BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS. 7 



Vitis Uncecutnii, Buckley. South Texas, var. glauca, Munson. North 



Texas to South Missouri. 

 Vitis bicolor, Leconte. Kentucky to Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, 



New York, and southward. 



Vitis cestivalis, Michaux. Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia, and southward. 

 Vitis Simpsonii, Munson. Florida. 



GROUP 6. CORDIFOLI^E. (Frost Grape.) 



Vine slender, climbing ; young canes smooth, cylin- 

 drical, except in monticola, thinly pinkish pubescent in 

 striate lines along the obscure angles, becoming pale 

 reddish brown ; leaves heart-shape entire or lobed, blade 

 smooth and shining on both sides, except along the mid- 

 ribs and veins ; clusters medium to large, loose, and sel- 

 dom compound ; berries small, black, shining, without 

 bloom except in V. monticola. 



Vitis cordifolia, Michaux. Iowa to New York, south to Gulf. 



Vitis rubra, Michaux. (V. palmata, Englm.) Illinois and southward. 



Vitis monticola, Buckley. ( V. Texana, Munson.) Southwest Texas. 



GROUP 7. CINERASCENTES. (Winter Grapes.) 



Vine slender at first, but becoming a strong grower 

 and climbing very high. Young canes densely whitish 

 or rusty, pubescent, or woolly along the angles ; buds 

 small, sub-triangular, brown, but in expanding dull 

 pink or rusty crimson; leaves long, cordate, seldom 

 lobed, but variable in the different species, some with 

 upper side rugose, dark, dull green, and only pubescent 

 or whitish woolly beneath, the latter in some of the 

 Southwestern forms ; clusters large to very large, loose 

 or compact, compound, with long slender peduncle ; 

 berries very small, with thin bloom, or shining black, 

 with a pure vinous taste, intensely acid till very ripe, or 

 when frosted. 



Vitis Virginiana, Munson. Mountain Valleys Southwest Virginia. 



Vitis B6rlandieri, Planchon. ( V. monticola, Mil.) 



Vitis cinerea, Engelmann. Texas, Indian Territory, Missouri, Illinois, 



Tennessee, var. Floridana, Munson, Florida. 

 Vitis Caribcea, D. C., Eastern Mexico, and West Indies. 

 Vitis Mlaiicoii, Muason. Sierra Madre Mountains, Western Mexico. 



