2604. Vitex incisa (X^). 



(jHiulo). Less showy in bloom than the preceding spe- 

 cies, but a graceful shrub of loose and open habit, with 

 handsome foliage. 



V. iliclfhlia, A. Rich. Lvs. simple, short-stalked, oval, spiny- 

 toothed: lis. in long-stalked, a-xillary. many-lid. cymes. Cuba. 

 -r. Llndeni, Hook. f. Lfts. :i-:.. elliijtic- oi- elliptic obovate, 

 glabrous: fls. pale violet, in f. w H.I , ri-:ill,nv Ir.Ti!,' strilked 

 heads. Colombia. B.M.til':'' i v. -",,:/, lu.i, < i,,^,.iy al- 

 lied to V. incisa, but lfts, . I I . , hii-ser: 



rts. purple, somewhat Ijii'L'. I lipi ■ ,l .■.:..... ,i Asia.— 

 Y.trimia. hmn. Lfts. us. ..'i IK :: ,.i„.v ;,i.- -.,,.'-..,,,..,. I, long, 



nesia. ' Var. unifoliolat'a, Sc ' ' 



stalked leaflet. 



VITICULTDKE. See Grape and Hiis. 



VlTIS (classical Latin name). Vine. Grape. Vilicece 

 or Ampelideop. A widespread genus of mostly tendril- 

 bearinj^ cliiiibing vines, most aliunrhmt in temperate 



DC. Moii..«r. l-lKui.T. , 

 to Vitis in the main ac 

 more than 200 to Cissii 

 rich in Vitis, not only 

 widespread distributi- 

 plants. Prom our niir 

 the outdoor Grapes < 

 California and the ext 

 vinifera). For an .aiv 



p also Bailey's 



e Fruits." 



ellent ornamental 



rl ors, porches or 



from seeds, and 



Only a few of 



but with 



they have been 



per nent stat n and amateurs by 



1 o IS a well ki own authority 



It re of the Grape. The 



les IS pri arily pomologl- 



may not be directly use- 



e of development through 



e 1 ng an 1 ome of them 



o 1 t {.raft k ds that do not 



tl 



full u order to 1 r i l- 



borne of the best recent , . . n- 



can Vitis is from French s,, , , ;i,, 



species have come into im i- lip 



loxera-resLsting stocks fc.r tin w :,|„ 



example, the works of Millanlct, ami \ i:ila ; 

 also "Arap^lographie Universelle," by Viala 

 morel, now publishing. 



As understood by Gray, Vitis is distinguish 



See, for 

 d Ravaz; 

 and Ver- 



off from the base while cohering i)y their tips (Fig. . 

 2695) : hypogynous disk of 5 nectariferous glands alter- V 

 nate with stamens : style short and thick, or conical: 

 berry pulpy; seeds pyriform, with contracted beak-like 

 base. 



Bailey.ina, 1,1 

 Haudhiiana, 

 Berlandieri. 1 

 bioolor, 23. 

 Blancoi. 24. 

 Blandi, 27. 

 Bourquiniana 

 bracteata, 22. 

 Calitornica. 1 

 candicans, 25. 

 17. 



1. shows tlif 

 falling; 3, sh(nv> 

 having been ciisi 

 calyx is seen, ;in 



