176 



VIRGINIAN CREEPER 



obtuse inside, and forming cross-ties. Meshes large, 

 irregular and angular. 



Fig. 42. Shoot of Ampelopsis, Virginian Creeper, climbing by means 

 of branch-tendrils, some of which twine round nails, &c. (6), others fasten 

 their tips to the bricks by means of sucker-like dilations (a and c); d and 

 e = young tendrils, p. 175 (Sa). 



