VITIS 



large (5 



ind less in diara.), black, glaucous herrics 

 juality : seeds large {1%-% in. long), dis- 

 tinctly pyriform. Chiefly in N. W. Texas, but ranging 

 from Greer Co., Oklahoma, to beyond the Pecos river in 

 New Mexico. G.F. 9:455. — The species varies greatly 

 in pubescence, some specinicns l.tiiif; very nearly gla- 

 brous at maturity and otli. i - ,i.ii-,l, \. hii. hMmiitose. 

 The plant would pass at .'. i m| i , ,„ipi„a 



and V. candicans, exee\>\ ti i > i I - - n.ii (.ften 



occur in its range. It is \ . i \ iii. ; . ; i i id. Imwi-vfr, 



and t'. candicans seems tu be urn |..nriii.. 



FF. Riisty-lipped Grapes, compriMinj Hi, ,, xiirutinn 

 ijioiip, the unfolding Ivs. m,,! i,.,,,j,i m 1.1,1- 

 cnlor) the young shonts ,li.-l, „, tl ,/ i, nuiiiiiiiiii.s. 

 and the mature ?7•^^ ri^h.-r ,■■, ' . , l.lmsli heh'ir, 

 or sometimes becnmi, ■ . . ; i 1,1,1, lor. 

 22. aestivalis, Michx. ( 1. ■ ■ ,,l,-iilali.i i>,h\ 



Americhui, Bartram. I \ I .i.,r... \\ /.„- 



ovate-cordate to round-cordate in outline, tlie 

 sinus either deep (the basal lobes often over- 

 lapping) or broad and open, the limb always 

 lobed or iininiiTniitly :iii::li-ci. Die lobes either 



the extremity. 

 c»ften obtusely 

 lil and beconi- 



the a]iex ■■I tin- l.:ir lir.i, 



ing glabrous and iln- u 

 a covering of cuiii'ius 1 

 bescence which ^•lil!^s t 

 together in many small. 



in fertile fls. reflexed and laterally bent : clus- 

 ters mostly long and long- peduncled, not 

 greatly branched or even nearly simple (mostly 

 interrupted when in flower), bearing small (^ 

 in. or less in diaiii.), lilack, glaucous berries, 

 which have a tough skin and a pulp ranging 

 from dryish and astringent to .juicy and sweet: seeds 

 medium"size ('4 in. "i' hss hmi;!. tun to tour. South- 

 ern New York lo ,■, ,,ii;,l I'l;, ;,i,.l v.. -i«.-,nl to the Mis- 

 sissippi and Mi--- : \ ill: iiiiong American 

 Grapes, being n : 1 in nther species 

 by the reddish 111, . 1 1... 111.1,; ,1. -l the leaves. 

 Var. glailca, U.uiij ,1. L.„. ..„,„,,, var. glaiica, 

 unson). Lvs. and mature wood glaucous-blue on the 

 body beneath, but the veins rusty: berries and seeds 

 larger. S. W. Mis.souri to N. Texas. -Much like V. bi- 

 color, but Ivs. thicker and more pubescent below, and 

 tips of shoots rusty-tomentose. 



Var. Linsecomii, Munson ( V. diversifblia^ Prince. 

 V. Linsecomii, Buckley). PosT-OAK, PiNEWooD, or 

 TrKKKV r.KAFK. More stnckv than I", ai^fivalis, clinib- 



in:.' iHL'li ii|",n Ir 1,iil f.-iniin- :, 1hi-Ii\ cliniil, when 



- ■ , „,,.,- I ,;.,,■ -n v;,.i. nrv.-lvety 



, . n, T . III.. , ■' I ,: , . I, ri. hliirk and 



:■! I < '■ ■' i'.'i - ■•'■' ■ :> nin.'li larger 



small and niutii'ntis tnctli, ami sm-h sppciiiiens without 

 the H. -clusters are diniciilt to distinguish from this • 

 species. Some of the forms which have been referred 

 to r. Girdiana are app.-irently hybrids with the wine 

 Grape, I', vinifera; and at best the plant is imperfectly 

 understood and its merits as a species ane y«t to be 

 determined. •" "• 



21. Doanid.iia, Munson. Plant vigorous, climbing 

 high or remaining bushy if failing tn find support, -with 

 short internodes and rather thin diaiilirairins: lvs. blu- 

 ish green in cast, mostly large, tliii k and lirm. cordate- 



md-( 



ent 



triangular apex, the sinus eitlier deep or shallow, the 

 margins with very large, angular, notch-like teeth and 

 more or less prominent lobes, the under surface usually 

 remaining densely pubescent and the upper surface 

 more or less floccose: cluster medium to small, bearing 



of this lirai.e was spelled Linsecomii by Buckley, with 

 whom the name originated. The name of the person 

 whom he commemorated was spelled Lincecnm, and 

 Munson has therefore changed the spelling of the name 

 of the (Iraiie. However, Buc'kley's spelling should i>er- 

 sist. as a matter of nnnienclatorial priority. 



Var. Bourquiniana, Hailev ( 1'. Boiirqvinidna, Mun- 

 son). A dnniestir nir^Iinnt. represented in such culti- 

 vated varieties :. H. •!-. i„,,nt nnd Le Noir, diflfering 



from V. astir,,!' " 1 My thinner leaves which 



(like the youiiL , iily slightly red-brown 



below, the puhe einerous or dun-colored 



or the under miiiih. -cm, 1 uiies blue-green: berries 

 large and .iuicy, black or amber-colored. -A mixed type, 

 some of it probably a direct amelioration of V. cpstiv- 

 «ii.t,and some hybridized with the wine Grape ( V. vini- 

 fera). Much cultivated south. 



