VITIS 



VITIS 



3491 



34. reticulata, Pampanini (V. WU-sonae, Veitch). Scan- 

 dent shrub with glabrous branches: Ivs. ovate-cordate, 

 subreniform, about 3 in. diam., base cordate-truncate, 

 apex very shortly acuminate, margin entire or incon- 

 spicuously 3-lobed, glabrous above, cobwebby on the 

 nerves beneath: infl. racemose: fls. in glomerules, 

 minute: fr. black, but glaucous-pruinose, up to Hin. 

 diam. China. G.C. III. 46:236. Promising. 



35. flexudsa, Thunb. Sts. slender and usually flex- 

 uose, glabrous at maturity, the new ones more or less 

 rufous-tomentose: Ivs. petiolate, cordate-ovate or 

 triangular-ovate, entire or angular-3-lobed, short- 

 cuspidate, unequally dentate, at maturity glabrous 

 above and more or less hairy or floccose beneath (at 

 least on the veins) : fl.-cluster peduncled and branching: 

 fr. very small, 2-3-seeded. China, Korea, Japan. 

 Var. parvifolia, Gagnep. (F. panifolia, Roxbg. V. 

 flexubsa var. Wilsonii, Veitch), is a small-lvd. form, 

 cult, for the color of the Ivs., which are purple beneath 

 and bronzy with metallic luster above. China. 



36. amurensis, Rupr. (V. rulpina var. amurensis, 

 Regel). A hardy species, well known to botanists but 

 little planted although found in growing collections: 

 sts. obscurely angled and striate, the young shoots 

 loosely floccose or webby, later glabrous or nearly so: 

 Ivs. green above and beneath, nearly or quite glabrous, 

 cordate-orbicular, some of them more or less 35- 

 lobed, apiculate-dentate : fl.-cluster slender-peduncled: 

 fr. small (about ^in. diam.), 2-3-seeded. Manchuria, 

 Amoor region. Gn. 54, p. 425. G.Z. 12:160. It has 

 very ornamental purple-tinted Ivs. in autumn. 



37. Thunbergii, Sieb. & Zucc. (F. Sieboldii, Hort.). 

 A variable species resembling F. Labrusca: sts. angled, 

 these and other parts rusty-tomentose: Ivs. glabrous 

 above, tomentose or pubescent on the nerves beneath, 

 cordate, 3-5-lobed or deeply cut, unequally mucro- 

 nate-dentate : fl.-cluster shorter than Ivs. or about equal- 

 ing them: fr. very small (}^-^n. long), 2-3-seeded, 

 purplish black. China, Japan. B.M. 8558. It is 

 the E. Asian representative of F. Labrusca. The 

 plant sometimes cult, under this name is probably F. 

 pentagona. A form of F. Caignetiie passes as F. Thun- 

 bergii in England. 



38. pentagona, Diels & Gilg. Climbing, the tendrils 

 interrupted: sts. and Ivs. reddish gray-tomentose: Ivs. 

 long-petioled, the blade membranaceous, ovate, usu- 

 ally 5-angled, the base truncate or shallowly emargi- 

 nate. the apex acute, the margin repand and minutely 

 denticulate, lightly pubescent on nerves above but 

 reddish tomentose beneath: thyrse elongated. China. 

 Allied to V. lanata. It appears to have been dis- 

 tributed in cult, as F. Thunbergii. Var. bellula, Rehd. & 

 Wilson. Lvs. much smaller, 1-2 in. long: very similar to 

 F. flexuosa var. pamfolin, but Ivs. tomentose beneath. 



39. pulchra, Rehd. Described as a handsome plant 

 with simple more or less obscurely 3-lobed Ivs. coarselv 

 serrate, 7-8 in. long and 9-10 in. broad, much Like 

 those of V. Coignetix, villous beneath, the young shoots 

 crimson, the foliage becoming glossy bronze-green and 

 purplish beneath and later deep green. Sts. sparsely 

 floccose, glabrescent, purplish: Ivs. ovate to broad- 

 ovate, acuminate, the base shallow cordate or truncate 

 (only rarely deeply cordate), coarsely and unequally 

 toothed, glabrous and somewhat shining above. China 

 or Japan. Described from plants cult, at the Arnold 

 Arboretum, where it is not quite hardy. 



40. Coignetiae, Pulliat. Fig. 3966. Very strong- 

 growing vine, covering trees and arbors with a thatch 

 of heavy showy foliage: branches floccose-tomentose 

 when young: tendrils intermittent : Ivs. cordate-orbic- 

 ular, with 3-5 lobe-like points, the margins shallowly 

 apiculate-toothed, dull above, thickly gray-pubescent 

 beneath: thyrse stalked, short: fr. globular, about J^in. 



