Vitv^. VITACK.E. 42'.) 



leaves medium in size and more or less jxiplar-like, ranging from reni form-ovate to cordate- 

 ovate or trianiL^uhir-ovate, dnil alnivu Imt very denBidy wliite-ioiiu-ntoHe IkjIow and on the 

 jietioles, tlie Itiisal siniis very hmad arid open or usually none wliatever (llie [nine of tin- leaf 

 then nearly truncate), deijdy 5-7-lohed (wilii enlarging Munded ninu»cn) on the Htrong 

 shoots and more or less indistini-lly lohed or only angled on the nornuil growths, the niarginN 

 wavy or sinuate-toothed : stamens in the sterile llowers lung and strong, those in the fertile 

 flowers very short and laterally retlexed : cluster small, mostly liranehed, i>earing a dozen 

 to twenty large (J inch or less in diameter) purple or light-«olored or even whitish Iw-rries, 

 which have a thick skin and a very disagreeaMe tiery flavor; seeds large, pyriform. — 

 Kngelin. in (iray, I'l. Lindli. j.t. 2, IGO, Am. Nat. ii. 321, & Hushherg Cat. ed .1, !>) ; I'lanch. 

 1. c. 32G; Munson, Trans. Am. Hurt. Soc. iii. I."t7, I'roc. Am. I'om. Soc. .\x. ItT, Wild (JrajM-s 

 N. A. 11, Ciard. & For. iii. 474, & Am. (iard. xii. fif.l ; Im.Ox, Vitic. ."U ; \iala & Havaz, 

 Vignes Am 61. 1'. Mustaiifjensis, Buckley, I'at. Off. Kep. 1801,482, I'roc. Acad. I'hilad. 

 1861, 451, & 1870, 136. I'. Lnhnisca, var. jicifulUi, Kegel, Act. Hort. I'etrop. ii. 3'J6. — 

 v.. 'lexa-s, mostly on limestone soils. 



Var. COriacea, H.mi.kv, n. comli. (I..k.\theu-lkak orCAH.oosA Orai'E.) Differs 

 from the siieiies cliietly in licaring much smaller (about | inch in diameter) thinner-skinned 

 and more edilile grapes with mostly smaller seeds, and perhaps a less tendency to very deep 

 lolling in the leaves on young siioots and possilily rather more marked rustiness on the young 

 growths. — V. roriareu, Shuttl. distr. pi. Kugel (('hai)m. V\. S. States, 71 ) ; I'lanch. 1. c. 345; 

 Munson. Wild Grapes N. A. II, Gard. & For. iii. 474, & Am. Card. xii. 661 ; Focx, \'itic. 

 34 ; Viala & Havaz, Vigues Am. 61. V. ('arihua, Chapm. Fl. 71 ; Munson, Trans. Am. Ilort. 

 Soc. iii. 136; not DC. — Florida, chiefly .southward, in which range various Texan plants 

 reappear. The more agreeable quality of the fruit is probably the result of a more e<iuable 

 and moister climate. 



V. Simpsoni, Mlnson. Distinguished by mostly much-cut leaves on the young shoots 

 and coniiiaratively thin large and large-toothed ones on the main shoots, ru.sty-white tomen- 

 tuni below and very jiromiiiently brown-tomentose young growths, — the character of the 

 leaves and tomentum varying widely, the foliage sometimes becoming almost blue-greeu 

 below. — I'roc. Soc. I'rom. Agr. Sci 1887, 59, Wild Grapes N. A. 12, (iard. & F'or. iii. 474, 

 Am. Gard. xii. 661 (said to be hybrid of V. corlacm and V. cineren), & Rev. Vit. v. 164, 

 f. 52 ; Viala & Havaz, Vignes Am. 221 (calling it a hybrid of F. cinerea and V. coriarea). 

 — (Vntral Florida, Lake Co., A'a.s/i. no. 399 ; Manatee River, 7?«7«'/, no. 112, etc. This is 

 likelv a hvbrid of I'. <istir(ills and I', cmnlirans, var. con'acea. Some forms of it are verj- 

 like r. Liihiiisoi, and might be mistaken for that species. 



■H- -H- Tendrils mostly continuous (a tendril or inflorescence opposite every node). 



V. Labrusca, L. (Fox Grape, Skunk Gkape.) A strougvine, climbing high on thickets 

 and trees : voung shoots tawny or fuscous with much scurfy down : leaves large and thick, 

 stronglv veined (especially beneath), broadly cordate ovate, mostly obscurely 3-lobed towards 

 the top (on strong growths the sinuses sometimes extending a third or even half the 

 dejjth of the blade, and rounded and edentate at the bottom) or sometinu's nearly con- 

 tinmms in outliue and almost deltoid-ovate, the pctiolar sinus mostly shallow and very oj)en 

 (ranging to narrow and half or more the length of the petiole), the margins shallovrly 

 scallop-toothed with mucro-iiointed teeth (or sometimes almo.st entire), and the apex and 

 lobes acute, the upper surface dull green and becoming glabrous but the lower surface 

 denselv covered with a tawny-white, ilun-colored or red-brown tonientum : stamens long and 

 erect in the sterile flowers ami (in wild forms) short and recurved in the fertile <>nes: raceme 

 short (berries usually less than 20 in wild types), generally simple or very nearly so, in an- 

 thesis about the length of the peduncle : berries large and nearly spherical, ranging from 

 purple-black (the common C(dor) to red-brown and amber-green, generally falling from the 

 peijicel when ripe, variable in ta.ste but mostly sweetish musky and sometimes slightly 

 iistringent. the skin thick and tough; seeds very large and thick. — Sjiec. i. 2(KJ, in i>art ; 

 Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 244; (Jray, Gen. 111. ii. t. 161 ; F.ngelm. Hnshberg Gat. ed. 3. 14; Mil- 

 lardet, Vignes Am. 219; Mun.xon, Trans. .\m. Ilort. .Stc. iii. 136. l'r»H-. Am. Tom. Soc. xx. 

 97, & Rev. Vit. V. 157 ; Hritton in Railey, Am. Gard. xiv. 353 ; Vi.ila & Ravaz. Vignes Am. 

 51. r. riiljiinn, Rartram, Med. Rej). hex. 2, i. 21. and other authors. \'. /ilnm/i. Prince. 

 Vine, 177. V. Labrusca, var. typira, Hegel, Act. Ilort. I'etrop. ii. 395. — New England and 



