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Obobb CLX. VITA* BJE.— Vikbwobtb. 



| Barment 



4ii l-i. KunUt in Uu 



(1834) ; Bndl. Qen dxh ; Jf ■ lliuitr. \ Ullliutr.lU 



Battling Ord. Nat, p I 



—Berber' I ns, with regular ty 



opposite the petals, and antht r» opt n 

 unbling, climbing shrubs, with tumid separable joints, 

 game abounds with dotted < lm-t -s of large si/.c, which, at certain seasons, poui 

 in unusual quantity. Leaves with or 

 without stipules :u the base, the low< r 

 apposite, the upper alternate, simple or 

 compound. 1 'i duncli a racemi ■ 

 tiiin a by abortion changing to tendrils, 

 often opposite the leaves. Flowers small, 

 . arrangi >1 in thj rses, umtx Is, or pani- 

 Calj \ small, nearly entire at the 

 edge. Petals l or 5, inserted on the out- 

 aide of H ili-k surrounding the ovary : in 

 aestivation turned inwards :it the edge, in a 

 valvutc manner, and often inflected at tin- 

 point. Stamens equal in Dumber to tin- 

 petals, and opposite them, inserted upon 

 tin- di-k, sometimes .sterile by abortion ; 

 ■laments distinct, or slightly cohering :it 

 tlie base ; anther-, ovate, versatile. Ovary 

 aaperior, 2-6-celled ; style I, very short ; 

 •Bgma simple; ovules erect, definite, ana- 

 IropaL Berry round, often by abortion 

 [•celled, pulpy. Seeds i or "), or fewer by 

 abortion, bony, erect ; albumen hard ; em- 

 hryo erect, about one-third the length of 

 tin albumen ; radicle inferior. 



The main point of distinction in this 



Order i-, independently of general facts, 



tamens being opposite the petals ; and 



by this circumstance it is known among its 



in the same waj as Rhamnads, l'lim- 



&c, among theirs; and, perhaps, Vines 



ought to be regarded as having a certain 



Hiiiount of relation to Rhamnads, though 



they have none to Primworts. 'liny have, 



however, other very strong, though not 



direct affinities. It the Vine is pared 



with Araha racemosa, the relationship of 



tfafl pre-, 'lit Order to it will I. e t bvioUS to 



be mistaken. Suppose that Aralin race- 

 had an adherent calyx, erect ovules, 

 with stamen- opposite the petals, and it 

 would be a \ 'itis. A remarkable character 

 in Umbellifers is their petals turned in- 



at the points ; this occurs also in 



Ainpelepsis quinquefolia ; in foliage there 

 's no material difference between them, 

 and even a trace of similarity between the sensible pro] 



'iay be perceived in the acrid berries of a im< 

 placing l.eea along with Vineworts has been question) I, 

 referred absolutely to Meliads, or erected into a distinct i 



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CCC\ I.— Vitis vinifera. 1. a flower ; '.'. the bum c.i>ting iu petals ; 

 *> a section of the ovar) ; 5. of the Bead. 



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