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diam., practically inedible, although said to be eaten 

 after being frozen by the Japanese. N. Japan. Gn. 49, 

 p. 48; 50, p. 449; 63, p. 209. G. 22:523. R.H. 1898, pp. 

 426-8. G.C. III. 22:305 (adapted in Fig. 3966). One 

 of the best of all strong-growing vines, and hardy in the 

 northern states; at Chicago recommended as the best 

 vine for large effects. Its foliage becomes brilliant scar- 

 let in the fall, whence it has been called the "crimson glory 

 vine." In general appearance it much resembles Vitis 

 Labrusca. In cult, it has been confused with F. Thun- 

 bergii. It grows readily from imported seeds; it can also 

 be prop, by layering and by grafting on other stocks. 

 Named for Mme. Coignet, of Lyons, France. 



41. lanata, Roxbg. A tropical or warm-temperate 

 variable species, probably not hardy in this country 

 outside the southern parts: sts. and infl. more or less 

 pubescent or tomentose: Ivs. 3-6 in. or more long (some- 

 times very large), sometimes nearly glabrous but 



3966. Vitis CoignetiiE. 



usually soft-pubescent or tomentose beneath, mem- 

 branaceous, cordate-ovate, short-acuminate, not lobed: 

 fls. small and green, in a paniculate cyme, the petals 

 rarely separating at the top: fr. purple, size of large pea, 

 4-seeded. Himalaya to China. 



T. dcida, Chapm.=Cissus acida. V. aconitifdlia, Hort.= 

 Ampelopsis. V. aniarciica, Benth.=Cissus. V. Bainesii, Hook. 

 (Cissus Bainesii, Planch., and by him referred to C. Currori). A 

 most remarkable species, the trunk being condensed into a turnip- 

 like body a few inches diam.: Ivs. mostly compound, the 3 Ifts. den- 

 tate, hrs. all borne on short, succulent branches: tendrils none: fls, 

 greenish, in clusters usually raised above the Ivs. S. Afr. B.M. 

 5472. V. Baudiniana, Brouss.=Cissus antarctica. V. betuli- 

 folia, Diels & Gilg. Sts. sparsely white-floccoee: tendrils inter- 

 rupted: Ivs. small and membranaceous, becoming glabrous above, 

 tomentose beneath, ovate-cordate and acute, not lobed or only 

 obscurely so, the margin crenate-eerrate, China. V. bipinnata, 

 Torr. & Gray=Ampelopsis. V. canioniensis, Seem.=Ampelopsis. 

 V. capreolata, Don=Tetrastigma serrulatum. V. Dtlarayana, 

 Franch., V. Drlatayi, Hort. =Ampelopsis. F. elegarus, C. Koch= 

 Ampelopsis heterophylla var. V. gongyldde*, Baker=Cissus. V. 

 Henryana, Hemsl.=Parthenocissus. V. heterophylla, Thunb.= 

 Ampelopsis. V. himalayana. Laws., and var. rubri folia, Hort.= 

 Parthenocissus, p. 2479. V. inconstant, Miq.=Parthenocissus 

 tricuspidata. V. japonica, Thunb. =Cissus, V. leedides, Maxim. 

 =Ampelopsis, p. 278. V. Llndenii, Hort.=Cis8Us,p. 776. F. 

 meyalophyOa, Veitch=Ampelop6i8. V. obtMa, WalL=Tetra- 

 stigma. F. orientaKs, Boiss.= Ampelopsis. F. pterophora. Baker 

 =Cissus. F. repens, Veitch^Ampelopsis micans. F. rvbrifdlia, 

 LeV. & Van.^Parthenocissus himalayana var. F. semicarddta, 

 WalL, is Parthenocissus semicordata. Planch. (P. himalayana var. 

 semicordata. Laws.). Self-cUnging plant: Ifta. 3-5, ovate, tapering 

 to summit, the young parts hispid-pubescent. Himalaya F 

 semperrirens, Hort.=Cissus striata. F. serjanis folia, Maxini.=. 

 Ampelopsis japonica. F. Thomsonii, Law8.=Parthenocissus. 

 p. 2479. F. tilisfdiia, HBK. Mexico, recently intro. for trial: 

 said to have a very sour fr. but useful for jellies: by Planchon 

 referred to V. caribsea. F. TMnea, Hort., described as a vigorous 

 species from Japan: Ivs. dark green, with rounded lobes: berries 

 black, in small bunches. F. tricuspidata, Lynch=Parthenocissus 

 tricuspidata. F. taritodta, Hort., is likely to be Ampelopsis 



