28 Vine ( Vitacece). [No. 5 



Fruit, one third to five twelfths inch in diameter, with a 

 thick bloom ; ripening early. Seeds, very small. 

 Clusters, small, generally compact. 



Found, from Western New England to Pennsylvania and 

 westward. 



Fig. 12. — (6) Red Grape. V. palmata, Vahl. V. rubra, Mx. 



Flowers, in large, loose clusters. 



Leaves, smoothish, three to five inches in diameter, lobed, 

 the lobes mostly long-pointed. Tendrils, forked. 

 Tendrils and flower-clusters, intermittent (lacking 

 opposite each second or third leaf). 



Bark, loose and shreddy. 



Fruit, one third to five twelfths or more inches in diame- 

 ter, black when ripe, shining, without bloom, ripening 

 late. Seeds, rounded, very large. Clusters, loose, 

 seldom compound. 



Found, from Illinois to Missouri and southward. 



Fig. 13.— (7) Southern Fox-Grape. Muscadine. Bullace. 



V. rotundifblia Mx. 



Flowers, in small clusters with crowded blossoms. May. 



Leaves, two to three inches across, rounded (or rarely 

 slightly three-lobed or angled), edge very coarsely 

 toothed with broad somewhat blunt teeth ; smooth 

 and shining on both sides (or rarely slightly downy). 

 Base, heart-shaped. Tendrils, not forked. Tendrils 

 and blossoms, intermittent. 



