n6 THE GRAPES OF NEW YORK. 



4. VITIS MONTICOLA Buckley.' 



1. Buckley, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Set., 1861:450. 2. lb., U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt., 1861:485. 

 While grape; Mountain grape. 3. Engelmann, Bush. Cat., 1883:10, 12, 14, 15, 16. Mountaiti grape 

 of West Te-Kas. 4. Munson, Am. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1885:134. Mountain grape. 5. lb., Soc. Prom. 

 Ag. Sci. Rpt., 1887:59. Mountain grape. 6. lb., U. S. D. A. Pom. Bui., 3:13. 1890. V. Texana. 

 7. lb., Car. and For., 3:474, 475. 1890. 8. lb.. Am. Card., 12:586. 1891. Sweet Mountain 

 grape. 9. lb., Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1893:116. 10. Bailey, Gray's Syn. Ft., 1:422. 1897. Sweet 

 Mountain grape. 11. Munson, Tex. Sta. Bui., 56:230, 232, 234, 239, 260. 1900. Sweet Mountain 

 grape. 12. Viala and Ravaz, Am. Vines, 1903:42, 96. 



Vine of moderate vigor, climbing, or, in the absence of support, frequently shrubby. 

 Canes very slender; shoots angled, more or less pubescent; diaphragms medium to 

 rather thin; tendrils medium in size, intermittent, usually bifid, deciduous. Leaves 

 with stipules short, broad; leaf -blade small and thin, cordate, entire, notched or shortly 

 three-lobed; petiolar sinus rather deep and medium to narrow in width, sometimes 

 overlapping, rounded;, margin broadly and obtusely toothed; ape.x usually acuminate; 

 upper surface smooth, glossy; lower surface grayish-green, more or less pubescent when 

 young; pubescence confined chiefly to ribs and veins. Clusters short and broad, com- 

 pact, with medium to short peduncle. Berries medium to below in size, black or gray 

 with thin bloom. Seeds large, usually slightl}'' notched; chalaza rather narrow; raphe 

 a groove. Leafing, flowering, and ripening fruit very late. 



\'itis monticola was named and described by Buckle\- in 1861. There 

 seems to have been some misunderstanding by later botanists as to exacth' 

 what Buckley's species of this name is, and in spite of what has been written 

 on the subject, it seems as though some of the botanists are still describing 

 different species. The seed, in Engelmann's figure, resembles that of the 

 Rupestris very closely, while as figured by Viala the seeds resemble those 

 of Cinerea or Cordifolia. 



Monticola inhabits the limestone hills of central and southwestern 

 Texas. 



The fruit of this species has a very sweet and somewhat peculiar flavor. 



' Samuel Botsford Buckley was bom in iSoq, in Yates County, New York, and was educated at 

 Wesleyan University, where he graduated in 1836. In 1866 he was appointed State Geologist of 

 Te.xas where he resided until he died in 1884. Buckley traveled extensively in connection with his work, 

 explored the southwestern region of the Appalachian Mountains, as well as the southwestern portion 

 of the United States. He was at great disadvantage in his publications in that they were prepared 

 without the benefit of a library. His articles on grapes were published in the Proceedings of tlu- Phila- 

 delphia Academy of Natural Sciences for i86i, and in the United States Patent Ojfice Report for 

 the same year. 



