24 Vine ( Vitacece). [No. 5 



sometimes rather thin, and with a bluish bloom or 

 pubescence, sometimes thicker and rusty-downy be- 

 neath. Tendrils, forked. Tendrils and flower-clusters, 

 intermittent (wanting opposite each second or third 

 leaf). Branchlets, cylindrical. 



Bark, loose and shreddy. 



Fruit, small (about half an inch in diameter), dark blue or 

 black with a bloom, well-flavored, in compact bunches 

 six to twelve inches in length. September. 



Found, in rich woods and thickets, common and widely 

 distributed North and South. 



Vines with slender, high-climbing stems. From V. 

 aestivalis, Mx., at least twelve cultivated varieties are 

 derived. 



This species is sometimes divided into two — V. bicolor, 

 Le Conte, for forms found mostly in the North, and V. 

 aestivalis, Mx., for the Southern forms. 



Resembling Fig. 8.— (3) Downy Grape. V. cinh-ea, Eng. 



Leaves, entire or slightly three-lobed, greyish-downy, the 

 down persistent beneath. Leaf-stems, very long. 

 Tendrils, forked. Tendrils and flower-clusters, inter- 

 mittent (wanting opposite each second or third leaf). 



Branchlets, angular, densely downy or woolly. 

 Bark, loose and shreddy. 



Fruit, small, black, without bloom, in large, compound, 

 and long-stemmed clusters. 



Found, from Central Illinois to Kansas and Texas. 



