1956 



VITIS 



VITTARIA 



^^t^'fj 



simple or very nearly so, in anthesis about the leug^th 

 of the peduncle: berries large ami nearly spherical, 

 ranging from purple-black (the couimon color) to red- 

 brown and amber - green, generally falling from the 

 pedicel when ripe, variable in taste but mostly sweetish 



musky and some- 

 times slightly 

 astringent, the skin 

 thick and tough: 

 seeds very large and 

 thick. New England 

 ami south warils in 

 the Alleghany re- 

 gion and highlands 

 to w e s t - c e n t r al 

 (Georgia. Not known 

 to occur west of E. 

 New York in the 

 North, but reported 

 from 8. Indiana.— 

 The parent of the 

 greater part of 

 American cultivated 

 Grapes. It is often 

 confounded with I'. 

 (rsfirali.'i in the 

 Sriuth, from which 

 it is distinguished 

 )iy the habitually 

 continuous tendrils, 

 the more felt -like 

 Ivs. which are not 

 lioccose, and espe- 

 cially by the srnall- 

 toothed Ivs., very 

 short clusters and 

 large berries and 

 seeds. 



Fig. 



2704. 

 Vitis vinifera (X M). 



BE. ^7i-/*; and j'ldp firhihj co}ieri)iij in the ripe frnii. 

 28. vinifera, Linn. "Wine Geape. European Grape. 

 704. Youni,' growth smooth or floccose, the plant 

 not so high climbing as mo.st American species: ten- 

 drils intermittent: Ivs. mostly thinnish, rounded, with 

 a deep sinus and the basal lobes usually overlapping, 

 tomentose or glabrous beneath, the margins coarsely 

 notched or jagged: clusters large and long, the berries 

 usually oval or oblong, although many varieties are glol)- 

 ular-fruited. Probably native to the Caspian or Cau- 

 casus region and western India. Var. lacinidsa, Hort.. 

 has ranch-cut ftdiage; handsorae. Gn. 54, p. 42.o. — Cult, 

 from the earliest times, and the Grape of history. Now 

 greatly varied. The hothouse Grapes, as Black Ham- 

 burg, Barbarossa, are of this species; also the vineyard 

 Grapes of California. Not hardy in the northern states 

 and very subject to phylloxera (root-louse) and mildew. 

 Regel, a Russian botanist, considered the Wine Grape 

 to be a hybrid of two species that he characterized as ['. 

 Ziahrusca and V. vulpina, but this view is not accepted. 



Y. Aimirensis, Rupr., is mueli like V. vinifer.i, sometimes 

 grown iihrn.-i.tl for the X'urple tint of its ytJimt; croTvth. ("-in. ri4, 

 p. 42').— T". JH/inc.sii. Hook. {(_'issus Baiiwsii, T'kmch., .-nid )i,v 



him referred to C. Currori). A most remarkable species, he 

 trunk being condensed into a turnip-like body a few inches in 

 dium.: Ivs. mostly compound, the 3 Itts. dentate, Ivs. all borne 

 on short, succulent brandies: tendrils none: tts. greenish, in 

 idustfrs usually raised aliove the leaves. S. Atr. B.M. 5472.— 

 1'. fifierophylla, Thmib.=Ampelopsis heterophylla.— T. l/tc6n- 

 staiiHy Miq.^Ampelopsis tricuspidata.— "F. Japnnica, Tliunb. 

 ISee Cissus Jni^onica. — V. laiidta, Ruxbg. Vigoi-ous species 

 with large, cordate-ovate Ivs., with small apieidate teeth and 

 very wliite-tomeutose beneath. China. Assumes handsome 

 rolor in fall.— V. Lindeni, Hort. See Cissus Lindeni.— F. Fag- 

 iiifccii, Romanet (Ampelopsis Bavidiana, Mott. Ampelovitis 

 Davi(bana, Carr. Vttis Davidiana, Hort. in part ?). Climbing: 

 tendrils intermittent: Ivs. mostly small, very various, some- 

 times 3-5-foliolate but usually only 3-lobed or even ovate-cor- 

 date and the margin nearly or quite continuous, the edgf^s niu- 

 iTonate-dentate, whitish beneath. China. Has mucli the as- 

 pect of an Ampelopsis.— F. Eomaneti, Romanet (^^pinovitis; 

