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VITIS 



VITIS 



by hybridization. Probably to be associated botani- 

 cally with F. vinifera. 



29. Linsecomii, Buckl. (V. diversifolia, Prince. F. 

 sestivalis var. Lincecumii, Munson). POST-OAK. PINE- 

 WOOD, or TURKEY GRAPE. More stocky than F. sesti- 

 valis, climbing high upon trees but forming a bushy 

 clump when not finding support : Ivs. densely tomentose 

 or velvety below: berries large (J^-Min- diam.), black 

 and glaucous, mostly palatable; seeds mostly much 

 larger than in F. sestivalis (often %in. long). High 

 post-oak (Quercus stellata) lands, S. W. Mo. to Texas 

 and E. La. Munson distinguishes it from F. sestivalis 

 by larger berries and seeds, larger Ivs. which are bluish 

 in the var. glauca, greater endurance of drought. A 

 promising species for the pomologist. It bears the name 

 of Dr. Gideon Lincecum, and is often written F. Lin- 

 cecumii, but if such original spellings as Wisteria, Zan- 

 thoriza, Gleditsia, Stewartia and many others are to be 

 retained, consistency requires that we hold to Buckley's 

 original spelling, F. Linsecomii. 



Var. glauca, Munson (F. sestivalis var. glauca, 

 Bailey). Lvs. and mature wood glaucous-blue on the 

 body beneath, but the veins rusty: berries and seeds 

 larger. S. W. Mo. to N. Texas. Much like F. bicolor, 

 but Ivs. thicker and more pubescent below, and tips 

 of shoots rusty-tomentose: berries larger and the clus- 

 ters strongly shouldered. 



30. candicans, Engelm. (F. mustang ensis, Buckl.). 

 MUSTANG GRAPE. Plant strong and high-climbing, 

 with densely woolly young growth (which is generally 

 rusty-tipped), and very thick diaphragms: Ivs. medium 

 in size and more or less poplar-like, ranging from reni- 

 form-ovate to cordate-ovate or triangular-ovate, dull 

 above but very densely white-tomentose below and on 

 the petioles, the basal sinus very broad and open or 

 usually none whatever (the base of the If. then nearly 

 truncate), deeply 5-7-lobed (with enlarging rounded 

 sinuses) on the strong shoots and more or less indis- 

 tinctly lobed or only angled on the normal growths, the 

 margins wavy or sinuate-toothed: stamens in the sterile 

 fls. long and strong, those in the fertile fls. very short 

 and laterally reflexed: clus- 

 ter small, mostly branched, 



bearing 12-20 large (%in. 

 or less diam.) purple or 

 light-colored or even whi- 

 tish berries, which have a 

 thick skin and a very dis- 

 agreeable fiery flavor; seeds 

 large, pyriform. W. Ark., 

 Okla., N. Texas, mostly on 

 limestone soils. 



Var. coriacea, Bailey (F. 

 coriacea, Shuttlew.). 

 LEATHER - LEAF or CAL- 

 LOOSA GRAPE. Fig. 3965. 

 Differs from the species 



chiefly in bearing much smaller (about Hin. diam.) 

 thinner-skinned and more edible grapes with mostly 

 smaller seeds, and perhaps a less tendency to very deep 

 lobing in the Ivs. on young shoots and possibly rather 

 more marked rustiness on the young growths. Fla. 

 chiefly southward, in which range various Texan plants 

 reappear. The more agreeable quality of the fr. is per- 

 haps the result of a more equable and moister climate. 



31. Simpsonii, Munson. Distinguished by mostly 

 much-cut Ivs. on the young shoots and comparatively 

 thin, large, and large-toothed ones on the main shoots, 

 rusty white tomentum below and very prominently 

 brown-tomentose young growths the character of the 

 Ivs. and tomentum varying widely, the foliage some- 

 times becoming almost blue-green below. Fla. This 

 is perhaps a hybrid of F. sestivalis and F. candicans var. 

 coriacea. Some forms of it are very like F. Labrusca, 

 and might be mistaken for that species. Its botanical 

 position is yet to be determined. 



32. Labrusca, Linn. (F. Bldndii, Prince). Fox 

 GRAPE. SKUNK GRAPE. Fig. 1705, Vol. III. A strong 

 vine, climbing high on thickets and trees: young shoots 

 tawny or fuscous, with much scurfy down: Ivs. large 

 and thick, strongly veined (especially beneath), broadly 

 cordate-ovate, mostly obscurely 3-lobed toward the 

 top (on strong growths the sinuses sometimes extend- 

 ing a third or even half the depth of the blade, and 

 rounded and edentate at the bottom) or sometimes 

 nearly continuous in outline and almost deltoid-ovate, 

 the petiolar sinus mostly shallow and very open (rang- 

 ing to narrow and half or more the length of the 

 petiole), the margins shallowly scallop-toothed with 

 mucro- pointed teeth (or sometimes almost entire), 

 and the apex and lobes acute, the upper surface dull 

 green and becoming glabrous but the lower surface 

 densely covered with a tawny white, dun-colored or 

 red-brown tomentum: stamens long and erect in the 

 sterile fls. and (in wild forms) short and recurved in 

 the fertile ones: raceme short (berries usually less than 

 20 in wild types), generally simple or very nearly so, 

 in anthesis about the length of the peduncle: berries 

 large and nearly spherical, ranging from purple-black 

 (the common color) to red-brown and amber-green, 

 generally falling from the pedicel when ripe, variable 

 in taste but mostly sweetish musky and sometimes 

 slightly astringent, the skin thick and tough; seeds 

 very large and thick. Cent. New England and south-- 

 ward in the Alleghany region and highlands to W. 

 Cent. Ga. Not known to occur west of E. N. Y. in the 

 N., but occurs in S. Ind. and Term. The parent of 

 the greater part of American cult, grapes (probably 

 largely through hybridization). It is often confounded 

 with F. sestivalis in the S., from which it is distinguished 

 by the habitually continuous tendrils, the more felt- 

 like Ivs. which are not floccose, and especially by the 

 small-toothed Ivs., very short clusters, and large ber- 

 ries and seeds. 



33. Piasezkii, _ Maxim. (AmpeUpsis Davidiana, 

 Mott.). A species with variable foliage: direcious: 

 young branches, petioles, and under surface of Ivs. 



3965. Vitis candicans var. coriacea. ( X Yd 



rufous-pubescent: Ivs. membranaceous, ternate; Ifts. 

 petiolulate, the central one rhomboid and more or less 

 lobed and acuminate, the lateral ones obliquely ovate 

 and acute, all of them incised-serrate : cymes many- 

 fld., becoming forking and exceeding the petiole: fls. 

 small, with calyptrate petals. W. China. V. Pagnuccii, 

 Romanet, differs only in being more glabrescent; 

 probably not distinct. The foliage of this species-group 

 is said to turn bronze - colored in autumn. The Ivs. 

 are very variable, sometimes trifoliolate and undivided 

 on the same branch. F. sinensis, Hort., appears to 

 belong here. 



