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very compound. Soandent or climbing evergreen shrubs^- or herbs 

 climbing by tendrils. About 15 spec, chiefly in S. Am. C. grandi- 

 Jloiiim, Supplb-Jack ; fls. white. Evergreen climber, Jamaica. C. 

 Haliedcabum, Balloon-Seed ; fls. white. herb, climbing by ten- 

 drils. Missouri to Fla. ; found in all tropics. 



Staff- Tree Alliance.— Fls. g , J> ? , J> g ? , reg. Disk as in 

 Cashew Alliance. Pet. 4-5, rarely 0. l3ta. 4-5, rarely 10. Ova. 

 entire ; cells 1-2-ovuled. Emb. straight. Lvs. simple, except in 

 Yit^cese. lOS. Vit^ces. 106. Rhamnaceae. 107. Stackhousiaceae. 

 108. Celastracese. 



Ord. 105. Vitaceffi. Vines.— Fls. §, cPi C? § 9- I'et- 4-5. 

 Sta. 4-5. Pet. caducous, usually coherent at top ; small, green, yel- 

 low, red ; in racemes, panicles, thyrsi, cymes, rarely in flattened, ex- 

 panded hds. Ova. free, cells 2-3-6 ; 1-2-ovuled. Berry 2-3-6-celled. 

 Lvs. simple or comp. ; lower opp. ; upper alt. Trees or Shrubs, usu- 

 ally climbing ; often with woody, leaf-opposed tendrils, which are 

 transformed peduncles and which sometimes bear fls. 5 gen. ; or 3, if 

 Cissus and Ampelopsis be included in Vitis. About 250 spec. ; trop. 

 and temperate regions, both worlds. None in Eur. 1, Leea. Pet. 

 separating; at top, connate at base. Lvs. opp., 1-2-3-pinnate, rarely 

 simple. No tendrils. Small, rough, erect, evergreen trees or shrubs; 

 rarely Q|. herbs. 20 spec, trop. Asia, Af., Mauritius. 2. Pteris^nthes. 

 Fls. ^.p. Petals separating. Sexes together on a peduneled hd., which 

 is expanded and flattened ; ? ^^- sessile, covering the disk-like expan- 

 sion ; (^ fls. on its margin. Lvs. simple or 3-7-foliolate. Slender 

 shrubs, far-climbing by tendrils. Few spec, Ind. Arch. P. cisscAdes, 

 cottony ; lvs. 3-foliolate ; tendrils bearing the infl. P. polita, polished ; 

 lvs. simple ; tendrils bearing the red disk-like expansion. 3. Am- 

 pelopsis. Fls. SJ , without disk. Petals separate, greenish, cymose. 

 Berry small, black. Lvs. decid., large, digitate, quinate. Hardy, 

 high-climbing shrubs ; tendrils with disk-like expansions at their tips, 

 which aid in climbing. A. guinquefolia, Virginian Creeper. Only 

 genuine spec. ; several varieties. U. S. 4. Cissus. Fls. !J , green ; 

 disk large. Petals separating or coherent at top ; 4 in foreign spec, 5 

 in Am. Berry small. Lvs. simple or compound ; tendrils few or 0. 

 Shrubs, usually evergreen and climbing. Numerous spec, foliage 

 often showy, colored. C. discolor, evergreen climber ; lvs. simple, large, 

 cordate, crimson beneath, mottled above. Java. C. bipinndta, fls. 

 cymose, berries black ; lvs. 2-pinnate or decompound, decid. Shrub, 

 bushy, nearly erect; tendrils 0. Va., Ky., S. to Gulf. C. indimsa, 

 fls. cymose ; berries red, turning black ; lvs. simple, cordate, acumi- 

 nate, decid. High-climber, with tendrils. Va. to Mo., S. to Fla. and 

 Tex. 5. Vitis, Vine. Fls. § in foreign spec, rf^ § 9, (^ 9 •" ■'^™- 

 Petals 6, cadiicous, coherent at top ; fls. small, green, in thyrsus, 

 raceme, or panicle. Ben-ies edible ; called Grapes in English, Raisins 

 in Fr.. Lvs. decid., simple, entire or lobed. Shrubs, usually bold 

 high-climbers. Many spec, both worlds. V. vinifera, Wine-Beak- 

 INO Vine. Grapes large. Fl., Fig. 4 ; branch, fr.. Fig. 101. Native 

 to Persia and W. Asia; cultivated from immemorial times. Innu- 

 merable varieties, furnishing all the flne vines and grapes of the world ; 

 finest in Mediterranean States, especially Italy, Prance, Spain. V. 

 Labrusca, Fox-Grape. Thyrsi few-flowered ; grapes large, purplfe or 

 amber. Lvs. larger. Bold, large climber, ascending tallest trees. 



