VITIS 



Var. Helleri, Bailey. Lvs. more circular (i. e., lacking 

 the long point), and the teeth round-obtuse and ending 

 in a short mucro. Kerr count}', S. Texas, 1,600 to 2.000 

 feet. 



go. Young shoot.? angled, and covered the first i/rar 

 ivtth tomentum or wool. 



15. Baileyana, Munson ( V. Virginiana, Munson, not 

 Lam.). 'Possum Grape. Less vigorous climber than 

 V. oordifolia, rather slender, with short internodes and 

 very many short side shoots: lvs. frequently smaller, 

 the larger ones shortly but distinctly 3-Iobed (lobes 

 mostly pointed and much spreading), bright green 

 but not shining above, gray below and pubescent at 



VITIS 



1953 



2700. Vitis California ( X i 



•-fifth). 



maturity only on the veins, the point only rarely pro- 

 longed and often muticous, the teeth comparatively 

 small and notch-like and not prominently acute, sinus 

 more open; petioles shorter and often pubescent; floral 

 organs very small, the stamens reflexed in the fertile 

 fls. : pedicels short, making the bunch very compact: 

 berries about the size of V. cordifolia, black and nearly 

 or quite bloomless, late: seed small and notched on top. 

 Mountain valleys, 800 to 3,000 ft. altitude, southwestern 

 Va. and adjacent W. Va. and W. N. C, Tenn. and N. 

 Ga. ; also at common levels in the uplands of west-cen- 

 tral Ga. — The eastern counterpart of t\ Berlandieri. 



16. Berlandieri, Planch. Mountain, Spanish, Fall 

 or Winter Grape. Fig. 2699. A stocky, moderately 

 climbing vine, with mostly short internodes and rather 

 thick diaphragms: lvs. medium large, broadly cordate- 

 ovate or cordate-orbicular (frequently as broad as long), 

 glabrous and glossy above, covered at first with gray 

 pubescence below but becoming glabrous and even 

 glossy except on the veins, the sinus mostly inverted- 

 U-shaped in outline but often acute at the point of in- 

 sertion of the petiole, the margin distinctly angled above 

 or shortly 3-lobed and marked by rather large, open, 

 notch-like acute teeth of varying size, the apex mostly 

 pronounced and triangular-pointed: stamens long and as- 

 cending in the sterile fls., laterally recurved in the fertile 

 ones: clusters compact and compound, mostly strongly 

 shouldered, bearing numerous medium to small (Jain. 

 or less in diam.), purple and slightly glaucous very late 

 berries which are juicy and pleasant-tasted: seed (fre- 

 quently only 1) medium to small. Limestone soils along 

 streams and hills, S. W. Texas and Mex. — Well marked 

 by the gray-veined under surface of the leaves. 



17. cinerea, Engelm. Sweet Winter Grape. Fig. 

 2699. Climbing high, with medium to long internodes 

 and thick and strong diaphragms: lvs. large, broadly 

 cordate-ovate to triangular-cordate-ovate (generally 

 longer than broad), the sinus mostly wide and obtuse, 



the margin small-notched (teeth much smaller than in 

 V. Belandieri) or sometimes almost entire, mostly dis- 

 tinctly and divaricately 3-angled or shortly 3-lobed 

 towards the apex, the triangular apex large and promi- 

 nent, the upper surface cobwebby when young but be- 

 coming dull dark green (not glossy), the under surface 

 remaining ash-gray or dun-gray, webby-pubescent: sta- 

 mens in sterile fls. long, slender and ascending, in the 

 fertile ones short and laterally recurved: cluster mostly 

 loose and often straggling, containing many small black 

 berries, these only slightly, if at all glaucous, ripening 

 very late, and after frost becoming sweet and pleasant: 

 seeds small to medium. Along streams, mostly in limy 

 soils, central 111. to Kans. and Texas; also N. Fla. ; also 

 in Mex. — Readily distinguished 

 from V. aestivalis by the triangu- 

 lar-topped sharply 3-lobed ash- 

 gray lvs. and the gray tomentum 

 of the young growth. 



Var. Floridana, Munson. Grow- 

 ing tips rusty-tomentose, as are 

 sometimes the veins on the under 

 sides of the leaves: cluster longer- 

 peduncled and more compound. 

 Manatee co. , Fla. ; and apparently 

 also in Ark.; possibly a com- 

 pound with V. aestivalis, but the 

 lvs. have the characteristic shape 

 of V. cinerea. Not to be confounded with any form of 

 V. Caribaa, because of the lobed triangular-topped lvs. 

 and much larger teeth. 



Var. canescens, Bailey. A form with rounded or heart- 

 like lvs., the upper half of the leaf lacking the triangu- 

 lar and 3-lobed shape of the type. St. Louis, Mo., and 

 S. 111. to Texas. 

 FP. Plant scarcely climbing, the tendrils perishing 

 when failing to find support. 



18. Arizdnica, Engelm. [V. Arizone~nsis, Parry). 

 Canon Grape. Plant weak, much branched, with short 

 internodes and thick diaphragms, branchlets angled: 

 lvs. mostly small, cordate-ovate and with a prominent 

 triangular-pointed apex, the sinus broad or the base of 

 the blade even truncate, the teeth many and small and 

 pointed or mucronate, the margin either continuous or 

 very indistinctly 3-lobed (or sometimes prominently 

 lobed on young growths), the leaves and shoots white- 

 woolly when young, but becoming nearly glabrous with 

 age: stamens ascending in sterile fls. and recurved in 

 the fertile ones: bunches small and compound, not 

 greatly, if at all, exceeding the lvs., bearing 20 to 40 

 small black berries of pleasant taste: seeds 2 to 3, me- 

 dium size. Along river banks, W. Texas to New Mex. 

 and Ariz., mostly south of the 35th parallel, to S. E. 

 Calif, and northern Mex. 



Var. glabra, Munson. Plant glabrous, with glossy and 

 mostly thinner and larger lvs. In mountain gulches, 

 with the species and ranging northwards into S. Utah. 

 Distinguished from V. monticola by its triangular- 

 pointed and small-toothed lvs. Probably a form of V. 

 Treleasi. 

 EEE. Orbicular-scallop-lvd. species of the Pacific coast. 



19. Calif6rnica, Benth. Fig. 2700. A vigorous species, 

 tall-climbing upon trees but making bushy clumps 

 when not finding support, the nodes large and dia- 

 phragms rather thin: lvs. mostly round-reniform (the 

 broader ones the shape of a horse's hoof-print), rather 

 thin, either glabrous and glossy or (more commonly) 

 cottony-canescent until half grown and usually remain- 

 ing plainly pubescent below, the sinus ranging from 

 very narrow and deep to broad and open, the margins 

 varying (on the same vine) from finely blunt-toothed to 

 coarsely scallop-toothed (the latter a characteristic 

 feature), the upper portion of the blade either perfectly 



. continuous and rounded or sometimes indistinctly 

 3-lobed and terminating in a very short apex: bunches 

 medium, mostly long-peduncled and forked, the numer- 

 ous small berries glaucous-white, seedy and dry but of 

 fair flavor: seed large (M to 5-16 in. long), prominently 

 pyriform. Along streams in central and N. Calif, and 

 S .Ore. — Lvs. becoming handsomely colored and mottled 

 in fall. 



