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it is less common in the bottoms and is not so plentiful as the latter species. 



Associated with it in different parts of its habitat are the four species 



mentioned above as possible parents. 



Champini is particularly well adapted to hot dry regions and will 



withstand considerable lime in the soil. The species is susceptible to mildew 



and l)lack-rot. It can be readily grown from cuttings and grafts well in 



the vineyard, though the different fonns are quite variable in these respects. 



At one time this species was considered of great promise as a stock for 



Vinifera for hot, dry regions but as it has proved inferior to Berlandieri 



in its capacity to withstand lim}- soils and phylloxera, and as it is not 



more vigorous, it has been generalh* dropped. The berries are large and 



of pure flavor, and as the vine is vigorous, it may prove of value as a source 



of cultivated varieties for the Southwest but it is of little or no value to 



the eastern grower. 



9. VITIS RUBRA Michx. 



1. Vahl.' Spnb. Bol., 3:42. 17Q4. V. palmata. 2. Willdenow, 1:1180. 1797. V. palmata. 

 3. Muhlenberg, 1813:27. V. palmata. 4. Pursh, 1:170. 1814. V. Palmata. 5. Xutta'.l, 1:14,^. 

 181S. v. palmata. 6. Rafinesque. 1830:18. V. palmata: Palmate grape. 7. lb.. 1830:18. V. 

 virginia.va; X'irginia grape. 8. Floy-Lindley, 1833:152. V. palmata; Palmated leaved. 9. (?) 

 Le Conte, Proc. Phil. Acad. Xat. Set.. 6:274. 1853. V. palmata; V. Virginiatia; Bland's grape. 

 10. (?) lb.. U.S. Pat. Off. Rpt.. 1857:231. V. palmata; Palmate-leaved vine; Bland's grape; V. 

 \'irginiana. 11. Engelmann, Bush. Cat.. 1883:10, 11, 12, 14, 17 V. palmata; V. rubra; Red 

 grape of the Mississippi Valley. 12. Munson, Am. Hort. Soc. Rpt.. 1885:133. V. palmata; V. 

 rubra. 13. lb., Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt., 1885:97. V. palmata; Palmate-leaved grape; V. rubra. 14. 

 lb.. Soc. Prom. Ag. Set. Rpt.. 1887:59. V- palmata; Eggert's grape. 15. Planchon, De CandoUe's 

 Man. PItan., 5:352. 1887. V. riparia, var. palmata; V. Virginiensis; V. Virginiana. 16. 

 lb., 76.. 5:354. 1887. V. palmata. 17. Sargent, Gar. and For.. 2:340. 1889. fig. V. palmata; 

 r. rubra. 18. Munson, lb.. 3:474, 475. 1890. V. palmata. 19. Munson, U.S. D. A. Pom. Bid., 

 3:13. iSqo. r. palmata. 20. lb., .4m. Gard., 12:586. 1891. 21. Bailey, Gray's Syn. Fl.. 1:423. 

 1897. v. palmata; V. monosperma; V. rubra; V. riparia. var. pabnata; Red grape; Cat grape. 

 22. Britton and Brown, 2:410. 1897. fig. V. palmata; Missouri grape. 23. Bailey, £t'. Xat. Fr.. 

 1898:105. V. palmata; Red grape; Cat grape. 24. Munson, Tex. Sla Bui.. 56:230, 239. 1900. 

 I', palmata; Cat Bird grape. 25. Bailey, Cyc. Am. Hort., 4:1952. 1902. V. monosperma; Red 

 grapi. 26. Viala and Ravaz, .4m. Vims, 1903:42, 113. 



' Martin Vahl. a Norwegian, was bom in 1 749, and died in 1804. As a pupil of the great Linnaeus, 

 Vahl became a prominent worker in botany and natural history in Denmark and was an author 

 and writer of note on these subjects, publishing much on botany. He traveled extensively, but it 

 does not appear that he visited N'orth America, .hough he wrote three large volumes on the flora 

 of tropical America. It is probable that he named and described Vitis palmata from herbarium 

 specimens. 



