Native of South America on the banks of the river 

 Magdalena, near Nares. V. I'ndica, H. B. et Kunth. 5. p. 227. 



Lime-tree-leaved Vine. Shrub cl. 



40 V. ACAPULCE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 

 230.) leaves unknown ; tendrils very long, branched ; lower 

 branches cymiferous ; cymes much branched, cloth.ed with rusty 

 wool. Tj . w . S. Native of New Spain near Acapulca. Sta- 

 mens 5. 



Acapulca Vine. Shrub cl. 



Cult. The cultivation of Vltis vinifera, or common grape- 

 vine, is given under its proper species. The American hardy 

 species which bear eatable fruit, require the same treatment. 

 The other hardy species are not worth cultivating ; they will 

 grow in any common soil, and ripe cuttings of them will root 

 freely in earth. The stove species, or those from tropical coun- 

 tries, are not worth cultivating unless in botanic gardens ; they 

 are easily increased by ripened cuttings under a hand-glass in 

 mould. They will grow in any common soil. 



Tribe II. 



LEEA X CE^E (plants agreeing with Leea in important charac- 

 ters). D. C. prod. 1. p. 635. Corolla monopetalous. Stamens 

 alternating with the petals ? usually monadelplious. Fruit and 

 seeds scarcely known. Peduncles not converted into tendrils. 

 The fruit, according to our own observations, is a dry capsule, 

 with 4 to .6 lobes, which are separable, each lobe containing 

 1 seed. 



V. LEE 1 A (in honour of James Lee, founder of the extensive 

 nursery at Hammersmith hamlet, whose grandson is the present 

 proprietor ; author of an introduction to the Linnaean system of 

 botany}. Lin. mant. 124. D. C. prod. 1. p. 635. Aquilicia, 

 Lin. mant. 211. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Pentandria. Calyx 4-5 toothed. 

 Corolla 5-cleft, with revolute segments. Urceolus of stamens 

 5-lobed, with the filaments adnate to the outside between the 

 lobes ; anthers ovate, smooth. Style simple. Capsule 4-6- 

 celled ; cells 1 -seeded, but both cells and seeds are often abor- 

 tive. The seeds, according to Gaertner, are solitary in each cell, 

 erect, with a 5 or 6-lobed cartilaginous albumen, with a terete, 

 acuminated, arched or straight, somewhat excentral embryo, and 

 awl-shaped cotyledons. Radicle inferior. Large, rough shrubs, 

 with cymes of small, greenish or yellowish, insignificant flowers. 

 Leaves pinnate or bipinnate, resembling those of the Elder. 



Leaves bi or tripinnatc. 



FIG. 118. 



1 L. SAMBU'CINA (Willd. spec. 

 1. p. 1177.) stem furrowed, angu- 

 lar ; leaves somewhat bipinnate ; 

 leaflets ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 serrated. T? . S. Native of the East 

 Indies and the Mauritian Islands, 

 where it is called Bois de source. 

 Aquilicia sambucina, Lin. mant. 

 211. Cav.diss. 7. t. 218. Rheedt 

 mal. 2. p. 43. t. 26. Rumph. 

 amb. 4. t. 45. Leaves from simple 

 to decompound. Flowers small, 

 yellow, in terminal, supra-decom- 

 pound, trichotomous corymbs. 

 Berries round, pulpy, smooth, glau- 

 cous, black, size of a marrow-fat 

 pea, 6-seeded, when dry torose. 

 (f.118.) 



Elder-leaved. Leea. Fl. Oct. Jan. Clt. 1790. Shrub 8 ft. 



2 L. KOBU'STA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 468.) stem jointed, pubes- 

 cent ; leaves bi and tripinnate, with ovate-lanceolate, serrated, 

 cuspidate leaflets ; urceolus of stamens rather globose, white. 



?2 . S. Native of the East Indies in the Northern Circars. Stem 

 flexuous. Leaves from 1 to 3 feet long, but usually greater in 

 breadth ; lateral leaflets with a broad cordate base, hairy be- 

 neath. Cymes supra-decompound, villous. Flowers numerous, 

 small, green. Berries much flattened, size of a small cherry, 

 smooth, black, and rather succulent, 6-lobed, 6-celled. 

 Robust Leea. Fl. Nov. Dec. Clt. 1823. Shrub 6 feet. 



3 L. STAPHY'LEA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 471.) leaves compound 

 or supra-decompound, with linear-oblong, finely taper-pointed, 

 serrated, smooth leaflets ; cymes loose. Jj . S. Native of the 

 East Indies. Aquilicia Otillis, Otillis Zeylanica, Gasrt. fruct. 1. 

 p. 275. t. 57. Staphylea? I'ndica, Burm. ind. 75. t. 24. f. 

 2. Leaflets 4-7 inches long, and from 2-3 broad. Stipulas 

 large. Calyx 5-toothed. Flowers small, greenish-white, very 

 numerous. Urceolus of stamens a yellow, 5-cleft, fleshy ring. 

 Berries dry, size of a small cherry, flattened, 5-6-grooved, 5-6- 

 celled, with a single seed in each cell. Branches flexuous. 



Staphylea-\\ke Leea. Shrub 10 feet. 



4 L. INTEGRIFOLIA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 427.) somewhat ar- 

 boreous ; leaves supra-decompound, with lanceolate, entire, 

 acuminated leaflets ; corymbs supra-decompound. T? . S. Native 

 of the East Indies, in moist valleys among the Circar mountains. 

 Leaves about 2-| feet long, with the lower, two pairs of pinnae 

 always bipinnate, as in the last Species. Flowers greenish- 

 white. Urceolus of stamens of 5 emarginate scales. Capsule 

 usually 6-seeded. 



Entire-leaved Leea. Shrub 8 feet. 



5 L. RUBRA (Blum, bijdr. 4th number,) stem round, fur- 

 rowed ; leaves bipinnate, rough on the veins beneath, with ovate- 

 lanceolate, bluntly-serrated leaflets, lower ones ternate ; corymbs 

 decompound. Ij . S. Native of Java. Berries red. 



Red Leea. Shrub 8 feet. 



6 L. JAVA'NICA (Blum, bijdr. 1. c.) stem round, dotted, 

 rough ; leaves bipinnate, smooth, with sharply-serrated leaflets ; 

 corymbs decompound. Tj . S. Native of Java. 



Java Leea. Shrub. 



7 L. GUINEE'NSE ; leaves pinnate, lower pair ternate ; leaflets 

 broad-lanceolate, acuminated, serrated ; corymbs axillary, twin ; 

 fruit 4-celled, 4-seeded. Tj . w . S. Native of Guinea, (v. s. in 

 herb. Lamb.) 



Guinea Leea. Shrub straggling. 



