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species (possibl_v witli T. Ari^ouica or 

 r. Doanl(ina), but it i-^ iiuw s(.i widely 

 distributed and ^n>\vs .^o far removed 

 from its supposed [larents ami occur>. 

 in such great quantity in 

 certain areas, that for tax- 

 onomic pur])'>ses it must 

 lie kept distinct. It is not 

 unlikely that it has origi- 

 nated at different places 

 as the product of unlike 

 hybridizations. Late 

 French writers designate 

 tlie, lagged leaved forms as 

 I'. iSo/otiis, and the den- 

 tate forms as T'. Nnevo- 

 Mexicana. This interest- 

 ing Grape was found some 

 thirty years ago by Enge!- 

 mann in tlie Botanic Gar- 

 den of Berlin under the 

 name of Vifis !SoJo)ii>^, 

 without hi>;t()ry. En gel - 

 maun giirsses ( Bnslilier.ij: 

 Cat. ed. ;i, 18) the name to 

 be a c o r r u p t i o n of 

 "Long's." It is probabb- 

 that the plant was sent to 

 European gar<lens as \'itis 

 Lii II f/ii — very likely from 

 Prince's nursery — and the 

 name was misread on the 

 lahpl. The original name, 

 wiiich was duly published l)y 

 Prince with description, may 

 now l.ie restoreiL 



Var. microsp6rina, Bailey 

 ( r. Solimis, var. )n i cru - 

 s/x'rinti, JMunson), is a very 

 vigorous and small - seeded 

 fiirni. which is very resistant 

 tn droui,'lir. Red "River, N. 

 T.-xas. 



12. Chdmpini, Planch. Prob- 

 aiijv a Iiyhrid of T. i-upesfrls 

 itv r. IJ' rldiidieri \m& r.ciii- 

 ilir,iiis, b.-aring medium tn 

 large reniform or reniform- 

 cordate !vs. which are var- 

 iously pubescent or cobwebby 

 but become glaV)rous, tlie 

 throwing tips mostly white-to- 

 luentose: berries verv large 

 and excellent. S. W.' Texas. 

 A.G.1891:r>79. -In some places 

 associated with T. raixJicans, 

 Berla>idier} and tinniticoJii. 

 only, and in others with the 

 above and V. riipesfrh. Often 

 composing dense tliickets in 

 the wild. 



G"G. Diaphragms rerii fit /'■/,■ 

 aiid s tro v </ : i/ >> n ii if 

 t^hoots brif/hf led: Irs. 

 ofinn sfronylij lohcd. 



\?,. nlbra, Michx. ( P. mouo- 

 sp'-niia , Michx. ). Red 

 Cat Grape. A slender but 

 strong - growing vine, with 

 small, long- jointed angled 

 red glabrous herb-like shoots 

 and re<l ])etioles: Ivs. small 

 to medium, ovate-acuminate, 

 dark green and glossy, some- 

 times indistinctly pubescent 

 on the nerves below, the 



sinus obtuse, the blade either nearh^ continuous in out- 

 line or (commonly) prominently lobed or even parted, 

 coarsely notched : stamens in the sterile fls, long 

 and erect: clusters loose and Inug-pedunrled, brancheil, 

 the fls. opening vr'ry late ; Iterries small and late 



Var. 

 ami gr 



Var, 

 holdin 



times 



(}>4,~% in. in diani. ), black without bloom, 

 with little juice and commonly contain- 

 ing but a single seed, which is large and 

 liroad. Illinois and Missouri to Louisiana 

 and Texas. G.P. 2:HU.— 

 A handsome plant. ['. 

 p'flmata, Vahl, founded 

 on Virginian specimens, 

 is probably P. vnlpiiui , 

 although it is sometimes 

 made to replace the name 

 ['. rubra. 



EB. Cord i fnl in - //;.--' 

 Orapr.s , irith fliirk- 

 t.sh and dnll^rnlorrd 

 or gra H's/i i/m-'ii /rs. 

 often h'ddinij smiu' 

 close, dull jitibrs- 

 cence bdoir at hhi- 

 turitij a)ul tJie shixils 

 aiid Irs. tiea-idi/ uh 

 ira i/s iii'ire or h^ss 

 V II b (.' s vent irhi'ii 

 yoau'!, the t e e t It 

 ■m st I If uhort , the 

 point mostly rectang- 

 alar and conspiru- 

 ous {Nos. 14-lS). 

 F. PJavf strovg and cJlmb- 

 imj. irith stoul, per- 

 sistent tendrils. 

 Yoaufj s li o o f s terete, 

 and <flabnn>s or rvrn 

 soiiii becoming so. 

 14. cordiSdIia, Michx. ( P. 

 j'ullari<r , LeConte). Tkt'E 

 Frost Grape, Chicken, Rai'- 

 (.'OON, or Winter Grape. One 

 of the most vigorous of Amer- 

 ican vines, climbing to the 

 tops of the tallest trees, and 

 sometimes making a trunk 1 

 or 2 ft. in diam. : diaphragms 

 thick and strong: Ivs. long- 

 cordate, triangTilar - cordate 

 with rounded base, or cor- 

 rlate - ovate, undivided but 

 sometimes very indistinctly 

 3-lobed or 3-angled, the basal 

 siuus rather deep and narrow, 

 the margin with large, acute 

 teeth of different sizes and 

 the point long and acute, the 

 upper surface glossy and the 

 lower bright green and either 

 becoming perfectly glabrous 

 or bearing some close and fine 

 inconspicuous grayish pubes- 

 cence on the veins; petioles 

 long: stamens erect in the 

 sterile fls. and short reflexed- 

 curved in the fertile ones : 

 clusters long and very many- 

 tlowered, most of the pedicels 

 branched or at least bearing 

 a cluster of fls.: berries nu- 

 merous and small (about 'V^in. 

 in diam.), in a loose bunch, 

 black and only very slightly 

 glaucous, late and persistent, 

 with a thick skin and little 

 pulp, becoming edible after 

 frost : seeds medium and 

 broad. In thickets and along 

 streams from Pa. (and proba- 

 blv S. New York) to E. Kan., 

 Fla. and Texas, 

 ioetida, Engelm., has fetidly aromatic berries, 

 ■ows in the Mississippi valley. 

 semp^rvirens, Munson. A glossy-leaved form 

 its foliage very late in the seasoTi ; Ivs. some- 

 suggesting forms of P. rubra. S. Fla. 



