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smaller than the sterile ones, an<l ripeniiip fr«>ni 3 to 20 prapes in a nearlv plol.ular l.iinc li ; 

 Ijcrries fallint; from lliu duster when ripe, spheriial or nearlv so ami larpe (half iniji to 

 ineh in diameter), with very thiek and toiif,'li skin and a touf,'h musky Hesh, dull purple in 

 eolor without hloom (in the Scu])pernonj,' variety silvery amher j,'re<Mi). ri|.e in Hummer and 

 early autumn; see.ls \ to § incli ionj,', shaped s..m<-thinf,' like a . off.-o hcrry. — Kl. ii. 231 ; 

 iMilhudit, \ijrnes Am. 2.13 ; I'laneh. 1. e. 3(12 ; Munson, Trans. Am. llort. six-. iii. 138, I'mc. 

 Am. I'om. Soc. xx. 97, Wild Grapes N. A. 14, (;ard. & For. iii. 474, Am. (;ar<i. xii. fiCI, & 

 Kev. Vit. vi. 425, f. 64, «j5 ; Britton in Bailey, Am. Gard. xiv. 353 ; F<k;x, Vitic. 29; Viala 

 & Havaz, Vigues Am. 47. I'. ^uh;/;ui, Bartram, Med. Kej). hex. 2, i. 22. I', vul/iimi, Am. 

 Autii. ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 245 ; i:nj,'cim. Bushl.erg ("at. ed. 3, 19 ; not L. V. vuli>it,ii, var. 

 riitiinili/ii/id, Hegel, Art. llort. I'etmp. ii. 394. I', miisriiiliun, iinifiiliihi, rprrurosa, ]>tltiiln, 

 &, l-'loridnna, Haf. Am. .Man. Cirape Nines, IG, 17, are evidently (from the vorv jMM»r descrip- 

 tions) only forms of tiiiH species. — IJiver hanks, swamp.s, and rich woodlands and thickets, 

 S. Delaware, Vommons, to N. Florida and west to Kans:is and Texaw. 

 V. Munsoniana, .Simpson. (.MisT.vNO Gu.\i'K of Florida, Biiin or EvKitiiK.vJtivr, 

 <Ii;ai-i;.) \ery slender grower, preferring to run on tlie ground or over low hushes, more 

 nearly evergreen than the last, flowering more or less continuously : leaves smaller, thinner, 

 and more shining, more nearly circular in outline and le.ss jirominently pctinted ; the teeth 

 hroader in projwrtion to the Made and more open or spreading : clusters larger and more 

 thyrse-like; lurries a half smaller than in the la.-st and often more numerous, shining Mack, 

 with a more tender |)ul]), acid juice, no niuskiness, and thinner skin ; seeds half smaller than 

 in the last. — J. H. Simpson in .Munson, Addr. on Am. Grapes, Lansing, 1886, 5 (lieing a 

 reprint and revision of a paper in rroc. Am. Pom. Soc. xx., iu which this gra|)e is referred 

 to r. Flondana, Haf.) ; Mim.son, Troc. Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci. 1887, .59, Wild (irapes N. A. 

 14, Gard. & For. iii. 475, Am. (Jard. xii. 6G1, & Hev. Vit. vi. 427 ; I'lanch. 1. c. 015; Foex, 

 Vitic. 30. — Dry woods and sands, Florida, at Jacksonville, Lake City, and .<out)i wards, 

 apparently the only grape on the reef keys. (Also in the Bahamas.) Dilhcult to distin- 

 guish from V. rotuiulifolln in herharium specimens, hut distinct in tlie field. 



§ 2. EcviTis, Planch. Bark without distinct lenticels, on the ol<l wood 

 separating in long thin strips and fibres : nodes provided with diaphnignis : ten- 

 drils forked; flower-clusters mostly large and elongated: seeds pyriforni. — 

 Vignes Am. 102, & in DC. Monogr. Phaner. v. 322. 



* Green-le.vved Grapes, mostly marked at maturity hy ahsence of jirominent white, 

 ru.sty, or Mue tomentum or scurf or conspicuous hloom on the leaves heneath (under sur- 

 face sometimes thinly puhescent, or minute patches of floccose wool in the axils of the 

 veins, or perhaps even cohwehhy) ; the foliage mostly thin : tendrils intermittent, i. e., 

 every third joint hearing no tendrils (or inflorescence). V. cineiea and T. Arizonica are 

 partial exceptions and might he looked for in ♦ *. 

 +- T'H//)/;irt-like grapes, characterized by thin light or bright green mostly glossy leaves 

 (which are generally glabrous below at maturity .«ave perhai)s in the axils of the veins 

 «uk1 in r. Chnmpini) with a long or at lea.st a prominent j)oint and usually long and largo 

 sharp teeth or the e<Iges even jagged. 

 ++ Leaves broader than long, with truiicate-obli(|ue base ( V. TnUasei might be sought here). 

 V. rupestris, Scheki.e. (S.vnd, Si(;ar, Hoc k, Bisn, or Moi nt.\in (in.^PK.) Shrub 2 to 

 (') feet high, or sometimes sligiitly climbing, the tendrils few or even none, diaphragms plane 

 and rather thin: leaves reniform to reniform-ovate (about 3 to 4 inches wide and two 

 thirds a.s high), rather thick, smooth and glabrous on both surfaces at maturity, marked by 

 a characteristic light glaucescent tint, the sides turned u]> so as to exjjose much of the 

 undr-r surface, the ba.se only rarely cut into a well markeil sinus, the margins very coarsely 

 angle-toothed, the boldly rounded top bearing a short abrupt point and sometimes two 

 lateral teeth enlarged and suggesting lobes : stamens in fertile fl<twers recurved laterally or 

 rarely ascending, those in the sterile flowers ascending < du.ster small, slender, open an<l 

 bninched ; berries small (} to i inch in diameter), purple-black and soiuewh.-it glaucous, 

 jdea.sant-tasted, ripe in late sunmier : seeds sni.ill and bmad. — Linna-a, xxi. 591 ; Planch, 

 in DC. Monogr. Phaner. v. 346; Millardet, Vignes Anj. 179, t. 18, 22; Kugelm. Bu.shberg 



