16 VITIS, OR 



the blossoms sraelling like Reseda odorata. Var. 1. Vi- 

 ridis, berries greenish. 2. Purpurea, berries purplish. 



III. Series. HypoJeia. Berries globular or depressed. 

 Leaves smooth beneath, but commonly pubescent at the 

 axilla of the nerves, 



30. Sp. V. odoratissima, Donn. Sweet scented Grape. 

 Branches and petioles smooth, not striated. Petioles 

 short, half the length. Leaves small reniform trifid, sub- 

 acuminate, subangular, unequally incisile toothed, smooth 

 and green on both sides, axillas of nerves bearded be- 

 neath. Racemes pubescent, lax, compound. Berries 

 pisiform and sweet. From New York to Kentucky, 

 in groves, fields, commonly procumbent, not twining : 

 blossoms in May, flowers very sweet, like V. riparia, 

 from which it differs by the petioles, leaves nearly angu- 

 lar laciniate, not pubescent nor ciliated. !Many authors 

 have united it to V. riparia. Var. l.jltropurpurea, grapes 

 purplish black acerb, on the Ohio and Green Rivers. 

 2. Purpurea, grapes purple and sweet, in Ohio. 3. A'i- 

 gra. Petioles equal to leaves, grapes black, fine flavor, 

 in Ohio. 4. Alba. Grapes white, in New York. 



31. V. Amara, Raf. Bitter Grape. Branches striated 

 and smooth. Petioles very short, smooth, purplish. Leaves 

 cordate acuminate, base obtuse, lobes distant, unequally 

 toothed, teeth rounded mucronate, smooth on both sides, 

 pale beneatl), nerves brown, with bearded axillas. Ber- 

 ries small, black and bitter. Found near Philadelphia 

 by Mr. Carr, and cultivated in Bartram's garden. Leaves 

 about 6 inches long, 6 broad, petioles 2. Berries pisi- 

 form, intolerable bitter, with two seeds and hardly any 

 pulp. 



32. V. vulpina or muscadina^ Raf. ( V. incisa, Jaq. V. 

 vulpina, L., Abbot, Walter, Smith. V. rofundifolia,Mx. 

 P. N. Elliot.) Muscadine Grape. Branches pubescent 

 Petioles subequal smooth. Leaves cordate acute, une- 

 qually toothed, smooth and shining on both sides, nerves 

 bearded at the axilla. Racemes with many capitvdes. 

 Fruit depressed, large, juicy. From Virginia to Florida 

 and Texas, near streams chiefly. It bears a multitude of 

 vulgar names, such as Muscadine, Bullet, Fox and Scu- 

 pernong Grape : the confusion in the botanical names is 

 as bad, and as they do not apply, I have changed them 



