Vitis. VITACE.E. 423 



V. Treleasei, Mi'NSOn, in lierb. Plant slirulihy and murh liranrherl, climbing; little, the «niall 

 and mostly short (jjeni-rally shorter than the leaveH) temlrils deciduous tlie tirst year unles« 

 finding support, internodes sliort, the diapliragnis twice thicker (about j^ inch) than iu I'. 

 luil/tiiut and sliallow-biconcave : stipules less than one ijuarter iw lar^e a» in V. vul/iiud P 

 leaves lar<;e and j^rcen, very broad-ovate or even reniforni-*>vate (often wider than lonj;), 

 thin, glabrous and shining on both surfaces, the basal sinus very broad and open and making 

 no distinct angle with tiie jietiole, the margin uneiiualiy note h-toothed (not jagged :us in I'. 

 vulin'iui) and indistinctly .•Mobed, tiie apex much shorter than in I', vnlpimt : fertile (lowers 

 with very siiort recurved stamens, sterile with iL>»ccnding stamens : cluster small ('1 to 3 incliex 

 long); the l)errics \ incli or less thick, black with a thin bloom, ripening three weeks later 

 than r. vulfiina wlien grown in tiie same jdaco, tiiiuskinned ; pulp juicy and sweet; seeds 

 small. — Brewster County, S. W. Texiis, E. L. Gatjc, and New Mexico t<i Hradshaw Moun- 

 tains, Arizona. Little known, .ind jw.s.siidy a dry<-ountry form of V. ru//>in(i. In habit it 

 suggests ]'. Arizoiiira, var. i/ltihra, from which it is distinguisheil, am<iiig other things, by 

 its decidedly earlier (lowering and larger leaves with coarser teeth and less jjointed ape.x. 



V. Longii, I'iunce. Differs from vigorous forms of V. viil/n'ita in having flocco.se or pul)e8- 

 cent young growth : leaves decidedly more circular in outline with more angular teeth an<l 

 duller in color, often distinctly pube.scent beneath : stamens in fertile flowers short and 

 weak and laterally reflexed, tho.se in sterile flowers long and strong: seeds larger. — \ine, 

 184 (1830). r. Soloiiis, Planch. Vignes Am. 1 1'.», & in DC. Monogr. Pliauer. v. .•}.'J4 ; Engelm. 

 Bushberg Cat. ed. 3, 18 ; Munson, Wild Grapes N. A. 9, Am. Card. xii. 660, & Rev. Vit. iii. 

 159; Foex, Vitic. 121 ; Viala & Ravaz, Vignes Am. 202. T. Xucvo-McxiraiKi.Leniuum in 

 Munson, Trans. Am. Ilort. Soc. iii. 132 ; Munson, Wine & Fruit Gr. vii. 8.") (188.')), Proc. Am. 

 Pom. Soc. XX. 97, & Proc. Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci. 18S7, .'J9. — N. W. Texa.s and New Mexico. 

 Regarded by Frendi authors as a hybrid, the species V. nipeslris, vul/iirtii, ra ml leans, ainl cor- 

 difolia having been suggested as its probalde parents. It is variable in character. In most of 

 its forms it would be taken for a compound of V. rupestris and 1'. viil/n'nti, but the latter 

 species is not known to occur in most of its range. It was very likely originally a hybrid 

 between I', rupestris (whidi it .sometimes closely resembles iu herbarium sj)eciuiens save for 

 its woolliness) and some tonientose species (possibly with W Arizonica or I'. D(tani<ina), but 

 it is now so widely distributed and grows so far removed from its suppo.sed parents and 

 occurs in such great (pumtity in certain areas, that for taxonomic purposes it must be kej)t 

 distinct. It is not unlikely that it has originated at different places as the product of unlike 

 hybridizations. Late French writers designate the jagged-leaved forms as V. Solonis. and 

 the dentate forms as V. Nuevo-Mexicann. This interesting grape was found some thirty 

 years ago by Engelmann in the Botanic Garden of Berlin under the name of Vitls Solonis, 

 without history. Engelmann guesses (Bushberg Cat. ed. 3, 18) the name to be a corrup- 

 tion of "Long's." It is probable that tlie plant was sent to Eurt)pean gardens as ]'ilis 

 Lonip'l — very likely from Prince's nursery — and the name was misread on the label. 

 The original name, whidi was duly publisiied by Prince witli description, may now be 

 restored. 



Var. microsperma, Bah.ev, n. comb. (!'. Solonis, var. mlcrospermn, ^lunson, Bev. 

 Vit. iii. 160), is a very vigorous and small-seeded form, which is very resistant to drought. — 

 Ked Kiver. N. Texas." 



V. Champini, Planch. Probably a hybrid of T'. rupestris or 1'. Berlandieri and T'. cnndi- 

 cans, bearing medium to large reniform or reniform-cordate leaves which are variously 

 pubescent or cobwebby but become glabr<nis, the growing tips mostly white-tomento^e : 

 berries very large and excellent. — .Tour. Vigne Am. vi. 22, ix. 192, & iu DC. Monogr. 

 Phaner. v. 327; Munson, Trans. Am. Ilort. Soc. iii. 137 (as liybrid), Proc. Am. Pom. Soc. 

 XX. 97, Wild Grapes N. A. 11, (Jard. & For. iii. 474, Am. Gard. xii. 661, t. opp. j.. .'J79, & 

 Rev. Vit. iii. 81 ; Foex, Vitic. 118; Viala & Havaz, Vignes Am. 192. — S. W. Texas. In 

 some jdiices a.ssociated with V. cnndlcans, Berlandleri, and mmticola only, and in others w ith 

 the above and I', rupestris. Often found composing dense thickets. 



= = Diaphragms verv thick and strong : young shoots bright red : leaves often strongly 

 lobed. 



V. palmata, Vmh.. (I{i;r> or Cat Gkatk.) A slender but .^tronggrowing vine, with 

 small long-jointed angled red glabrous herb-like shoots and red petioles; leaves small to 



