VITIS 



JIacoun. toN. Dak., Kans. and Colo, and south to W. Va., 

 Mo. aii.l N.W.Tcxris. B.M 2429. -The commonest Grape 

 in th.- iit'i-tlii 111 -tiites west of New England, abundant 

 aloii^ -II nil- X'liiiblein the flavor and maturity of 

 I nil with petioles and under surfaces of 

 lit nil times occur Occasionallj 

 wirli I Lulincta eastward the by 

 kii \Mi h^ the tomentose \oung 

 lilt 1 liiu' leaves, and the daiker fob 

 - Ill u ki d with rusty tomentum along 

 the less lagged leaves 

 V\\ praecox, Bailey, is the June Grape of 

 the little hweet fruits ripening in July 

 10 Trel^asei, Munson Plant shrubby and 

 h br inched, climbing little, the small and 

 tly short ( general h 

 borter than the Ivs ) ten 

 Inls dtnduous the first yeai 

 hudiu.; suppoit in 



VITIS 1951 



I'lilpiiia, ccnidicaiis and evniifolia having been sug- 

 gested as Its probable parents. It is variable in char- 

 acter. In most of Its forms it would be taken for ! 

 pound of y nipeitns and T lulpina, but the latter 

 species IS not known to occur in most of its range It 



(OTiser teeth md less 

 jiointed apei 



II L6ngil, Prince {V 

 S,i/o„,-,, punch ( mieio 

 MexicAna, Leium ) Diffeis 

 trom \igorous forms of ( 

 lulpina m having floccose 

 or pubescent young growth 

 Ivs. decidedly 



in outline, with more angu 

 lar teeth and duller in color, 

 often distinctly pubescent 



beneath : stamens in fertile Probably 



fls. short and weak and 



laterally reflexed, those in sterile fls. long and strong: 

 seeds larger. N.W.Texas and New Mexico. — Regarded by 

 French authors as a hybrid, the species V. rupestris, 



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was very likely originally a hybrid between V. rupestris 

 (which it sometimes closely resembles in herbarium 

 specimens except for its wooUiness ) and some tomentose 



