GRAPE VINES. ' 25 



53. V. laciniosa, lu. Cutleaf Grape. Leaves digitate, 



4 to 6 folioles subpinnatifid, unequal obtuse, pale and 

 smooth beneath. Racemes simple oval pendulous. Ber- 

 ries rounded sweet and acid. Var.l. White oval. 2.White 

 round and small. 3. White and red. 4. Grandifolia. 

 5. Dissecta. 



54. V.pinnata, Vahl. Branches smooth, round pur- 

 plish. Leaves M^ith 5 folioles, ovate petiolate serrate 

 smooth, terminal lobe subsessile, lower ones often auricu- 

 late outside, pale and smooth beneath. Racemes twice 

 compound, partial ombellulate. Grape not knowntf'- Ge- 

 nus doubtful, folioles 2 inches long. 



55. V. corinthiaca, Raf. Currants Grape. Leaves large 



5 lobed, lobes laciniate by long acute teeth, downj be- 

 neath. Berries small and round. Var. 1. White. 2. Red. 

 3. Transparent. 4. Sultana oi Apjrena, without seeds. 

 Native of Greece. 



56. V. maura, Raf. Morocco Grape. Leaves subpal- 

 mate? teeth long acute, smooth beneath. Berries like a 

 heart, unequal, large. Var. 1. Violaceous. 2. Tawny. 

 3. Very large purple. Native of North Africa, Morocco 

 and Baibary. 



57. V, cylindrica, Raf. Long Grape. Leaves ample, 

 lobes and segments very unpqiiai. Oculca ojllndrioal, 

 straight or curved, commonly acute, with hard pulp and 

 two acute seeds. Var. 1. Olive Grape, oblong cylindrical 

 greenish. 2. Long cylindrical, very hard. 3. Oblong, 

 juicy, white. 4. Incurva. Curved yellow. 5. Curved ob- 

 long obtuse, green. 6. Curved, brick-red, acute. The 

 French call this grape Cornichon, the Italians Dattola 

 and Oliva. It is very good to eat, but rather insipid and 

 not good for wine ; grapes one or two inches long. 



Here ends the supposed varieties of V. vinifera^ and 

 begins the series of tropical Vines or Vjndica of authors. 



58. V. indica of Rheede, L- Malabar Grape. Leaves 

 cordate without lobes, smooth beneath, teeth acute. Ber- 

 ries globular and red. In Malabar and India. 



59. V. flexuoso, Thunberg. Japan Grape. Branches 

 smooth in zigzag. Leaves cordate acute serrate, downy 

 beneath. Flowers glomerate in long panicles. In Japan, 

 called there Itodori. 



