Vilis. VITACK/E. 427 



of the forms which have been referred to I'. Girdiana are evidently hybrids with tlie wine- 

 grape, r. riiii/eni ; and at best the plant is iiii|)crfeitly understixxl and its iiieritH xs a 

 sj)fcies are yet to be determined. 

 V. Doaniana, Minson. I'lant vifrdrous, diinbin/^ high or remaining bushy if failing to 

 find su|»port, with siiort internodes and ratiier tiiin diaphragms : leaves bluish green in cast, 

 mostly large, tliick and firm, cordate-ovate or round-ovate in outline, l»earing a prominent 

 triangular apex, the sinus eitiier deep or shallow, the margins with very large angular 

 notch-like teetii and m>)re or less prominent lobes, the under surface usuailv remaining 

 densely i)ubescent and the upper surface more or less Hoccose : cluster medium to small, 

 bearing large (| inch and less in diameter) Mack glaucous berries of excellent qualitv ; 

 seeds large (J to jj indi lung), distinctly pyriform. — Wild (irapes N. A. 9, Gard. & For. 

 iii. 474, Am. (iard. xii. G(JO, & Hev. \'it. iii. 100; \'iala & Havaz, Vignes Am. 204 (considering 



it a hybrid of F. canJicdiis and the V. Lmii/ii group) ; Sears, (Jard. & For. ix. 4.54, f. S'J. 



Chiefly in N. \V. Texas, but ranging from Greer Co., Oklahoma, to beyond the I'ecos Hiver 

 in New Mexico. The species varies greatly in pubescence, some specimens being verv 

 nearly glabrous at maturity and others densely wliite-tomentose. The plant would pa.s8 at 

 once as a liybri<l of I', nil/nna and I', niiiiliains excejit that the former does n(jt often occur 

 in its range. It is very likely a hybrid, however, and V. candicans seems to be one of the 

 parents. 



++ ++ Rusty-tipped grapes, comprising the ajstivalian group, the unfolding leaves and 

 (except in V. birolor) the young shoots distinctly ferrugineous, ami the mature leaves 

 either rusty or bluish below, or sometimes becoming green in ]'. bicolur. 

 V. aestivalis, Micux. (Simmer, Brxcn, or 1'igeon Gkai-k.) Strong tall-climbing vine, 

 witii medium-short internodes, thick diaphragms, and often jiubescent petioles : leaves mostlv 

 large, thinnish at first but becoming rather thick, ovate-cordate to round-cordate in out- 

 line, the sinus either deep (the ba.sal lobes often overlapping) or broad and open, the limb 

 always lobed or prominently angled, the lobes either .*$ or 5. in the latter ca.se the lubal 

 sinuses usually enlarged and rounded at the extremity, the apex of the leaf broadlv and 

 often obtusely triangular, the upper surface dull and becoming glabrous and the under 

 surface retaining a covering of copious rusty or red-brown pubescence which clings to the 

 veins and draws together in many small tufty masses : stamens in fertile flowers reflexed 

 and laterally bent : clusters mostly long and long-peduucled, not greatly branched or even 

 nearly simple (mo.stly interrupted wiien in flower), bearing small (\ inch or le.<s in diameter) 

 black glaucous berries, which have a tough skin and a pulp ranging from drvish anil as- 

 tringent to juicy and sweet ; seeds medium size (\ inch or less long), two to four. — ¥\. ii. 

 230 ; DC. Prodr. i. 634 ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 244 ; Engelm. Am. Nat. ii. 321, & Bushberg Cat. 

 ed. 3, 16; Planch. 1. c. 334; Millardet, \'ignes Am. 185, t. 20, 23; Munson, Tran.s!'Am. 

 Ilort. Soc. iii. 134, Proc. Am. Pom. Soc. xx. 97, Wild Grapes N. A. 12, Gard. & For. iii. 474, 

 47.'), Am. Gard. xii. 584, & Ilev. Vit. v. 164; Brittou in Bailey, Am. (iard. xiv. 353; P^oex, 

 Vitic. 37 ; Viala & Havaz, Vignes Am. 69. V. si/lceslris, occidentals, & Aiiicriciimi, Bartram, 

 Med. Pep. hex. 2, i. 21, 23. 1'. Nortoni, Prince, Vine, 186. V. Labriisca, var. astimiis, 

 Kegel, Act. Hort. Petrop. ii. 396. V. bracteata, & V. araneosiis, LeConte, Proc. Acail. 

 Philad. vi. 271, 272, & Flora, 1853, 708. (There are specimens in herb. Aca<l. Philatl. labelle.l 

 V. araneosits, as if LeConte's type, but there is no proof that they are his type. These 

 specimens are V. clnerea, which is not known to occur in "the upper jtarts of Georgia," to 

 which r. araneosits is credited ; moreover, the "more or le.ss ferruginous" leaves belong to 

 V. (fsticalis rather than to V. cinerea.) — Chemung Co., New York (T. F. Luri/), and Long 

 Island to Central Florida {Xash, no. 525, Dalle ij), and we.stward through Southern Pennsxl- 

 vania to the Mississijjpi and Missouri. A marked type among American grajie.s, being 

 readily distinguished from other .species by the reddish fuzz of the under sides of the leaves. 

 Most of the tomentose-leaved species have been at one time or another confoumled with it, 

 but when allowed to stand by itself, it is not a difficult species to understand. 



Var. glaiica, B.mi.ev, n. coml>. Leaves (and mature wood) glaucous-blue on the IkmIv 

 beneath, but the veins ru.«ty: berries and .seeds larger. — V- LlncecninH,\i\T. qlauca,y\x\\\snw, 

 Wibi Grapes N. A. 12, G.ard. & For. iii. 474, Am. Gard. xii. 585. & Kev. Vit. v. 159. — s! 

 W. Mis,souri to N. Texa.s. Much like V. bicolor, but leaves thicker and more pubescent 

 below, and tips of shoots rusty-tomentose. 



