IN AMPELOGEAPHY. 89 



Solonis. 



HYBRID OF V. VINIFERA, V. CANDICANS, AND V. RUPESTRIS. 



AMERICA. 



GENERAL ASPECT. Green, greyish, shiny. 



LEAVES. Rather shiny, slightly folded along the mid- 

 rib ; the mid-rib describes a rather regular 

 curve. Woolly hair, scarce and patchy. 



Teeth very long, sharp, recurving, diver- 

 gent, the tooth forming the terminal lobe 

 and the two teeth forming the lateral inferior 

 lobes curling underneath and generally con- 

 verging towards the same point. 



UPPER PORTION OF GROWING SHOOT. Young 

 leaves completely enveloping the terminal 

 bud. White woolly hair forming a loose felt 

 on the apex and giving it a greyish colour. 



WOOD. After lignifi cation blackish, with patches of woolly 

 hair. 



