26J ORDKR XXXVII. VITACE.E. 



veins pubescent. Flowers fragrant, in loo^'e racemes. Fruit small, 

 dark purple. — Yellow. ^ . Muy— July. Along the margins of rivers 

 in the upper country. Winter Grape — pleasant fruit. 



4. V. ^stiva'lis, (Mich.) Stem very long, glabrous ; young branches 

 tomentose. Leaves broadly cordate, 3 — 5-lobed, ferruginous, tomen- 

 tose beneath when young, coarsely and unequally toothed, sometimes 

 not lobed. Flowers in racemes, opposite the leaves, polygamous or di- 

 oecious. Fruit small, black, very sour. — Greeniih-j^ellow. ^ . May. 

 In rich soil. Summer Grape. 



5. V. LABRUs'cA, (L) A large vine, covering the loftiest trees; 

 branches covered with a ferruginous pubescence. Leaves broadly cor- 

 date, lobed, and angled ; repand toothed, tomentose beneath. Hacemes 

 small, fertile. Fruit dark purple, globose, large, of a disagreeable fli-.. 

 vor. From the seeds of this species have been produced several very 

 highly esteemed garden varieties. — Greeuish-3'ellow. t? . June. Rich, 

 high spots in swamps. 



Lsabella, Alexander s, Catawba, and Bland's Grape. 



6. V. bipinxa'ta, (T. (fe G.) (Cissus bipinnata of Ell.) Stem up 

 right, somewhat twining, without tendrils. Brandies numerous, gla- 

 brous, a little angular. Leaves bipinnate, glabrous, leaflets serrate, 

 lower ones sometimes decompound, leaflets slightly cordate, acuie. 

 Flowers in short spreading panicles. Petals expanding, geneiallv pen- 

 tandrous. Style conical. Fruit globose, de})re5sed. glabrous or slightly 

 hairy, nearly black, 2-celled. — Greenish-yellow. ^ , June — ^July. 

 Rich soils. 



7. V. AMPELOp'sis, >S/fm climbing, glabrous. Xm?;es simple, 8-lobed, 

 or truncate, serrate, pubescent on the veins beneath, Floivers in di- 

 chotomously divided panicles, without tendrils, opposite the leaves. 

 Calyx obscurely toothed. Petals 5. Stamens 5. Fruit 1 -celled, 1 — 2- 

 Bceded, small. — Yellow. ^^ . June. S. Car. in swamps 



Genus II.— AMPELOP'SIS. Mich. 5—1. 

 (From the Greek ampelos, a vine, and opsis, a resemblance.) 



Calyx entire. Petals 5, reflexed, spreading. Stamens 5. 

 Ouary 2-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell. Sti/le conical. 

 Fruit a 2-celled berry, with 1 or 2 seeds in each ceil. Flowers 

 perfect, in corymbose panicles. A shrubby vine. 



1. A. hedera'cea, (D. C.) Stein climbing lofty trees, throwing out 

 short lateral fibres by which it attaches itself. Leaves on long petioles, 

 digitate, by fives. Xm^^e^s petiolate, oblong, coarsely serrate, glabrous, 

 the middle leaflet largest. Panicles many-lowered, opipoaite the leaves, 

 the ultimate divisions umbellate, peduncles crimson. Petals much 

 longer than the calyx. Fruit deep blue, about as large as a pea. — 

 Yellowish green. ^ . June. In moi<t soils. 



American Ivy. Virgi?iian Creeper. A. qninquefolia, Mich. 



Order XXXVIIL— ACERA'CE^E. Juss. 



Sepals 5, or rarely 4 — 9, united at the base, colored, with an 

 imbricate aestivation. Petals as many as sepals and alternate 



