VOL. II.] 



GRAPE FAMILY 



8. Vitis Baileyana Munsoti. Bailey's 

 Grape. (Fig. 2405.) 



Vitis Virginiana Munson, Gard. & For. 3: 474. 

 1890. Not Lam. 1808. 



Vitis Baileyana Munson. Vit. Bail. 1893. 



Climbing, but often low, the branches dis- 

 tinctly angled, the young twigs tomentose, 

 the tendrils intermittent; pith interrupted 

 at the nodes; internodes short. Leaves cre- 

 nate-dentate, sometimes slightly 3-lobed, as 

 a rule smaller than those of V. cordifolia, 

 somewhat pubescent on the veins beneath even 

 when old; the apex short-acuminate, acute, or 

 blunt, the teeth mucronate; inflorescence com- 

 pact; berries black, 4 // -5 // in diameter, sweet; 

 seeds about 2" long, the raphe broad. 



In valleys, southwestern Virginia, West Vir- 

 ginia and North Carolina. 



9. Vitis rupestris Scheele. Sand Grape. Sugar Grape. (Fig. 2406.) 



V. rupestris Scheele, Linnaea, 21: 591. 1848. 



Low, bushy or sometimes climbing to 

 a height of several feet, glabrous or some- 

 what floccose-pubescent on the younger 

 parts; pith interrupted; bark loose; ten- 

 drils forked, intermittent or often want- 

 ing. Leaves smaller than in any of the 

 preceding species, pale green, shining, 

 sharply dentate with coarse teeth, ab- 

 ruptly pointed, rarely slightly 3-lobed, 

 the sides often folded together ; stip- 

 ules -2"-$" long; inflorescence compact; 

 berries black, with a bloom, 3"-4" in 

 diameter, sweet, 2-4-seeded; seeds about 

 2" long; raphe very slender. 



In various situations, southern Pennsylva- 

 nia to Missouri, Tennessee and Texas. 

 April-June. Fruit ripe in August. 



10. Vitis rotundifolia Michx. Southern Fox-grape. Bullace Grape. (Fig. 2407.) 



Vitis rotundifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 



2: 231. 1803. 

 Vitis vulpina T. & G. Fl. N. A. i: 245. 



1838. Not L. 1753- 



Trailing or high-climbing, glabrous 

 or nearly so throughout; tendrils 

 simple, intermittent, sometimes few; 

 bark close, not shreddy; pith contin- 

 uous through the nodes. Leaves 

 nearly orbicular, 2 / -3 / wide, dark 

 green, shining, dentate with large 

 triangular teeth; inflorescence dense; 

 berries few, purple, 5 // -9 // in diameter, 

 without bloom, tough, musky; seeds 

 several, flat, wrinkled, notched at the 

 apex; raphe indistinct. 



In moist, often sandy soil, Maryland to 

 Kansas, south to Florida, Texas and Mex- 

 ico. Muscadine Grape. The original of 

 the Scuppernong. The berries fall away 

 singly. May. Fruit ripe Aug. -Sept. 



