1950 



VITiS 



VITIS 



6. Munsoniana, Simpson. Mustang Gkape of Florida. 

 Bird or Everbearing (iRAPE. Very slender ^^rowtr, 

 preferring to run on the ground or over low bushes, 

 more nearly evergreen than the last, tlowering more or 

 less continuously: Ivs. smaller, thinner, and more shin- 

 ing, more nearly circular in outline and less prominently 

 pointed, the teeth broader in proportion to tlie bhtde and 

 more open or spreading: clusters larger and more 

 thyrse-like: berries a half smaller than in the l;ist and 

 often more numerous, shining Idack, with a more tender 

 pulp, acid juicH, no muskiness, :ind thinner skin: seeds 

 half smaller than in the last. Dry woods and sands, 

 Florida, at Jacksonville, Lake City, and southwards, 

 apparentlv the onlv Grape on the reef keys; also in the 

 Bahamas.- Difficult to distinguish from I', rotundtfolta 

 in herbarium specimens, but distinct in the tield. 



in. in diam.), purple-blaek and somewhat glaucous, 

 pleasant-tasted, ripe in late summer; seeds small and 

 broad. Sandy banks, low hills and mountains. District 

 of Columbia and S. Pa. to Tenn., Indiana, Mo., and 

 y. W. Texas. 



Var. diss^cta, Eggert, is a form with more ovate Ivs. 

 and very long teeth, and a strong tendency towards ir- 

 regular lobing. Mo. 



FB'. Gv>i. ovate in oittliiic, with a mo.sfJif iveU-markecl 

 sinus. 



G. Did phragms [in the nodes) thin: yoting shoots not 

 red: Ivs. not deejjly lohed. 



8. monticola, Buckley (V. Tex()nn, Munson. T' 

 FoexeaiKi, Planch). Sweet Mountain Grape. Fig. 



2697, Vitis monticola (on the left) and V. vulpina (X ^a;. 



Bark 



itJiout disfiiirt Jctiticels, on the old wood 

 ^r jxi rati iitj ill long thin sfrips and fibers: nodes 

 provid, <! irilh d i<i ph ntgtii.s: teiidrits forked: 

 floin'r-r]}iKii-'rs nmst/ff Inrgf iind elongated: seeds 

 pyriforiH . { En vit is. ) 



D. Gri'en-Jea vcd drapes, nwRthi marked at rnafurifij by 



atisenri' of proni i wiit ivJiite, ritstij, or blue tome}i- 

 t)nn or smrf i-r C'liis/tienous bJoom on the Ivs. 

 J/cneath [under siirfaee sometimes thinly piibes- 

 eent, or minute patches of ftoecosr wooj in the 

 axils of the veins, or perhaps even ro/urrhhy) : 

 foliage mostly thin: tendrils t ntermilteiit, /. e., 

 every third joint Ixaring no tendrils {or inflores- 

 cence). V. rineret! and P. ArizonirK are purtial 

 exeeptlo)iH and mf(/}it be looked for i)h DL» (3'"o.s'. 

 7-19). 



E. Vnlpina-like Crapes, rharaeterized by thin light or 



bright green most I y glossy /r.s-. [which are gener- 

 iilhf ghibrcnis hilon' at nmlnrily excejjt perhaps in 

 tin' <ixils of tlie vei)is and in V. Clnnnpini] , with 

 a long or at least a pnnn i nent jioinl and nsnal/y 

 to nil and large sharp teeth or tlie eehi' s even 

 kigged [Nos. 7-13). 



F. Lrs. hroadm- than loiig, n:ifh trn neate-ahli</He base. 



[ I'. Treleasei might he sought hete.) 



7. nip6stri9, Scheele. Sand, Sugar, Rook, Bush, or 

 j\I()UNTAiN Grape. Shrub, 2 to U ft. high, or sometimtis 

 slii^htly climbing, the tendrils few or even none, dia- 

 ].li cagms plane and rather thin: Ivs. reniform to reniform- 

 ovale (about 3 to 4 in. wide and two-tliirds as long), 

 rallii.'r thick, smooth and glabrous on both surfaces at 

 maturity, marked by a charaoteristi'' light gbtuiM-scent 

 tint, the siih's tunictl ti]> so as to i'X|mis(' mncli nf tin- 

 under surfai'f, tbf liase imly rare I)" cut JTiti.i a well- 

 marked sinus, the margins very coai'seiy aii;^de-tootl"ied, 

 the boldly nnindcd top bearing a short, abrupt point 

 aTid sometimes 2 lateral teeth enlarged and suggesting 

 h)!)es: stamens in fertile tls. recurved laterally or rarely 

 ascending, tliose in the sterile tls. ascendini^: chist-'r 

 .small, slender, open and hranclied: berries small (^4-^2 



2007. A slender trailing or climliing plant (reaching 20 

 to IJU ft. in height, with very long and slender branches, 

 the young growth angled and tioccose (sometimes gla- 

 brous), tlie diaphragms plane and rather thin: Ivs. 

 small and thin (rarely reaching -i in. in width and gen- 

 erally from 2 to 3 in. high), cordate-ovate to triangular- 

 ovate, with the basal sinus ranging from nearly trun- 

 cate-oblique to normally inverted L^-shaped, rather dark 

 green but glossy above and grayish green below, when 

 young more or less pubescent or even arachnoid below, 

 the blade either prominently' notched on either upper 

 margin or almost lobed, the point acute and often pro- 

 longed, marg'ins irregularly notched with smaller teeth 

 than in V. rnpestris : clusters short and l)road, much 

 branched : berries medium or small (averaging about 

 3^ in. in diam.), black or light-colored, seedy, sweet; 

 seeds large (about ^ in. long) and broad. Limestone 

 hills in S. W. Texas. — This species has been the sub- 

 ject of much misunderstanding. 



9. vulpina, Linn. (F. riphria, Michx. V. odoratis- 

 sima, Donn. F. lUinoensis and V. 3fissonriensis, 

 Prince? P. iennifdUa, Le Conte '? V. cordifdlia, var. 

 7-/y((77-i«, Gray ). Riverbank or Frost Grape, Figs. 

 2(i'.>7, 2ii"J8. A vigorous tall - climbing plant, with a 

 bright green cast to the foliage, normally glabrous 

 young shoots, large stipules, and plane very thin dia- 

 phragms; Ivs. thin, medium to large, cordate-ovate, 

 with a broad but usually an evhlent sinus, mostly show- 

 ing a tendency (which is sometimes pronounced) to 3 

 loljes, generally glabrous and bright green below, but 

 the veins and their angles often pubescent, the margins 

 variously deeply and irregularly toothed and sometimes 

 cut, the teeth and tlie long point prominently acute: 

 fertile Us. bearing reclining or curved stamens, and the 

 slci'ile ones long and erect or ascending stamens: clus- 

 ters medium to large, on short peduncles, branched 

 (often very compound ), the lis. sweet-scented : berries 

 small (less tlian ^o in. in diam.), purple-black with a 

 lieavy Itlue bluom, sour and usually austere, generally 

 riiienin;:: late (even after frost) ; seeds rather small and 

 distinctly pyriform. New Brunswick, according to 



