78 ORDER 42. POLYGALACE.fJ. 



5, deciduous, cohering at the top, .or distinct, and spreading. Ovaries 

 2-celled, cells 2-ovuled. Fruit a globular berry, 1-4-seeclcd. *> Lvs. sim- 

 ple or compound. Ped. opposite the Ivs. often changed to tendrils. Fls. 

 small, clustered. 



VITIS proper. Petal* cohenng at (he top, and falling without expanding. . . a 

 Cissus. Petals free, expanding before; falling. Tendrils coiling, or 0. . .b 



AMPELoi'&is. Petals free, expanding. Tendrils with an adhesive foot No. 1 .) 



a Leaves beneath clothed with a whitish or rusty wool Nop. 1. 2, 3 



a Leaves glabrous except, the veins, and green both sides Xos. 4. ',. 10 



b Leaves simple, angular or entire No. 



b Leaves pinnately compound Nog. 7. <s 



1 V. labrusca L. Fox Grape. Isabella, Cataicba. Leaves broad -cordate, angular- 

 lobcd. hoary tomentous beneath; berries large. Woods. 30 SOf. Fr. p. gr. or amb. 

 2V. sestivalis L. Lvs. broadly cordate, 3-5-lobed or palmate-sinuate, coarsely den- 

 tate, with scattered ferruginous hairs beneath ; fertile racemes long, panirlod, berries 

 small. Shady banks. Fruit deep blue, small, ripe in September. 



3 V. Carlbsea DC. Hoary ; Ivs. round-cordate, 3-lobed or entire, smooth above. Fla. 



4 V. cordifolia MX. Frost Grape. Lvs. cordate, acuminate, somewhat equally 



toothed, smooth, or pubescent beneath the veins and petioles ; rac. loose, many-flwd.; 

 berries small. River banks. 10 20f. Fruit blackish, ripe in November. 

 & V. vulpiiia L. Muscadine. Scuppernony. Lvs. (small) cordate, slightly 3-angled 

 or lobed, shining on both sides, coarsely toothed, the teeth not acuminate ; rac. com- 

 posed of many capitate umbels. Va. to Fla. Fruit large, purple, few. 



6 V. iudi visa Willd. Lvs. simple, cordate or truncate at the base, often angular- 



lobed ; flower- 5-merous ; berry 1 or 2-seeded. Swamps, S. Fruit small (2")- 



7 V. bipiuii&ca T. & G. Lvs. bipinnate, Ifts. incisely serrate, glabrous ; flowers 5 



merous. S. States along rivers. Fruit small, black. No tendrils. 



8 V. Incisa N. Lvs. 3-foliate, thick ; Ifts. 2-3-lobcd ; berry 1-seecled. Fla. to La 



9 V. quinquefolta Lam. Virginia CreejKi: Lvs. digitate, Ifts. 5, oblong, actiim 



nate, dentate ; berries dark blue, smaller than peas, acid. Woods, thickets. 20 40f. 



10 V. VINIFEKA L. European. Wine-grape. Lvs. cordate, einuatcly 5-lobed, glabrous; 

 flowers all perfect. Europe. Many varieties. 



ORDER XLII. POLYGALACE^E. MILK WORTS. 



Herbs or shrub*, with the leaves mostly simple and without stipules. 

 Flowers irregular, unsymmetrical, hypogynous, perfect. Sepals 5, unequal, 

 distinct, some or all of them colored. Petals 3, often 5, and 2 of them 

 scale-like. Stamens 4 to 8, distinct, or cohering in a tube which is split on 

 the upper side. Ovary superior, compound, with suspended ovules, united 

 styles and stigmas. Fruit a 2-seeded pod. Seeds pendulous, with or with- 

 out a caruncle and albumen. 



"epals 5, unequal, 2 larger, wing-shaped, petaloid. Petals 3. Stamens 8 I'OLYGALA. I 



Sepals 5, nearly equal. 3 of the 5 petals long-clawed. Stamens 4 KRAMKRIA. 2 



1. POLYGALA, Tourn. MILKWOBT. (IlohvS, much, ydXa, milk; 

 said to favor the lacteal secretions of animals.) Fls. very irregular. Sep. 

 5, 2 of them wing-shaped and petaloid. Pet. 3, cohering by their claws to 

 the filaments, lower one carinate and often crested on the back. Stam. 6 

 or 8, filaments united into a split tube. Anth. 1-celled. Caps, obcordate, 



