Trees, Shrubs and Vines 
4. Trumpet Flower. Trumpet Creeper. (Tecoma radicans,) 
LEAF: pinnate, opposite; leaflets, 7-11, coarsely serrate, 
ovate to oval, base and apex pointed, 2'-3' long. FLOWER: 
scarlet outside, orange inside (corolla funnel-form, 5-lobed), 214'-3 
long, clustered ; June-August ; fruit a pod, 5'-6’ long, curved. 
Pennsylvania to Illinois, and south; cultivated; climbing by 
short rootlets ending in flat disks ; woody stems. (PI. I.) 
5. Northern Fox-grape. (Vitis labrusca.) 
LEAF : 4'-6' wide, simple, alternate, serrate, variably lobed, 
roundish, base cordate, very woolly both sides when young (as 
also branchlets), continuing rusty woolly beneath. FLOWER: 
greenish, small, clustered; June; berries large, purple or amber, 
with musky flavor; with clasping tendrils growing from branch ; 
tendril or flower-cluster opposite every leaf; in all other grapes, 
intermittent ; eastward. (PI. I.) 
6. Summer Grape. (Vitis estivalis.) 
LEAF: 4'-7' wide, simple, alternate, coarsely serrate, commonly 
3-5-lobed, roundish, base cordate, downy beneath at first, then 
smoothish and whitish. FLOWER: greenish, in long clusters ; 
June; berries small, black, with bloom; tendrils from stalk. 
(Pl. I.) 
7. Winter Grape. Frost Grape. (Vitis cordifolia.) 
LEAF: 3'-5' wide, simple, alternate, coarsely serrate, often a 
little 3-lobed, roundish, base cordate, apex sharp, gveen both 
sides, thin, ribs beneath usually hairy. FLOWER: in large, 
loose clusters, very fragrant; May, June; berries small, black or 
blue, with bloom, very sour until after frost; tendrils from stalk. 
8. Southern Fox-grape. Muscadine. (Vitis rotundifolia.) 
LEAF: 2’-3' wide, simple, alternate, coarsely serrate, rarely 
lobed (slightly), roundish, base cordate, glossy both sides. 
FLOWER: in small dense clusters ; May; berries large, musky, 
purplish, no bloom, tough-skinned ; bark not ‘‘shreddy ° as in 
other grapes. Maryland, west and south; tendrils from stalk. 
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