j^28 YTTACE.E. Vitis. 



Var Linsecomii, Munson. (Post-oak, Pixe-wood, or Tcrket Grape.) More 

 stock V than T. .t*<(V"//s, climbing high upon trees but forming a bushy clump when not 

 fiiuliii"- support: leaves densely toinentose or velvety below: berries large (-^ to | incli 

 in (li'inieter) black and glaucous, mostly palatable; seeds mostly much larger tlian in 

 r asta-alis (often | inch long). — Proc. Am. Pom. Soc. xx. 97. l". dlversifolia, Prince, 

 Vine 183, not Wall. F. Linsecomii, Buckley, Pat. Off. Pep. 1861, 485, Proc. Acad. 

 Philad 1861, 451, & 1870, 136; Planch. 1. c. 338; Millardet, Vignes Am. 211, t. 21 ; Mun- 

 son Wild Grapes N. A. 12, Gard. & For. iii. 474, 475, Am. Gard. xii. 585, & Rev. Vit. v. 

 159'- Foex Vitic. 36; Viala & Kavaz, Vignes Am. 66. — High post-oak (Qnercus steUuta) 

 land's S W. Missouri to N. Texas and E. Louisiana. Very likely derived from the 

 a'stiualis type through adaptation to dry soils and climates. Perhaps wortli recognition as 

 a geograpliical .-ipecies. . 



Var Bourquiniana, Bailey, n. comb. A domestic offslioot, represented m such 

 cidtivat'c.l varieties as Ilerbemont and Le Noir, differing from V. (tslivalis in its mostly 

 tiiinner leaves which (like the young shoots) are only slightly red-brown below, the pubes- 

 cence mostly cinereous or dun-colored or the under surface sometimes blue-green: berries 

 lar^re and iuicv, black or amber-colored.— V. Bourquiniana, Munson, Wild (irapes N. A. 

 12,''Gard. & For. iii. 474, Am. Gard. xii. 584, & Rev. Vit. v. 159; Viala & Ravaz, Vignes 

 Am. 237 (considering it a vinifera-cestiralis hybriil). — A mixed type, some of it probably 

 a direct amelioration of F.cEsiu-a/zs, and some hybridized with the wine-grape {Wvinifera). 

 Miu-h cultivated south. 



V bicolor, LeConte. (Blue Gkape, or Summer Grape of tlie North.) A strong high- 

 *climl)ing vine, with mostlv long iuternodes and tliick diaphragms, the young growth and 

 canes generally perfectly glabrous and mostly (but not always) glaucous-blue, tendrils and 

 petioles very long: leaves large, round-cordate-ovate in outline, glabrous and dull above 

 and very heavily" glaucous- blue below, but losing the bloom and becoming dull green 

 very late in the season, those on the young growth deeply 3-5-lobed and on the older 

 growths shallowly 3-lobed, the basal sinus running from deep to shallow, tiie margins mostly 

 shallow-toothed or sinuate-toothed (at least not so prominently notch-toothed as in V. cesti- 

 valis) ■ cluster mostly long and nearly simple (sometimes forked), generally with a long or 

 prominent peduncle; the purple and densely glaucous berries of medium size (^ inch or less 

 in diameter), sour but pleasant-tasted when ripe (just before frost) ; seeds rather small. — 

 Proc Acad. Philad. vi. 272, & Flora, 1853, 708; Planch, in DC. Monogr. Phaner. v. 614; 

 Munson, Wild Grapes N. A. 12, Gard. & For. iii. 474, Am. Gard. xii. 585, & Rev. Vif. v. 163 ; 

 Foex, Vitic. 37 ; Viala & Ravaz, Vignes Am. 68. V. argentifilia, Munson, Proc. Soc. Prom. 

 Agr.'sci. 1887, 59. — Abundant northwards along streams and on banks, there taking the 

 place of V. cBstmalis. Ranges from New York and Illinois to the mountains of W. North 

 Carolina, BaiUy, and to W. Tennessee, Fendler. Well distinguislied from V. asiivalis (at 

 least in its northern forms) by tlie absence of rufous tomentum, the blue-glaucous small- 

 toothed leaves, and long petioles and tendrils. It has been misunderstood because it loses 

 its glaucous character in the fall. 



V Caribeea, DC. Climbing, with flocculent-woolly (or rarely almost glabrous) and striate 

 "slioots : tendrils rarely continuous : leaves cordate-ovate or even broader and mostly acumi- 

 nate-pointed, sometimes obscurely angled above (but never lobed e.xcept now and then on 

 young shoots), becoming glabrous above but generally remaining rufous-tomentose below, 

 the margins set with very small mucro-tipped sinuate teeth: cluster long and long- 

 peduncled, generally large and very compound ; berry small and globose, purple ; seed 

 obovate, grooved on the dor.sal side. — Prodr. i. 634; Griseb. Fl. W. Ind. 102; Planch. 

 1. c. 330'; Engelm. Bushberg Cat. ed. 3, 15. — A widely distributed and variable species in 

 the American tropics, running into white-leaved forms (as in V. Blanroi, Munson). Little 

 known in the United States; Louisiana, Hooker; Lake City, N. Florida, Nash, no. 2493; 

 swamp, near Jacksonville, Florida, Curliss, no. 4791. 



H- -1- Leaves densely tomentose or felt-like beneath throughout the season, the covering 



white or rusty-white. 

 ++ Tendrils intermittent (every third joint with neither tendril nor inflorescence opposite). 



V candicans, Esgelm. (Mustang Grape.) Plant strong and high climbing with 

 densely woolly 'young growth (which is generally rusty-tipped), and very thick diaphragms: 



