VITIS. 



nate, on longifh flalks, fimple, roundidi-heartihaped, notched, 

 coarfely ferrated, veiny, divided about half way into five, 

 more or lefs diftinft, lobes ; when young they are downy 

 Lke the branches, efpccially beneath ; but otherwife naked 

 and fmooth ; deciduous. Tendrils oppofite to each foot- 

 ftalk, folitary, fplral, divided, about tlie length of the 

 leaves. Clujters here and there in the place of a tendril, 

 drooping, panicled, much branched, the ultimate ftalks fome- 

 what umbellate, or corymbofe. Flowers very numerous, 

 fmall, green, fragrant like Mignonette. Peiah forced from 

 their bafe by the ftamens, which elevate them in the form 

 of an umbrella, downy at the top. Berry fmall, black. 

 Every part of the plant is acid, with fome aftringency. — 

 One variety only is particularly noticed by Linnxus, the 

 V. corinthiaca, f.ve apyrena, Bauh. Hift. v. 2. 72, of which 

 a fpecimen from Madeira is preferved in the Linnsan her- 

 barium. The fruit is faid to be very fmall, without [tech. 

 The bte Dr. Sibthorp brought a living plant, fuppofcd to 

 be of this kind, from the ruins of Corinth, with no fmall 

 trouble and care ; but his ignorant gardener threw it away. 

 Whether the Zante Currant be precifely the fame is doubt- 

 ful. This is cultivated at Kew, and in fome other curious 

 gardens. 



2. V. palmata. Palmate Vine. Vahl Symb. v. 3. 42. 

 Willd. n. 2. Pur(h n. 6. — " Leaves palmate, fmooth ; their 

 fegments deeply ferrated. Umbels racemofe." — Said to be 

 a native of Virginia, but Mr. Puv(h met with nothing in 

 North America anfwering to this defcription. Vahl had his 

 fpecimen from the Paris garden. The branches are purplifli, 

 fmooth. Lea'ves as broad as long, fmooth ; heart-lhaped at 

 the bafe; their fegments lanceolate, tapering; the lateral 

 ones having lanceolate teeth at their outer margins ; the cen- 

 tral one deeply ferrated at each fide. Stipulas lanceolate. 

 Clufters an inch long, compofed of fmall crowded umbels. 

 Vahl. We prefume this to be a mere variety of V. -cinifera, 

 as well as the two following, which therefore we here place 

 near it. 



3. V. lacin'wfa. Parfley Vine. Linn. Sp. PI. 293. 

 Willd. n. 8. Ait. n. 5. (V. folio apii ; Bauh. Hift. 

 V. 2. 73.) 



B. V. laciniatis foliis ; Cornut. Canad. 182. t. 183. 

 Schmidel. Ic. 34. t. S. 



Leaves of five many-cleft leaflets, or deep pinnatifid 

 lobes. — Long known in gardens, but no botanift has difco- 

 vered its native country. The leaves are quite fmooth. We 

 know no difference between this and V. •vtmfera, except, which 

 indeed is very remarkable, the leaves being either compofed 

 of five deeply cut, partial-ftalked leajlets, as in the Linnsean 

 original fpecimen, and Bauhin's figure ; or only very deeply 

 five-lobed and jagged, like the plates of Cornuti and Schmi- 

 del. We readily allow them to conftitute one and the fame 

 fpecies with the Common Vine, and probably die following. 



4. V. pinnata. Pinnate Vine. Vahl Symb. v. 3. 43. 

 Willd. n. II. — " Leaves pinnate, fmooth, with tooth-like 

 ferratures." — Given to profeflbr Vahl by Mi. Schumacher. 

 Its native country is unknown. The branches are purphfh, 

 fmooth and round. Leajlets five ; the middle ones nearly 

 feffile ; the reft ftalked ; the two lowermoft often furniihed 

 with an acceffory lobe at the outer margin, ovate, pointed, 

 with three or four large ferratures at each fide ; pale green 

 beneath, two inches long. Flo-jier-Jlalhs oppofite to the 

 leaves, twice compound ; partial ones umbellate. Floivers 

 fmall. This feems an intermediate variety between the 

 a and p of V. laciaiofa, probably obtained from fome 

 garden. 



