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2. ViTIS. Gbapb. 



Flowers perfect, or staminate with rudimentary ovary; calyx 

 5-parted, teeth very short; petals 5, separate at the base and falling 

 without opening; stamens 5, on a disk with glands between thera;, 

 berry pulpy. Vines with simple leaves, clustered flowers, and 

 climbing by tendrils without adhesive disks. 



Fig. 67. — Tilia americana. 



1. V. vulpina, L. 



Glabrous, except a slight pubescence on the veins on the lower sides of the 

 leaves; leaves thin, shiny, 3-7-lobed, deeply and sharply toothed; berries 

 bluish black with a bloom. (F. riparia, Miohx.) River vaUeys, Man. 



