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what cymose on a long forking peduncle; petals 4c-b) 

 united at the apex, separating at the base ; style conical ; 

 disk 4-5-lobed; ierry 2-4-seeded. No tendrils. Leaflets 

 V long. Berry small and black. 



V. ACIDA, L. Branches geniculate; leaves trifoliolate, 

 thick and rigid ; leaflets small, cuneate-obovate, sharply 

 toothed at the apex ; floivers in compound umbels ; petals 

 4, united at the apex, separating at the base; style slender; 

 disk cup-shaped, entire ; berry black, 1-seeded ; tendrils 

 stout and elongated. Leaflets ^' long. Branches and 

 peduncles flattened and elongated. 



V. IN'CISA, Nutt. Smooth ; stem climbing, warty ; 

 leaves trifoliolate, very thick and fleshy; leaflets stalked, 

 wedge-shaped, and entire near the base, the lateral ones 

 2-lobed, the middle 3-lobed, all mucron ate- toothed or 

 serrate; herry purple, globose-ovate, nodding, pointed 

 with the conspicuous slender style, 1-seeded. Stem 6°-12° 

 long; leaflets l'-3' long; panicles cymose. 



V. iis"DiviSA, Willd. Leaves simple, undivided, ovate, 

 truncate, or cordate at the base, acuminate, toothed-ser- 

 rate, pubescent; peduncles forking; petals and stamens 

 5 ; style slender ; disk cup-shaped ; herry 1-3 -seeded ; stem 

 climbing. Berry small, black. 



V. LA BRUSCA, L. {Fox Grape.) Leaves broadly cor- 

 date, angularly 3-lobed, mucronate-serrate, very woolly 

 when young, at length smoothish above; fertile ;x/?iz- 

 67^5 or racemes few-flowered; herry large; leaves 4-6' 

 wide. Berry ^ i^ diameter, purple or whitish, pleasant- 

 flavored. 



V. Caribjea, DC. Leaves round-cordate, with a 

 broad and shallow sinus, entire or 3-lobed, wavy-serrate, 

 acute or acuminate, soon smooth above, the lower surface 

 like the branches, petioles, and panicles, clothed with soft 

 ash-colored down; panicles equaling or longer than the 

 leaves ; pedicels smooth ; herry 4-' in diameter. 



