188 THE VINES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



Berries black. This seems confined to wet places in 

 the Lower District. 



8. (S. auriculata, Walt.) — Similar to No. 7, slightly 

 or not at all prickly, growing over small shrubs on 

 the coast, flowers fragrant. The leaves are peren- 

 nial, 1 to 2 inches long, narrowly ovate, 3 to 5 nerved, 

 with conspicuous cross veins, especially beneath, ter- 

 minated by an abrupt almost prickly point. Com- 

 mon fruit-stalk rather shorter than the leaf-stem. 

 Berries black. 



Rattan. Supple Jack. (Berchemia volubilis, 

 DC.) — A very tough flexible vine running up trees. 

 The leaves are alternate, 1 to 2 inches long, ovate, 

 dark green, very smooth, not toothed, having promi- 

 nent parallel unbranched straight veins running ob- 

 liquely from the midrib to the margin. The berry is 

 dark purple, about i inch long, with a thin coat and 

 a hard smooth nut. Grows from Virginia southward 

 through our Lower District. 



(Sageretia Michauxii, Brogn.) — Grows upon the 

 sandy soil of the coast, 6 to 18 feet long, with thorn- 

 like spreading branches. Leaves 1 inch long, ovate, 

 opposite, smooth and shining, finely toothed. Flow- 

 ers very small, in loose clusters. The berry is small 

 and round, dark jDurple, and pleasantly acid. I have 

 not met with this, and have introduced it here on the 

 authority of Michaux. 



(Cocculus Carolinus, DC.) — This runs exten- 

 sively over shrubs and small trees on the borders of 

 damp woods and streams, from the coast to Lincoln. 



