1952 viTis 



species (possibly witli V. Arizonica or 

 I'. Doaniana), but it is now so widely 

 distributed and grow 

 from its supposed parents and occurs 

 in sueb sreat quantit 

 certain areas, tliat for 



VITIS 



[H-Ys in. in diam.). black without bloom, 

 with little juice and conimonlv contain- 

 ing but a single seed, which is 'large and 

 liroad. Illinois and Jlissouri to Louisiana 

 and Texas. G.P. 2:341.— 



hy br id i zat ion s. Late 

 French writers designate 

 tlie .lagged leaved forms as 

 I'. Solnnls, and the den- 

 tate forms as V. Iftievo- 

 Mexicana. This interest- 

 ing Grape was found 

 thirty yi ' " 



:> by Engel 



Cat. ed. .-(, 18) the 



Ijoiiiiii — very likely from 

 Prince's nursery — and the 

 name was misread on the 

 label. The original name, 

 wliich was duly published by 

 Prince with de.scription, may 

 now be restored. 



Var. microspSrma, Bailey 

 ( r. Sohnifx. var. micrn- 

 spfi-ma, Munson), is a very 

 vigorous and small - seeded 

 form, wliich is very resistant 

 to drought. Red River, N. 

 Texas. 



12. Ch&mpini, Planch. Prob- 

 ably a hybrid of V. rupestris 

 or r. Ifertffndieri and K. caw- 

 diniris, bearing medium to 

 large reniform or reniform- 

 cordate Ivs. which are var- 

 iously pubescent or cobwebby 

 but become glabrous, the 

 growing tips mostly wl 



an.l ix.-.ll,M,t. S. W. Texas. 

 A.<;.Is:>l :."i,:i. - In s,.meplaces 

 assc-iaic.l Willi \ . i inidicans, 

 Berhnnliiri and tnonticola 

 only, and in others with the 

 above and f. rupestris. Often 

 composing dense thickets in 



the wild. 



Diaphragms very thick 



xarsely notched : stamens in the sterile fls. long 

 ad erect: clu.sters loose and long-peduncled, branched, 

 le fls. opening very late : berries small and late 



with a thick skin and little 

 pulp, becoming edible after 

 frost : seeds medium and 

 broad. In thickets and along 

 streams from Pa. (and proba- 

 " " ' S. New York) to E. Kan., 

 Pla. and Texas. 

 Var. ioBtida, Engelra., has fetidly aromatic berries, 

 and grows in the IVIississippi valley. 



Var. 8emp§rvirens, Munson. A glossy-leaved form 

 holding its foliage very late in the season: Ivs. some- 

 times suggesting forms of V. rubra. S. Fla. 



