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the lower surface, particularly- in the young state, clothed with a reddish 

 cobweb-like pubescence ; when old, somewiiat glabrous. Berries 3 4 lines 

 in diameter, deep blue, of a pleasant flavour; ripe in October. (Tor. and 

 Gray.) Perhaps only a variety of the preceding species. V. /abruscdides 

 Muhl. is also probably a synonyme or a variety of that species. 



-i 4. V. cordifo'lia Michx. The heart-^/zape-Ieaved Vine, or Chicken Chape. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 231. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p.'654. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 711. ; 



Tor. and Gray, 1 . p. 244. 

 Si/nonymes. V. incisa Jacq. Schcen. t. 427. ; F. vulpina Lin. Spec. p. 293., Walt. Flor.Car. 243.; 



Winter Grape ; Frost Grape. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Schoen , t. 247. ; and our fig. 185. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Sexes dioecious or poly- 

 gamous. Leaves heart-shaped, acuminate, 

 tootlied in the mode of incisions, smooth 

 on both surfaces. Racemes loosely many- 

 flowered. Berries small, greenish, ripened 

 late. {Dec. Prod.) A tendriled climber. 

 Canada to Florida, in thickets along rivers. 

 Stem 10 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 1806. 

 Flowers greenish yellow ; June. Fruit 

 greenish ; ripe in November. 



Leaves thin, 3 in. to 6 in. in diameter, often slightly 3-lobed, and rarely 

 sinuated. Berries nearly black when mature, about a quarter of an inch in di- 

 ameter, ripening late in autumn ; acid, but tolerably well flavoured after having 

 been touched by frost. {Tor. and Gray.) 



185. Kitis cordiftlia. 



p. 711. 



i 5. V. RiPA^RiA. Michx, The river-side, or sweet-scented. Vine. 



Identification. Michx. Flor. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 821.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 635. ; Don's Mill., 1. 

 St/nonijmes. V. odoratissima Donn Hort. Cant., and Lodd. Cat. ; Vigne de Battures, Amer. 

 En)rrdvi7tgs. Bot. Mag., t. 2429.; Dend. Brit., 1. p. 13.; and our 

 fig. 186. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves heart-shaped, shallowly 3- 

 cleft, toothed in the mode of incisions and un- 

 equally. Footstalk, and the margin of the nerves, 

 pubescent. Racemes loose. Fruit small. (Dec. 

 Prod.) A tendriled climber. Canada to Virginia. 

 Stem 20 ft. to 30 ft. Introduced in 1806. Flowers 

 greenish yellow, with the fragrance of mignonette; 

 June and July. Fruit dark purple, or amber; ripe 

 in October. 



Leaves 4 in. to 6 in. in diameter, thin ; teeth very 

 coarse, acuminate. Berry 3 4 lines in diameter, 

 dark purple, or amber colour, when ripe. (Tor. and 

 Gray.) 



i 6. V. voLPfNA L. The Fox Grape, or Bullet Grape. 



Identification. Willd. Sp., 1. 1181. ; Walt. Car., p. 243. ; Tor. and Gray, 1. p. 245. 



Synonymes. V. rotundifblia Michx., Pursh, Dec, Don's Mill, and Arb. Brit. 1st edit ; Muscadine 



Grape. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 187. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Branches minutely verrucose. Leaves cordate, shining on 

 both surfaces, somewhat 3-lobed, coarsely toothed, the teeth not acuminate. 

 Racemes composed of numerous capitate umbels. Berries lai'ge. (Tor. 

 and Gray.) A tendriled climber. Virginia to Florida. Stem 20 ft. to 30 ft. 

 Introduced in 1806. Flowers greenish yellow ; June and July. Fruit deep 

 blue ; ripe in October. 



The stem of this species has a smooth bark, and climbs to the summit of 

 some of the highest trees. Leaves 2 3 in. in diameter ; the lower surface 

 more shining than the upper ; sinus deep, but rather acute. Fruit 7 8 lines 



