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the lower surface, particularly in the young state, clothed with a reddish 

 cobweb-like pubescence ; when old, somewhat glabrous. Berries 3 4 lines 

 in diameter, deep blue, of a pleasant flavour ; ripe in October. {Tor. and 

 Gray.) Perhaps only a variety of the preceding species. V. /abruscoides 

 Muhl. is also probably a synonyme or a variety of that species. 



.& 4. V. coRDiFo r LiA Michx. The heart-s/m/je-leaved Vine, or Chicken Grape. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 231. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 654. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 711. ; 



. Tor. and Gray, 1. p. 244. 



Synonymes. V. inclsa Jacq. Schcen. t. 427. ; V. vulplna Lin. Spec. p. 293., Walt. Flor. Car. 243. ; 



Winter Grape ; Frost Grape. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Schcen , t. 247. ; and owe fig. 185. 



Spec. Char., $c. Sexes dioecious or poly- 

 gamous. Leaves heart-shaped, acuminate, 

 toothed in the mode of incisions, smooth 

 on both surfaces. Racemes loosely many- 

 flowered. Berries small, greenish, ripened 

 late. (Dec. Prod.) A tendriled climber. 

 Canada to Florida, in thickets along rivers. 

 Stem 10ft. to 20ft. Introduced in 1806. 

 Flowers greenish yellow ; June. Fruit 

 greenish ; ripe in November. 



Leaves thin, 3 in. to 6 in. in diameter, often slightly 3-lobed, and rarely 

 sinuated. Berries nearly black when mature, about a quarter of an inch in di- 

 ameter, ripening late in autumn ; acid, but tolerably well flavoured after having 

 been touched by frost. (Tor. and Gray.) 



185. ntis cordifilia. 



A 5. 



Identification. 



V. RIPA V RIA Michx. The river-side, or sweet-scented, Vine. 



Michx. Flor. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 821.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 635. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 711. 

 Synonymes. V. odoratissima Donn Hort. Cant., and Lodd. Cat. ; Vigne de Battures, Amer. 



Engravings. 

 fig. 186. 



Bot. Mag., t. 2429. ; Deud. Brit., 1. p. 13.: and our 



186. ntts rip&rta. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves heart-shaped, shallowly 3- 



cleft, toothed in the mode of incisions and un- 



equally. Footstalk, and the margin of the nerves, 



pubescent. Racemes loose. Fruit small. (Dec. 



Prod.) A tendriled climber. Canada to Virginia. 



Stem 20 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 1806. Flowers 



greenish yellow, with the fragrance of mignonette; 



June and July. Fruit dark purple, or amber ; ripe 



in October. 



Leaves 4? in. to 6 in. in diameter, thin ; teeth very 

 coarse, acuminate. Berry 3 4 lines in diameter, 

 dark purple, or amber colour, when ripe. (Tor. and 

 Gray.) 



A 6. V. VULPI'NA L. The Fox Grape, or Bullet Grape. 



Identification . Willd. Sp., 1. 1181. ; Walt. Car., p. 243. ; Tor. and Gray, 1. p. 245. 



Synonymes. V. rotundifdlia Michx., Pursh, Dec., Don's Mill., and Aro. Brit. 1st edit. ; Muscadine 



Grape. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 187. 



Spec. C/iar. y fyc. Branches minutely verrucose. Leaves cordate, shining on 

 both surfaces, somewhat 3-lobed, coarsely toothed, the teeth not acuminate. 

 Racemes composed of numerous capitate umbels. Berries large. (Tor. 

 and Gray.) A tendriled climber. Virginia to Florida. Stem 20 ft. to 30 ft. 

 Introduced in 1806. Flowers greenish yellow ; June and July. Fruit deep 

 blue ; ripe in October. 



The stem of this species has a smooth bark, and climbs to the summit of 

 some of the highest trees. Leaves 2 3 in. in diameter ; the lower surface 

 more shining than the upper ; sinus deep, but rather acute. Fruit 7 8 lines 



