simple or very nearly so, in anthesis aboiit the length 

 of the peduncle: berries large and nearly spherical, 

 ranging from purple-black (the common color) to red- 

 brown and amber -green, generally falling from the 

 pedicel when ripe, variable in taste but most! 



referred to C. Cur; 



narkable species, he 



astringent, the skin 

 thick and tough : 

 seeds very large and 

 thick. New England 

 and southwards in 

 the Alleghany re- 

 gion and highlands 



eorgia. jNot Known 

 to occur west of E. 

 New York in the 

 North, but reported 

 from S. Indiana.— 

 The parent of the 

 greater part of 

 American cultivated 

 Grapes. It is often 

 confounded with I'. 

 WHtivttlis in the 

 South, from which 

 it is distinguished 

 by the habitually 

 continuous tendrils, 

 the more felt - like 

 Ivs. which are not 

 floccose, and espe- 

 cially by the small- 

 toothed Ivs., very 

 short clusters and 

 large berries and 

 seeds. 



2704. 

 Vitis vinifera 



BB. Skin and pidp firmly cohering in the ripe fruit. 

 28. vinifera, Linn. Wise Grape. European Grape. 

 Pig. 2701. Yniiir- ;,,-., «il, - il, ,„ n,„.eose, the pla 



specK 



ten- 



tomeiii 



rounded, with 

 • overlapping, 

 1-L'iiit coarsely 

 i;.'. I lie berries 

 i. tir- are glob- 



usually oval or obloni;. a I I i, i ■. .:iii 



ular-fruited. Probably i . ( ipiaii r)r Cau- 



casus region -and wesT<-iii h 'lia. \ :ii, laciniosa, Hort., 

 has much-cut foliage; handsimie. (Jil. 54, p. 42."). — Cult. 

 from the earliest times, and the Grape of history. Now 

 greatly varied. The hothouse Grapes, as Black Ham- 

 burg, Barbarossa, are of this species; also the vineyard 

 Grapes of California. Not hardy in the northern states 

 and very subject to phylloxera (root-louse) and mildew. 

 Regel, a Russian botanist, considered the Wine Grape 

 to be a hybrid of two species that he characterized as V. 

 Labrusca and V. vulpina, but this view is not accepted. 

 T. AmurSnsis, Rupr., is much like V. vinifera, sometimes 

 grown abroad for the purple tint of its young growth. Gn. 54, 

 p.425.-y. B&inesii, Hook. (Cissns Bainesii, Planch., and by 



Auin,..i,.,i= u.cun'iiiuiii. 1^, H. B. 



VITTADlNIA (Dr. C. Vittadini, an Austrian who 

 wrote on fungi 1826-1842). Comp6.iitw. About 14 spe- 

 cies of perennial plants, natives of Australia, New Zea- 

 land, S Amer and Hawaiian Islands Herbs, wilh a 

 ttfick caudex, or brant hing suh-.hrubs Ivs alternate, 

 entire or variously cut heads rather small, with a }el 

 low disk Hid wliiti II 1 lui riNs ti i ininal solitarj or in 





la-\« 



akene-^ i I ' without ribs 



on th( I 111 uiiKjual lapil 



lar> biisil II „ I I 1 la 1 to Erigenin, 



differing' iii h ibit ml m th. .tl.tcuciage', of the st\le 

 hianc lies those of Erigeron being short, while those of 

 Vittadinid are awl shaped 



I ittiiilinia f>iloba of the California trade is said li> 

 Dr. Fnmceschi, of Santa Barbara, to be "a charming 

 dwarf plant, well suited for rockeries, borders ami 

 hanging baskets; covered with myriads of daisy-like 

 white Howers." However, C. triloba of the trade is not 

 V. triloba of the botanists; the latter is a synonym of 

 V. australis, of which a description taken from Flora 

 Australiensis is here given for comparison. The plant 

 known to the California trade as V. triloba has been 

 examined by J. Burtt Davy, who sends the following 

 account: " V. triloba, Hort., not DC, the Mexican 

 Daisy, is really an Erigeron and should be known as 

 Erigeron mucron^tua, DC. Fig. 2705. It is a much- 

 branched perennial, 6-12 in. high: Ivs. alternate, vari- 



able, M-1 in. long, from liiii-nr siiln 

 ohovateoroblaiiceolate-cuiMaii.'nti 

 eral lobed: peduncles 1-2 in. I'-hlt. s 

 like, about Kin. diani.; ray. num. 

 above, purple on the back. • [■ . ia 

 obtuse. A useful border pla 

 or as an edging; dronglit i 

 ing naturalized near San Iran, i ... 

 by cuttings. The freshly bi"U. a ., 

 of Prussic acid. FIs. July-Sept. ' 



australis, A. Rich. ( V. triloba 

 Herbaceous plant of uncertain durat 



cuneate, cntir.. ..r 

 solitary: ra\ s nai 

 apply only t.. .In 

 -Has 4 di-tin..| 1.. 



lanceolate t 

 licd,or3-sev 

 heads daisy 



lot Hort. I. 



ft. high or 

 patulate to linear- 

 d or lobed: heads 

 ■volute (which may 

 ustralia, Tasmania. 

 W. M. 



VITTAKIA (Latin, a fillet or head-band). Polypo- 

 dlAceiF. A genus of ferns with narrow, grass-like foli- 

 age, growing pendent from trees. V. lineita, Swz., is a 

 tropical American species which is found as far north 

 as central Florida, where it grows on the cabbage pal. 

 raetto. Rare in cultivation. l. m. Underwood. 



