GRAPE FAMILY. 611 



VITACEAE. Grape Family. 



PARTHENOCISSUS Planch, in DC. Monogr. Phan. 5, pt. 2 : 447. 1887. 



About 10 species, temperate Eastern Asia. North America, 1. Woody climbers. 



Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch, in DC. Monogr. Phaii. 5, pt. 2 : 448. 1887. 



VIRGINIA CREEPER. 



Hedera quinquefolia L. Sp. PL 1 : 202. 1753. 



Ampelopsis quinquefolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 160. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1: 305. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 115. Chap. Fl. 72. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 63. 



CUBA. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba; New England west 

 to Dakota, Nebraska, and Colorado, south to the Gulf; from Florida to western 

 Texas and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA : All over the State. Rich wooded banks of water courses. Flowers 

 white ; May, June ; fruit ripe October, drupes dark blue. Climbing over bushes and 

 high trees; common. 



Economic uses : Ornamental creeper. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



AMPELOPSIS Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 159. 1803. 

 (Cissus Pers. Syn. 1:143. 1805. Not L. 1753.) 



Fourteen species, temperate Asia. Eastern North America, 3. Woody climbers. 

 Ampelopsis arborea (L.) Rusby in Mem. Torr. Club, 5 : 221. 1894. PEPPEKIDGE. 



Yitis arborea L. Sp. PL 1 : 203. 1753. 



Ampelopsis bipinnata Michx. FL Bor. Am. 1 : 160. 1803. 



Ci88us stans Pers. Syn. 1 : 143. 1805. 



Ell. Sk. 1:304. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 114. Chap. FL 70. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:63. 



CUBA, NORTHERN MEXICO. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Virginia, southern Illinois, southeastern Mis- 

 souri and Arkansas, south to the Gulf, extending from Florida to eastern Texas. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Low borders of woods. Tuscaloosa 

 County (E. A. Smith). Montgomery and Mobile counties. Flowers white, June; 

 fruit ripe in September, drupes black. Frequent, on bushes, or ascending high trees. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Carolina, Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ampelopsis incisa (Nutt.) Desmoul. in Dur. Monogr. do Vigne, 59. 18 . 



SEASIDE Cissus. 



Vilis incisa Nutt. ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 243. 1838. 



Chap. FL 70. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 63. 



Louisianian area. Coast of Florida to Mississippi, western Texas, and southern 

 Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Littoral belt. Drifting sands on the seashore. Baldwin County, 

 eastern shore Mobile Bay, Dauphin Island, Sand Island. Flowers June. An ever- 

 green shrub, trailing or climbing over bushes ; infrequent. 



Type locality: " Prairies and copses, Texas and Arkansas, Dr. Leavemvorth! 

 Arkansas, Nuttall!" 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ampelopsis cordata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 159. 1803. CORDATE Cissus. 



Cissus ampelopsis Pers. Syn. 1 : 142. 1805. 



Vitis indivisa Willd. Berl. Baumg. ed. 2, 538. 1811. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 305. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 114. Chap. Fl. 71. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 63. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia south to Florida, west to 

 Arkansas and southern Missouri. 



ALABAMA: Over the State in the valleys to the coast. River banks. Franklin 

 County, Russellville. Tuscaloosa County (E. A. Smith). Dallas County, Big Prairie 

 Creek. Monroe County, Claiborne. Baldwin and Mobile counties. Frequent, 

 climbing over bushes 6 to 8 feet high. 



Type locality : "Hab. in dumetosis regionis Illinoensis et ad ripas amnis Savan- 

 nah." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



