Oed 24. VITACEJE. 



1. V I T I S, Town. 



1. Vitis Californica, Benth. 



Vitis Californica, Benth. Bot. Sulph. p. 10, & PI. Hartw. p. 302. 



V. Caribcea, Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech, p. 327 ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. 1, p. 683. 



Hab. Banks of the Sacramento, Northern California.— Plant pros- 

 trate, or more commonly climbing trees. Young twigs slightly pubes- 

 cent. Leaves broadly cordate, somewhat 3-lobed, coarsely toothed, 

 smoothish above when mature, grayish pubescent underneath. Panicle 

 ovate, loosely flowered. Berries about one-third of an inch in 

 diameter (resembling those of V. cordifolia or Chicken Grape), purple, 

 and covered with a bloom. They are pleasant to the taste, but rather 

 tart, and are sometimes used by the Mexicans for making wine. 



Ord. 25. POLY GALA CEJE. 



1. POLYGALA, Tourn. 



1. Poltgala Nutkana, Mogino & Sesse. 



Poly gala Nutkana, Mogino & Sesse, ex DC. Prodr. 1, p. 331; Torr. Bot. Mex. 



Bound, p. 49, t. 12. 

 P. Californica, Nutt. in Torr. & Gray, Fl. 1, p. 671. 

 P. cucullata, Benth. PI. Hartw. p. 299. 

 P. cornuta, Kellogg, in Proceed. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sc. 1, p. 62. 



Hab. Banks of the Sacramento, California. — The prostrate portion 

 of the stem is ligneous, as is also the base of the ascending branches. 

 There are both radical and terminal racemes, as in P. polygama; the 

 former partly subterranean, and the flowers apetalous. This is the 

 only known species of Folygala in the Pacific States. 



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