10 VITIS, OR 



subtrifid acute, with unequal obtuse teeth, smooth above, 

 pale gray beneath. Racemes small. Berries globular, 

 purplish black and small. From Canada to Ohio and 

 Virginia, large vine, blossoms in July, fruits only ripe 

 after frost, in small bunches, rather dense, of an acid 

 bad taste. 



9. V. serotina. Raf. Late Grape. Branches procum- 

 bent pilose, sometimes rooting. Petioles subequal pubes- 

 cent. Leaves cordate palmate, 5 lobed, hardly crenate, 

 sinusses rounded, lobes rounded acuminate, hairy above, 

 gray beneath. Berries small and black. From Ohio to 

 Missouri and Kentucky, in glades, near streams. Grape 

 austere, ripe in October. Var. 1. Eepens, 2. Micracina. 

 3. Sangiiinarla. Bloody grape of Missouri. Berries 

 sweet, black outside, red inside. 



10. V. glareosa. Raf. Trailing Grape. Branches pro- 

 cumbent, trailing, elongated and smooth. Petioles sub- 

 equal smooth. Leaves lemote, cordate sagittate, broad, 

 subtrifid, serrate, smooth above, white beneath. Berries 

 bluish black, large and sweet. This is the summer grape 

 of the western glades or barrens, found from Illinois to 

 Florida. Never climbing, fruit very sweet and fine, as 

 large as cherries, ripe in August. 



' 11. V. laiifoHa, Raf. (F. taurina, Walt. V. luhrusca 

 of many botanists, but very different from V. labrusca of 

 Europe.) Fox Grape. Branches slender striated pubes- 

 cent. Petioles *hort hairy. Leaves ample coriaceous, cor- 

 date oval, lobes approximated at the base, trifid angular, 

 denticulate, wrinlcled and smooth above, white beneath, 

 nerves yellow. Racemes small. Berries large, depressed 

 and hard. From Canada to Florida and Louisiana, call- 

 ed by many names. Fox Grape, Bullet Grape, Bull 

 Grape, Frost Grape, Tough Grape. In woods and hedges, 

 blossoms in June and July. Leaves ample, rusty beneath 

 when young. Flowers green, peduncles hairy, a short 

 style. Fruit commonly purple, with a hard skin and a 

 tough pulp, taste foxy. Many varieties : 1 . ./5/6 a, ber- 

 ries whitish. 2. Nigra, berries black, austere and harsh. 

 3, Fruniformis, as large as a plumb, of a deep purple, 

 fleshy when ripe, called Elkton or Plumb Grape. 4. Bu- 

 brtty smaller red grapes, called Red Fox Grape. 



