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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



A 5. V. cordifo s lia Michx. The heart-s/*«/j<?-leaved Vine, or Chicken Grapt 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 231. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 654.; Don's Mill. 1. p. 711. 

 Synonymes. V. inclsa Jacq. Schccn., t. 427. ; V. vulpina Lin Spec, p. 293., Walt. Flor. Car., 243. 

 Engravings. Jacq. Schcen., t. 247. ; E. of PL, 286. ; and out jig. 143. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Sexes dioecious or poly- 

 gamous. Leaves heart-shaped, acuminate, 

 toothed in the mode of incisions, smooth 

 on both surfaces. Racemes loosely many- 

 flowered. Berries small, greenish, ripened 

 late. {Dec. Prod.,\. p. 634, 635.) Found 

 wild from Canada to Florida, on the edges 

 of rivers and in woods, where it is called 

 the winter grape, probably from the late 

 ripening of the fruit ; and chicken grape, 

 perhaps from the very small size of the berries. Dr. Torrey considers this 

 to be the true V. vulpina of Linnaeus, on account of its glabrous leaves. 

 (Hook.) Introduced in 1806. Plants of it (but whether male or female, 

 we are uncertain) are in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, price Is. Qd. 

 each. 



1 6. V. ripa'ria Michx. The river-side, or siveet-scentcd, Vine. 



Identification. Michx. Flor. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 821. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 635. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 711 

 Synonymes. V. odoratissima Bonn Hort. Cant., and Lodd. Cat. ; Vigne de Battures, Amer. 

 Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 2429. ; E. of P., 2862. ; and our fig. 144. 



Spec. Char., cfc. Leaves heart-shaped, shallowly 

 3-cleft, toothed in the mode of incisions and un- 

 equally. Footstalk, and the margin of the nerves, 

 pubescent. (Dec. Prod., i. p. 635.) A native of 

 North America, from Pennsylvania to Carolina, 

 on the gravelly shores of islands and banks of 

 rivers. " Extending to the south end of Lake 



Winipeg, in lat. 520°." (Richardson, in Hook.) 

 Dr. Hooker observes that some of his specimens 

 of this plant have the leaves so slightly lobed, that 

 he scarcely knows how they are to be distinguished 

 from V. vulpina (our No. 3.). Female plants are 

 very seldom found north of the Potowmac river, 

 though the male extends very far beyond it. The 

 flowers have an exquisitely sweet smell, somewhat resembling that of mi- 

 gnonette. The female plant is in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, 

 where its shoots extend to the length of 20 ft. 



J 7. V. rotundifo v lia Michx. The round-leaved Vine, or Bullet Grape. 



Identification. Michx. Flor. Bor. Amer., 2. p. 231. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 635. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 711. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Sexes dioecious or trioecious. Leaves between heart- 

 shaped and kidney-shaped, toothed in rather an equal manner, shining on 

 both surfaces. Racemes composed of several little heads of flowers. 

 Berries of a deep blue colour. (Dec. Prod.,\. p. 635.) Found in North 

 America, from Virginia to Florida, on river sides, and on islands. The 

 berries are as large as those of the common muscadine grape, by which 

 name it is sometimes called : they are agreeable to eat. Introduced in 1806, 

 but not often met with in collections. There is a plant in the garden of the 

 London Horticultural Society. 



1 8. V. caribte n a Dec. The Caribean Vine. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 1. p. 634. ; Don's Mill., 1. p. 711. 

 Synonyme. V. fndica Sum. Obs.,95., Pair. Diet., 8. p. 607. 

 Engraving. Sloane Hist., 2. p. 104. t. 210. fig. 4. 



Spec Clmr., fyc. Sexes dioecious or trioecious. Leaves heart-shaped, acumi- 

 nate, toothed with acute and rather projecting teeth ; rather glabrous above, 



