14 - VITIS, OR 



fid, elongate acuminate, teeth large unequal acuminate, 

 smooth above, glaucous beneath, sparingly pilose, chiefly 

 on the nerves. Berries depressed and sweet. Found near 

 Orwisburg, on the Schuylkill, in Pennsylvania, and cul- 

 tivated in gardens. Leaves very thin, pretty large, about 

 5 inches long and 4 broad. Grapes very good. 3 Varie- 

 ties, white, purple, and black. This species appears to 

 answer completely to the description of the J^. riparia 

 of Poiret, (not of the otliers) which was the Vigne des 

 Battures of Louisiana, and thus this fine grape is from 

 Pennsylvania to Louisiana. Nerves marginal at the base. 



23. V. acerifolia. Raf. See figure IIL or C. Mapleleaf 

 Grape. Trailing. Petioles very short, striated, pilose, 

 redish. Leaves reniform trifid, base dilatate, nerves 

 not marginal : sinusses acute, segments acuminate fal- 

 cate, teeth very large, unequal and sharp, smooth and 

 pale or glaucescent on both sides, nerves pubescent above 

 and beneath, margin also pubescent. Brought from the 

 Oregon mountains by the expedition of I^ong, cultivated 

 in Bartram's garden. It has not given fruits as yet, but 

 they are said to be very good and juicy. Leaves very 

 much like those of many INIaples, 4 to 6 inches long and 

 broad, a little variable, more or less gashed, sometimes 

 sinusses very narrow, that of the base sometimes round. 



24. V. inontana, Raf. Mountain Grape. Branches 

 decumbent, round and smooth. Petioles round and smooth, 

 longer than the leaves. Leaves cordate trifid acute, mem- 

 branaceous, unequally serrate, smooth and lucid above, 

 pubescent and pale beneath. Berries small and black. 

 In the Alleghany mountains from New York to Carolina. 

 A small trailing vine, near to V. Odoratisima, but leaves 

 larger, petioles longer, flowers hardly odorous, fruit 

 hardly good. 



25. V. concolor, Raf. Dwarf Grape» Branches pro- 

 cumbent green, round and smooth. Petioles round, 

 smooth, exceedingly short, one fourth only. Leaves very 

 thin, ovate acute subangular, base reniform, margin sub- 

 angular, with unequal mucronate teeth, both sides green, 

 lucid sparingly pilose. Small vine trailing on the ground, 

 from New York to Missouri. Petioles only one fourth of 

 the length of the leaves. Grapes small, blackish, called 

 Ground Grape and Chicken Grape : this last name is 



