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ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICU-\I. 



18s. Ampel(5psis Aederkcea. 



and July. Berry black or dark blue ; ripe 



in October. Decaying leaves deep purple 5^ 



or red, or yellowish red. 



Variett/. 



A. h. 2 hirsuta Tor. & Gray. A. 

 hirsuta Donn ; Cissus /^ederacea 

 /3 hirsuta Pursh. Leaves pubescent 

 on both sides, leaflets ovate. The 

 plants of this variety in British gar- 

 dens do not die off of so intense a 

 crimson as the species. 



Stem attaching itself to trees and walls by 

 expansions of the extremities of the tendrils. 

 Panicle many-flowered. Petals at first some- 

 what cohering, at length spreading. Berry 

 about as large as a small pea, the peduncles 

 and pedicels bright crimson ; and the foliage 

 in autumn, before it dies off, of a deep crimson. 

 The most vigorous-growing and generally 

 ornamental climber in Europe. It thrives in 

 almost every soil and situation from Warsaw 

 to Naples, and in town, as well as in the 

 country. 



1 2. A. bipinna'ta Alickx. The blp'mnate-leaved Ampelopsis. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bnr. Amer., 1. p. 160. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 633. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 694. 

 Synonymes. Wtis arbbrea Willd. Spec. 1. p. 11K3. ; Titis bipinnata Tor. S[ Gray; Cissus stans 



Pers. Syn. 1. p. 183., Ph. Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 170. ; Vite del Carolina, Ital. 

 Engravings. Pluk. Mant., p. 412. fig. 2. ; and our Jig. 189. 



Spec. Char., 4'c. Leaves bipinnate, smooth ; leaflets cut in a lobed manner. 

 Racemes pedunculate, almost doubly bifid. Berries globose and cream- 

 coloured. (Dec. Prod.) A tendriled climber. Virginia to Georgia, ^tem 

 10 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 1700. Flowers greenish white ; June to 

 August. Berry black ; 

 ripe in October. Decay- 

 ing leaves purplish red, 

 sometimes yellowish red. 



Stem upright, or some- 

 what twining, glabrous. 

 Panicle short, spreading, 

 and without tendrils. Berry 

 globose, depressed, as large 

 as a small pea, blackish 

 when ripe, slightly hairy. 

 (Tor. and Gray.) A very 

 handsome climber, of easy 

 culture, and much admired 

 for the beauty of its foliage. 

 Compared with A. Aede- 

 racea, it is of slow growth, 

 the shoots in the climate of 



189. AmpeMpsis bipinnata. 



London being seldom more than 18 in. or 2 ft. in 



a season. 



Other Species of Ampelopsis. A. incha, Fitis incisa Nutt., is described in 

 Torrey and Gray's Plora ; but we are not aware of its having been introduced. 

 A. cordata Michx. (the Cissus Ampelopsis of Persoon, and VKis indivisa of 

 Willdenow) is described in the first edition of this work ; but, as we consider it 

 a very doubtful species, we have omitted it in this abridgement. A. capreola a 

 G Don, ritis capreolata D. Don, and A. botrya Dec, are also omitted, as not 

 having been yet introduced. 



