(2"-3") ; fruit 4"-5" diameter, acid, often juicy, ripening July 

 to Sept. Stream banks IST. and W. Original, in part, of Clinton 

 and otiiers. 



■i^ ^-+ Flowers all perfect^ somewhat fragrant; exotic. 



V. vinifera, Linn. Eueopbaw Geape. — Leaves circular and 

 usually green and shining, thin, the teeth deep and sharp or 

 rounded, when young 5-7-lohed. Ctiltivated from time imme- 

 morial; from the East, furnishing the principal grapes of our 

 greenhouses. 



§ 2. Barh of stem close and smooth, pale; pith continuous 

 through the nodes; tendrils simple, intermittent. 



V. rotundifolia, Michx. MuscADiiirE^ Bullace^ or South- 

 EEN Fox Geapb. — Leaves rather small, round, seldom slightly 

 lobed, glossy, and mostly smooth both sides, margin coarsely 

 toothed; clusters small; fruit ^'-f diameter, purple, thick- 

 skinned, ripe in early autumn; original of the Scuppernong 

 Grape. Eiver banks from Md., Ky. and Kans., S. 



ORDEE SAXIFRAGACEAB. 



A large family not readily defined by any single characters : 

 distinguished generally from Eosacese by having albuuaen in 

 the seeds, ovaties partly or vsrhoUy united, and seldom any 

 stipules ; the herbs and most of the shrubs of the family have 

 only as many or twice as many stamens, and fewer styles or 

 stigmas than there are petals or sepals. Elowers mostly per- 

 fect. Stamens and petals generally borne on the calyx,' the 

 latter usually withering and persistent. Leaves alternate or 

 opposite. The only genus with which we are concerned is 

 Kibes which has the" following characteristics. 



