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that of Bailey given above in which we have changed his "vulpina" to 

 " riparia." The species is of no importance horticulturally. 



7. VITIS LONGII Prince' 



I. Prince. 1830:184. Long's Arkansas. 2. Engelmann, Bush. Cat., 1883:18. Long's; V . 

 Solonis. 3. Munson, .4m. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1885:132. V. Nuevo Mexicana; Wooly Riparia. 4. lb., 

 Soc. Prom. Ag. Set. Rpt., 1887:59. V. Novo Me.mcana; Munson' s Riparia. 5. lb., Gar. and For., 

 3:474. 1890. V. Solonis. 6. lb., U. S. D. A. Pom. Bui., 3:9. 1890. V. Solonis. 7. lb.. Am. 

 Card., 12:660. 1891. V. SOLONIS. 8. lb., Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt., 1893:116. V. solonis; Bush 

 grape. 9. lb.. Bush. Cat., 1894:20, 22, 24. V. soLOtiis: Sand grape; Beach grape; Bush grape. 10. 

 Bailey, Gray's Syn. Fl., 1:423. 1897. V. Solonis; V. Niu~vo Mexicatia; Long's. 11. Beach. A'. V". 

 Sta. An. Rpt., 17:537, 557. 1898. V. solonis. 12. Munson, Tex. Sta. Bui., 56:218, 230. 1900. 

 V. Solonis, Gulch grape; Bush grape. 



Vtiis longii is a vigorous form of the Riparia type with pubescent 

 young growth, differing from the typical Riparia in having more circular, 

 less lobed leaves and more incised teeth. Its leaves are frequently pubescent 

 beneath. Another form with dentate margin of leaf has been known under 

 the name of Nuevo Mexicana or Novo Mexicana. The references to these 

 two forms are inextricabh- confused. Engelmann refers to this grape 

 which he saj^s he found growing in the botanic garden of Berlin under the 

 name of Vitis solonis. After careful investigation he decided that this 

 name was a corruption of Vitis longii, or Long's grape, which had been 

 brought from the headwaters of the Arkansas river by Major Long's 

 expedition into that then unknown country in the early part of the 

 last century. Many botanists consider this a hybrid of two or more other 

 species, Riparia, Rupestris, Candicans and Cordifolia being offered as 

 probable parents. 



Its habitat is northern Texas "westward into New Mexico, eastward 

 into Oklahoma and northward into Kansas and southeastern Colorado." 



Vitis longii was first described by Prince in 1830. The fruit is small 

 and sour and it appears to be of no horticultural promise. 



VITIS LONGII MICROSPERMA Bailey. 



I, Munson, Soc. Prom. At^. Sci. Rpt., 1887:59. V. Novo Me.xicana Var. ; Munson's Riparia. 

 2. Munson, Rev. Vit., 3:160. — . V. Solonis, var. microsperma (cited by 3). 3. Bailey, Gray's 

 Syn. Fl., 1:423. 1897. V. Longii, var. microsperma. V. Solonis, var. microsperma. 



Vitis longii microsperma is a small seeded, vigorous form of Vitis 



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