AMERICAN VINES. 



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long, and folded along the mid-rib, parchment-like, very 

 .glabrous and very shining on the upper-face (Fig. 5). The 



Fig. 5. Leaves of V. Rupestris, young and adult (after M. 



bnnch generally bears only male flowers, ^sterile, but some-" 

 times bears small bluish-black berries without anypeculiar 



