74 VITACEAE. 



panicles 1-2 dm. long: oerries globose, 10-12 mm. in diameter, purple. [V. 

 caribaea DC.] 



Hammocks, pen. Fla. (W. 7.) 



5. V. rufotomentosa Small. Leaf-blades suborbicular to ovate-orbicular, 10- 

 20 cm. long, or sometimes shorter, dull-green above, finely and closely tomen- 

 tose beneath, especially rusty on and about the nerves, rather coarsely and 

 irregularly toothed, cordate at the base: panicles rather small, or ample, some- 

 times 2.5-3 dm. long: penducles much shorter than the panicles: berries black, 

 with little or no bloom, often 5-6 mm. in diameter. 



Dry sandy thickets and woods, n. Fla. and the upper pen. (Cont.) 



6. V. coriacea Shuttlw. Leaf -blades reniform to suborbicular in outline, 3-10 

 cm. broad, shallowly toothed, angularly lobed (those of shoots often deeply 

 lobed), becoming glabrate above, felty beneath, cordate or truncate and sub- 

 cordate: panicles 5-12 cm. long: berries subglobose, less than 10 mm. in diam- 

 eter, pleasantly acid. 



Hammocks, pen. Fla. (W. I.) 



7. V. Simpsonii Munson. Leaf -blades suborbicular in outline, 5-18 cm. broad, 

 prominently or mostly deeply 3-5-lobed, and shallowly toothed, glabrate above, 

 more or less densely tawny- or rusty-tomentose beneath, cordate ; panicles 510 

 cm. long, usually compact: berries commonly 15 mm. in diameter, black, mostly 

 4-seeded. 



Dry sandy thickets and woods, pen. Fla. (Endemic.) 



2. MUSCADINIA Small. Vines. Leaf -blades angled or coarsely toothed. 

 Flowers in racemes or panicles. Calyx minute. Petals cohering. Berries 

 rather juicy, ultimately edible. 



Berries 1-1.5 cm. in diameter ; the skin and pulp tender, the latter acid : seeds 3-5 

 mm. long. 1. M. Munsoniana. 



Berries 1.5-2.5 cm. in diameter : the skin and pulp tough, the 



latter musky : seeds 6-9 mm. long. 2. M. rotundifolia. 



1. M. Munsoniana (Simpson) Small. Leaf -blades thinnish, but rather firm, 

 suborbicular or reniform, 4-8 cm. broad, coarsely toothed, glabrous, except the 

 axils of the vein beneath, persistent, cordate at the base : berries globose, 1-1.5 

 cm. in diameter, nearly black under a slight bloom or shining, the skin and 

 pulp tender, acid: seeds 3-5 mm. long. [Witis peltata Eaf.] BULLACE-GRAPE. 



Hammocks, nearly throughout Fla. (Ga., W. I.) Spr. or all year southward. 



2. M. rotundifolia (Michx.) Small. Leaf -blades firm or leathery, suborbicular 

 to ovate-orbicular, 4-9 cm. in diameter or larger, usually acuminate, coarsely 

 toothed, glabrous, except the axils and sometimes the nerves beneath, cordate: 

 berries subglobose, dull-purple, without bloom, with musky pulp, the bunches 

 globular. MUSCADINE. SOUTHERN FOX-GRAPE. SCUPPERNONG. 



Thickets, swamps, river-banks, or hammocks, n. Fla. and the upper pen. 

 (Cont.) Spr. 



3. CISSUS L. Fleshy vines. Leaf-blades simple or 3-foliolate. Flowers 

 in small cymes. Petals spreading. Berries inedible. 



Leaf-blades simple, distantly serrate. 1. C. sicyoides. 



Leaf-blades 3-foliolate the leaflets coarsely toothed. 



Flowers in compound umbel-like cymes : berries thickest below 



the middle. 2. C. trifoliata. 



Flowers in trlchotomous cymes : berries thickest above the 



middle. 3. C. inclsa. 



1. 0. sicyoides L. Plants pubescent: leaf -blades ovate or oblong-ovate, 2-8 

 cm. long, acute or often acuminate: berries subglobose, about 1 cm. in diam- 

 eter, black. 



Hammocks, s. pen. Fla. and the Keys. (ir. 7.) 



