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with roundish open sinuses ; clusters slender ; fruit smaller and earlier 

 than in the forecoinc;, black with a bloom, pleasant. Common from Va., 

 S. Original of the 1Ii:ki!i;mont, Norton's V'iuoinia, and others. 



V. bicolor, Lc Coiite, represents the last in the N., has very glaucous 

 wood, tliiii leaves, glaueous-blue and only thinly pubescent below, and 

 late, austere, very small fruits. 



V. cinferea, ICnijelm. Downy Gkai'k. I5ranches angular, pubescence 

 grayish or wliitish and persistent ; leaves entire or slightly ;j-lobed on 

 very long stalks; berries small, black, without bloom in long-stalked 

 clusters. 111. VV. and S. 



-t- H- Leaves glabrons and mostly shining, or short-hairy beneath, cut-lobed 

 or undivided. 



++ Flmcers more or less polygamous (some plants inclined to prodxice only 

 staminate flowers), exhaling a fragrance like that of Mignonette ; 

 native species. 



V. cordif61ia, Miehx. Fkost orCnicicKN (}. Leaves thin, heart-shaped, 

 with a ileep acute sinus, little lobed, but coarsely and sharply toothed ; 

 stipules small ; clusters loose ; fruit small, bluish, or black with a bloom, 

 very sour, ripe after frosts. Common on banks of streams. 



v. ripkria, Michx. (or V. vulpina). River G. Leaves usually ;5- 

 lobed, sinus broad, rounded, or truncate ; stipules large (•2"-3") ; fruit 

 4"-5" diameter, acid, often juicy, ripening July to Sept. Stream banks 

 N. and W. Original, in part, of Clinton and others. 



V. nip^stris, Scheele. Sand G., Sugar G. Low and bushy, often 

 witliout tendrils ; leaves broadly cordate or kidney-shaped, not acumi- 

 nate, usually not lobed, but coareely toothed ; berries small in small 

 bunches, sweet ; ripe Aug. Wis. to Tenn. and Tex. 



•<-<- ++ Flowers all perfect, someivhat fragrant ; exutic. 



V. vin'ifera, Linn. Euroi>ean Grapk. Leaves circular and usually 

 green and shining, thin, the teeth deep and sharp or rounded, when 

 young 5-7-lobed. Cult, from immemorial time ; from the East, furnish- 

 ing the principal grapes of our greenhouses. 



§2. Bark of stem close and smooth, pale ; pith continuous through the 

 nodes; tendrils simple, intermittent. 



V. rotundifdlia, Michx. Muscadine, Bullace, or Southern Fox 

 Gkai'e. Leaves rather snuill, round, seldom slightly lobed, glossy, and 

 mostly smooth both sides, margin coarsely toothed ; clusters small ; fruit 

 /'-|' diameter, purple, thick-skinned, ripe in early autumn ; original of 

 the SciJPPERNONG Grape. Kiver banks from Md. and Ky. and Kans., S. 



2. CI'SSUS. (Greek : Ivy.) Species often referred to Vitis. 

 * Wild species S. and W., smooth, usually with 5 stamens and petals. 



C. Ampel6psis, Pens. A species with simple leaves like those of a true 

 (irape, heart-shaped or ovate, pointed, coarsely toothed, but not lobed ; 

 flow( r-c'lusters, small and loose ; style slender. 



C. stans, Pers. A bushy or low-climbing i^lant, with few tendrils, and 

 decompound lei'.ves, the small leaflets cut-toothed. 



* * Exotic species, usually with 4 stamens and petals. 



C. disco/or, IJlume. Leaves lance-oblong, with a heart-shaped base, 

 crimson underneath, velvety lustrous and dark-gTCen, shaded with purple 

 or violet, or often mottled with white ; on the upper surface the shoots 

 reddish. Java ; cult, in hothouses for its splendid foliage. 



