140 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
and July. Berry black or dark blue; ripe 
in October. Decaying leaves deep purple 
or red, or yellowish red. 
Variety. 
a A. h. 2 hirsita Tor. & Gray. A. 
hirsita Donn; Cissus hederdcea 
6 hirstta Pursh—Leaves pubescent 
on both sides, leaflets ovate. The 
plants of this variety in British gar- 
dens do not die off of so intense a 
crimson as the species. 
Stem attaching itself to trees and walls by 
expansions of the extremities of the tendrils. 
Panicle many-flowered. Petals at first some- 
what cohering, at length spreading. Berry 
about as large as a small pea, the peduncles 
and pedicels bright crimson ; and the foliage 
in autumn, before it dies off, of a deep crimson. = 
The most vigorous-growing and generally 
ornamental climber in Europe. It thrives in 
almost every soil and situation from Warsaw 
to Naples, and in town, as well as in the 188. Ampetépsis hederacea. 
country. 
4 2. A. Brpinna'ta Michr. The bipinnate-leaved Ampelopsis. 
Identification. Michx. F\. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 160. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 633.; Don’s Mill., 1. p. 694. 
Synonymes. Fitis arborea Willd. Spec. 1. p. 1183.; Vitis bipinndata Tor. § Gray; Cissus stans 
Pers. Syn. 1. p. 183., Ph. Fl. Amer. Sept... p. 170.3 Vite del Carolina, Tal. 
Engravings. Pluk, Mant., p. 412. fig. 2. ; and our jig. 189. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves bipinnate, smooth ; leaflets cut in a lobed manner. 
Racemes pedunculate, almost doubly bifid. Berries globose and cream- 
coloured. (Dec. Prod.) A tendriled climber. Virginia to Georgia. Stem 
10 ft. to 20 ft. Introduced in 1700. Flowers greenish white ; June to 
August. Berry black ; . 
ripe in October. Decay- 
ing leaves purplish red, 
sometimes yellowish red. 
Stem upright, or some- 
what twining, glabrous. 
Panicle short, spreading, 
and without tendrils. Berry 
globose, depressed, as large 
as a small pea, blackish 
when ripe, slightly hairy. 
(Tor, and Gray.) A very 
handsome climber, of easy 
culture, and much admired 
for the beauty of its foliage. 
Compared with A. hede- 
racea, it is of slow growth, 189. Ampelépsis bipinnata. 
the shoots in the climate of London being seldom more than 18 in. or 2 ft. in 
a season. 7 
Other Species of Ampelépsis. — A. incisa, Vitis incisa Nutt. is described in 
Torrey and Gray’s Flora ; but we are not aware of its having been introduced. 
A. cordata Michz. (the Cissus Ampelépsis of Persoon, and Vitis indivisa of 
Willdenow) is described in the first edition of this work ; but, as we consider it 
a very doubtful species, we have omitted it in this abridgement. A. capreolata 
G. Don, Vitis capreolata D. Don, and A. bétrya Dec., are also omitted, as not 
having been yet introduced. 
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