 I>a.vidii, Carr.? Ampelovitis intermedia, Carr. Vitis I>aviiliana, 

 Hort. in part ?). Stems very hairy or almost spiny, the luurs 

 gh-uidular and purplish: tendrils intermittent: Ivs. large, cor- 

 date-orbicular, shallowly :jl-loT)ed, strongly erenate-dentate, be- 

 coming nearly or Quiteglabrous above, hairy beneath: clusters 

 3-4 in. long, the berries black, small, edible. Vigorous vine 

 from China, little known in this country and its hardiness in 

 the northern states not yet tested. R.H. 1885. p. 55. 189/:2.S2 

 (variegated form said to belong to this species). Apparently 

 elosply allied to V Coignetiie, from which the hairine.ss distin- 

 guishes it.— F. rt'Uihuis, Carr., R.H. 1890:444, belongs with V. 

 Romaneti.— F. serjana'fblia, Maxim., is Ampelopsis serjana?fo- 

 lia. Gn. .^4, p. 427,— F. striata, Wiq., see Cissus striata,— F. 

 Thvnhergii, Regel, is V. Amurensis.— F. tricuspidata, Lyncli= 

 Ampelopsis tricuspidata. l_ jj_ g 



VITTADtNIA (Dr. C. Vittadini, an Austrian who 



wrote on fungi 1826-1842). Compdsitce. About 14 spe- 

 cies of perennial plants, natives of Australia, New Zea- 

 land, S. Anier. and Hawaiian Islands. Herbs, with a 

 thick catidex, or branching subshrubs: Ivs. alternate, 

 entire or variously cut: heads rather small, with a yel- 

 low disk and white or blue rays, terminal, solitary or in 

 loose, leafy corymbs: involucre of several rows: rays 

 pistillate, numerous, crowded, in more than one row: 

 akenes narrow^ compressed or flat, with or without ribs 

 on the faces: pappus of numerous, often unequal capil- 

 lary bristles. The genus is closely related to Erigeron, 

 differing in habit and in the appendages of the style- 

 branches, those of Erigeron being short, while those of 

 Vittadinia are awl-shaped. 



Viffadinia triloba of the California trade is said by 

 Dr. Franceschi, of Santa Barbara, to be "a charming 

 dwarf plant, well suited for rockeries, borders and 

 hanging baskets; covered with myriads of daisy-like 

 white flowers." However, ]'. friloha of the trade is not 

 V. triloba of the botanists; tlie latter is a synonym of 

 r. aitstralis, of which a description taken from Flora 

 Australiensis is here given for comparison. The plant 

 known to the California trade as T'. tyiloha has been 

 examined by J. Burtt Davy, who sends the following 

 account: " V. triloba, Hort., not DC, the Mexican 

 Daisy, is really an Erigeron and should be known as 

 Erigeron mucronatus, DC Fig. 2705. It is a much- 

 branched perennial, 0-12 iti. high: Ivs. alternate, vari- 

 able, V4-I in. long, from linear-subulate or lanceolate to 

 obovate or oblanceolate-cuneate, entire, toothed, or 3-sev- 

 eral lobed: peduncles 1-2 in. long, solitary: heads daisy- 

 like, about % in. cliam. ; rays numerous, narrow, white 

 above, purple on the back, especially in age; style-tips 

 obtuse. A useful border-plant, looking best in a ma.^s 

 or as an edging; drought-resistant, hardy and becom- 

 ing naturalized near San Francisco; readily propagated 

 by cuttings. The freslily Vtroken stems snudi strongly 

 of Prussic acid. Fls. Juiy-Sept.' 



au8tr§,lis, A. Riidi. ( F. triloba, DC, not Hort.). 

 Herbaceous plant <d' uiu-ertain duration. 1 ft. high or 

 less, tomentose; Ivs. oliovate or spatnlate to linear- 

 euneate, entire or coarsely 3-toothed or lobed: heads 

 solitary: rays narrow: said to be revolute (which may 

 ajiply only to dried specimens). Australia. Tasmania. 

 — Has 4 distinct botanical varieties. "w, j\i. 



VITTARIA (Latin, a fUlrt or head-band). Polypo- 

 dii'tcr<r. A genus of ferns with narrow, grass-like foli- 

 age, growing pendent from trees. V. lineata, Swz.. is a 

 tropical American species which is found as far north 

 as central Florida, where it grows on the cabbage pal- 

 metto. Rare in cultivation. l_ ]^j_ Under-wood. 



