VITAGE^-VINE FAMILY 



WOODBINE. VIRGINIA CREEPER 



mpeUpsis quinquefolia. Psedera quinquefdlia. 

 psis, Greek, like the vine. 



The familiar creeping and trailing vine extensively cultivated, and 

 common in its wild state in open woods and thickets, on rich low ground. 

 Ranges from Maine to the Dakota^ and southward. Summer. 



Stem. — Climbing high by means of disk-bearing tendrils and aerial 

 rootlets; hktk with lenticels; pith white. 



Leaves. — Alternate, 

 digitately compound; leaf- 

 lets five, elliptic or oblong- 

 ovate, coarsely serrate. 



Flowers. — Small, green- 

 ish, perfect or dioecious, 

 borne in loose cymes. 



Calyx. — Minute. 



Petals. — Five, spread- 

 ing. 



Stamens. — Five. 



Ovary. — Globose; style 

 short. 



Berry. — Dark -purple 

 with a blue bloom, size of 

 small pea, two to three 

 seeded. 



Woodbine. AmpeUpsis qumqtteli>lia 



Ampelopsis quinquefolia and Ampeldpsis Veitchii are the two 

 favorite wall-covering vines of the North. Veitchii interprets the 

 whole duty of a vine as the duty to climb, to hold fast and 

 cling tight, and so it does, virtually sheathing the wall in a leafy 

 armor. 



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