XVI. VITA‘CEZ : AMPELO’PSIS. 139 
in diameter, covered with a coria- 
ceous integument, the flower net un- 
pleasant. This, according to Torrey 
and Gray, appears to be the original 
V, vulpina of Linneus. 
Other Species of Vitis. — The 
American species have been consi- 
derably reduced in number by 
Messrs. Torrey and Gray; but it 
appears to us, that the reduction 
might have been carried still farther. 
Some species are described as na- 
tives of the Himalayas, and 130 
varieties are noticed by Rafinesque 
in his Monograph of American Vines 
(see Gard. Mag., vol. viii. p. 248.) ; 
but they are not yet known in this 
country. Indeed, from the appear- 
ance of the above-described species 
in the Hort. Soc. Garden, we are 
much inclined to think they are 
only varieties of the same species. 
They certainly do not differ more 
from each other than the known 
varieties of the common cultivated 
vine. 
187. Vitis vulpina. 
Genus II. 
AMPELO’PSIS Miche. Tae Ampexopsis. Lin. Syst. Pentandria 
Monog nia 
Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 159. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 632. ; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 694. 
Synonymes. Vitis sp. and Cissus sp. ; Ampelosside, Ital ; ss 
erivation. Ampelos, a vine, and opsis, resemblance ; similarity in the habits of the species. 
Gen, Char. Calyx almost entire. Petals 5, falling off separately. Stigma 
capitate. Ovary not immersed in a di-k, including 2—4 ovules. (Dec. 
Prod.) ; 
Leaves compound, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous; palmate, pinnate, 
or bipinnate. Flowers small. — Tendriled climbers, natives of North Ame- 
rica. The species in British gardens are two, of the easiest culture in any 
common soil ; and one of them, A. hederdcea, is among the most ornamental 
of hardy climbers. 
4.1. A. HEDERA‘cEA Miche. The Ivy-like Ampelopsis, or Five-leaved Ivy. 
Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 160.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 633. ; Don’s Mill, 1. p. 694, 
Sy ‘me Hédera quinquefdlia Linn. ‘spec. 292.; Vitis quinquefolia Lam. Hl. No. 2815.3 Cissus 
hederacea Ph. Fl. Amer. Sept. 1. p. 170.3 Cissus quinquefolia Hort. Par. ; Vitis hederacea Willd. 
Spec. p. 1182.; Ampel6psis quinquefdlia Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1 114., and Tor. & Gray; 
igne Vierge, Fr.; Jungfern Reben, or wilder Wein, Ger.; Vite del Canada, izal. 
Engravings. Cornut. Canad,, t, 100.; and our fig. 188. 
Spec. Char., §&c. Leaves digitate, of from 3 to 5 leaflets, that are stalked 
oblong, toothed with mucronated teeth. Racemes dichotomously corym- 
bose. (Dee. Prod.) A tendriled climber. Canada to Georgia. Stem 30 ft. 
to 50ft., or more. Introduced in 1629 Flowers yellowish green; June 
