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have long abortive branches at base retrograding into tendrils. Fruit small, greenisb 
amber color, or sometimes nearly = ck when mature, ripening after frost, very acerb. 
Thickets, &c.: frequent. Fl. June. Fr. Novem er. 
The flowers of this vine are delightfully igang The fruit 
though t oo acid for eating is said to afford a very fine There is a 
variety with broader and more cut and toothed sates (var. riparia, 
Gray.) 
5. V. vulpi’na. i. py ve and branches with a close greyish-brown 
bark ; leaves orbicular sely toothed with bluntish teeth, cordate at 
base, smooth and shining on on both sides ; fertile racemes co ompound, um- 
bellulate ; berries large. 
Vouprne or Foxy Vitis. Fox-Grape, of the Southern States; also 
called “ Muscadine,” and “ Bullet- or Bull-Grape.” 
Stem Bex so or more in length, with an adhesive greyish minutely warty bark. 
Leaves 2 n diameter. Berries globose, large (half an inch to three quarters in 
fasaches blush plack when mature, with a thick tough skin and not unpleasan sgh 
Woodlands and banks of streams: Virginia to Florida. Fl. May-June. Fr. Julv 
Obs. The most striking feature of this vine, is the close even texture 
of its grey bark,—so: mewhat resembling that of the Beech-tree, or Horn- 
beam ; while all the other oS so far as I know, have a loose, lamel- 
lated, stringy, dark-brown bark, after the first year's growth. It is 
quite probable, as pea Rabe by ‘Me: Exuiorr, that this 3 the original 
“ Fox-G ” or V. vulpina, of Linna bserved it growing 
in abundance in the vicinity of the as oid of ora’ Vi ; 
have not seen ‘ e inhabitants , however, that the 
large black oe were Aa age i get tons ‘uniformly, in that 
region, known by the name of Fox Mr. Exxrorr thought the 
grapes. 
species might be, some Bays advantageously cultivated. 
2. AMPELOP’SIS, Mz. Virarnta Creeper. 
[Greek, Ampelos, a vine, and opsis, aspect ; from its resemblance to the vine.] 
tisk pening oe Hecht tes Sten a a pan, awe Petals 5, secant 
apex, exp: ore 
ey fall 
ss hicwinel o'lia, Mz. Leaves digitate, with 5 oblong lanceolate 
clusters. : 
leaflets; flowers in cymose 
FIvE-LEAVED “Amp Virginia Creeper. American Ivy. 
Stem 10 —50 feet long, diffusely er climbing trees and walls, adhering to 
by sucker-lik pai at the tips of the tendrils. Leaflels 2-4 inches long with & - 
few mucronate teeth, smooth ; pr Fhe ook petiole 2-6 inches long. Flowers yello llowish- “gree! 
— bluish-black ; : peduncles ¢ crimson. 
and rocks: common. FTI. July. Fr. October. 
Obs. This native vine is one of the rnamental of the climbers 
most o 
and is much cultivated, both in this country and in Europe for coveri 
walls and buildings. It is Paige hardy | and gives a dense mass 
rilliant green ughou 
the richest shades 
summer which in the anboine, aie ts" 4 
and purple. ; 