5. V. indica. Indian Vine. Linn. Sp. PI. 293. Willd. 

 n. 3. Ait. n. 2. Swaits Obf. 95. (V. fruftu minore 



rubro acerbo, folio fubrotundo, minils laciniato, fubtfls albs 

 lanugine tefto ; Sloane Jam. v. 2. 104. t. 210. f. 4. Schem- 

 bra-vaUi ; Rhecde Hort. Malab. v. 7. u. t. 6. ) — Leaves 

 heart-fliaped, toothed ; downy beneath. Tendrils bearing 

 the clufters. — Native of the Eaft and Weft Indies. Swartz 

 fays the twigs, when cut, diftil a cool refrediing watery 

 juice, highly grateful to the natives of the torrid zone. 

 The leaves are fliarply toothed, not lobed ; very white at 

 the back, according to Sloane ; but this is wanting in the 

 Linnxan Eaft Indian fpecimen, which we fufpeft rather to 

 belong to Cijfus. This however is not an original fpecimen. 

 The fruit is red, or deep purple, the fize of currants, and 

 agreeably acid as well as aftringent. Sloane. 



6. V . Jlsxuofa. Zigzao; Japan Vine. Thunb. Tr. of 

 Linn. Soc. v. 2. 332. Willd. n. 4. (V. indica ; Thunb. 

 Jap. 103.) — Leaves heart -fhaped, toothed; villous beneath. 

 Stem zigzag. Panicles elongated. — Nativeof Japan, where 

 it is called Itadori. The leaves are chieSy villous at the ribs 

 underneatli. Footjla^ks llender, as long as the nail. Pani- 

 cles unattended by tendrils. Thunb. 



7. V. Labrufca. Downy-leaved Vine, or Fox-grape. 

 Linn. Sp. PI. 293. Vi'^il'd. n. 5. Ait. n. 3. Purfli n. i. 

 " Jacq. Hort. Schoefibr. t. 426." Sm. Inf. of Georgia, 

 V. 1.55. t. 28.) — Leaves broadly-heartfhaped, angular or 

 (lightly lobed, toothed ; white and cottony beneath. Ber- 

 ries few, fomewhat depreffed Nativeof (hadv woods, frcm 



Canada to Florida, flowering in June and July. Berries 

 black, large, of a difagreeable foxy fmell, whence they are 

 commonly called Fox-grapes. A variety with white berries 

 is called Bland's Grape. Purjb. The leaves appear to be 

 fometimes but flightly toothed. Each bunch confifts of 

 about fix grapes, three-fourths of an inch in diameter, red 

 before they are ripe. We have not feen the fourth volume 

 of Jacquin's Hortus Schoenbrunenfis, and are therefore 

 obliged to take our references from Purfti, under this and 

 a few other fpecies. 



8. V. ajiivalis. Summer Grape. Michaux Boreal. - 

 Amer. v. 2. 230. Purfh n. 2. " Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. 

 t. 42J," according to Mr. Purfh. (V. Labrufca; Walt. 

 Carol. 242.) — Leaves broadly-heartfliaped, with thj-ee or 

 five lobes, finely toothed ; downy and rufty when young. 

 Clufters of fruit oblong In fields and woods, from Vir- 

 ginia to Carolina, flowering in May and June. Berries 

 fmall, dark blue, very agreeable to eat, and frequently con- 

 verted into very good home-made wine. It is known by 

 the name of Summer Grape. Purjh. This author men- 

 tions, by the name oi f.nuata, a variety which he thinka 

 may be a diftinft fpecies, and which is thus defined. 

 " Leaves finuato-palmate, coarfely toothed ; each finus 

 rhomboid." Can tb.is be the plant figured in Sm. Inf. of 

 Georgia, t. 44. as V. vini/era? (See the firft fpecies.) 

 We have from the late Rev. Dr. Muhlenberg a fpecimen 

 anfwering cxaftly to the above fpecific charafter of Michaux 

 and Purfti, but without any information annexed. Whether 

 it be labnifcoides, Muhlenb. Cat. 27, as we fhould guefs by 

 that name, or intermedia of that work, as indicated by the. 

 fynonym, there is no poiTibihty of knowing. The leaves in 

 our fpecimen are glaucous beneath, and clothed with loofe, 

 partly rufty, cobweb pubefcence, not with denfe white 

 cottony down like F. Labrufca. The veins terminate in 

 fmall, acute, marginal teeth. Clujlers downy and rufty, as 

 well as tlie footjlalks. 



9. V. vulpina. Winter Grape, or Chicken Grape.. 

 Linn. Sp. PI. 293. Willd. n. 6. Ait. n. 4. (V. cordi- 

 foHa; Michaux Boreal. -Amer. v. 2. 23h. Purfii n. 3. 

 "V. incifa; Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. t. 427.") — Leaves 

 heart-fliaped, pointed, fharply ferrated, fmooth on both 



fides, 



