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152 PENTANDRIA 1C0N0GYNIA 



Stem 10 to 50 feet long, climbing and spreading over bushes, along hedge-rows. 

 Leaves *2 to 6 inches Long, and 2 to 4 or :> Inches wide, cordate often conspicuous!/ 

 acuminate, coarsely toothed, teeth acuminate* smooth on both sides, and a little 

 shining,— hut the nervee beneath are pubescent, with villose tufts In the angles; 



/.,/« 2 to 5 inches lon-j. Common peduncle half an inch to 1 or '2 inches long. 

 Racemes compound, loose, often with Long branches at base, which are some- 

 times abortive, and become tendrils. Flowefs small, numerous. Berries small, 

 of a greenish amber color, or sometimes nearly black, when mature, very acerb, 

 and late in ripening. 



Hub. Fence-rows, and thickets: al >ng Hrandywine : frequent. Fl. June. Fr.Nor. 

 Obs. Sir J. E. Smith (in Rees* Cyclop.), Prof. Tjrrey and [looker, and some 

 ether distinguished Botanists, have supposed that tins is the V. vulpinu,u( Linna* 

 us: Butfrora all the information I can obtain, I iucline to agree with Mr. Elliott, \* 

 referring the original V. vulpinaio the V. r6tund\folia, of Mx. Ldnnaus probably 

 received his plant from Virginia ; and I ascertained when at Suffolk, Virginia, in 

 1831, that the V. rotundifoUa is there univ« raally known by the name ef Fax grape, 

 Mr. Eliio'.t also confirms this fact, of the common name of the plant, In the low 

 country ftirther south Now, as the brief description by Linnaus, agrees quite as 

 well with the Fox grape of the South, as it does with our V. cordifolia, I have bcei 

 led to the conclusion that the former is tin true V. vulpina. I find, moreover, that 

 the venerable William Jluvtram, (See Med Iiej)osit. L c.) was of the same opinion. 

 The V '. rotun-iifolia, Mx. is very remarkable for one feature. It is known that 

 eur northern grape vines have a dark-brown loose lamellated stringy bark; where- 

 as this southern species has a more ligneous appearance,— with a close greyish- 

 brown bark, covered with small cinereous warts. It is called V. verrucosa, by 

 Muhlenberg. 



4. V. tinipbha, L. Leaves lohed, sinuate-dentate, naked or to- 

 mentose; flowers all perfect. DC. Prodr. l.p. 633. 

 Wine-beakcxg Vitis. Vulgo—lline Grape. English Grape. &c. 

 Gallice — La Vigne. Germ. — Der M'einsisck. Hispanice — La Vid. 



Stem 10 to 20 feet or more in length (usually prevented from extending itself, by 

 lopping). Leaves more or less lobed, generally smaller than our native species,— 

 sometimes very glabrous and shining. Racemes loose, cr row U ', avoid, or cylin- 

 dric. Berries globose, oblong, or obovoid, dark blue, amber colored, or greenish 

 white, when mature, fleshy or watery, sweet, or sub-acid. 

 Hab. Gardens, and about houses : not common. Fl. June. Fr. Aug. 



Obs- Several of the varieties of this multifarious spe<ies have been cultivated 

 mx a snuxll scale, in this County : but :he success has not been encouraging. There 

 seems to be a defect, either in the climate, or in the skill of the cultivators, which 

 renders the crop extremely uncertain. The variety called English grape, or Mil- 

 ler's Burgundy, appears generally to succeed the best ; but it of ten fails. Indeed 

 the culture of our native varieties, or hybrids, which was attempted with great 

 spirit, a few years since, has been attended with so much <Hsappointment that it is 

 now nearly abandoned, -except for mere family use. Two or three additional m> 

 Mte species are enumerated in the U. States. 



116. AMPELOPSIS. Mx. DC. Prodr. l.p. 632. 

 [Greek, Ampelos t Vine, and opsis, aspect ; from its resemblance to the Vine.] 



Calyx nearly entire. Petals opening at apex, spreading, or becoming 

 leflexed. Ovary conical, not immersed in the disk. Berry 2 to 4- 

 sceded. 



