200 FLORA OF TEXAS. 



V. AESTIVALIS. (Summer Grajje.) Leaves cordate, entire 

 or 3-5-lobed, or on young plants pinnatifid, mucronate- 

 eerrate, covered with a loose cobwebby down, at length 

 smooth or nearly so on both sides ; panicles long, many- 

 flowered; herry small; stem climbing high; leaves 4-7' 

 wide; particle 6-12' long, compound. Berry deep blue, 

 very austere. 



V. MONTicoLA, Buckley. Leaves broad cordate, spar- 

 ingly hoary, tomentose beneath, coarsely and irregu- 

 larly toothed, teeth acute and submucronate, entire 

 ^r slightly 3-lobed near the apex, smooth and subcor- 

 rugated above; racemes shouldered; berries J to f of an 

 inch in diameter, dull purple or green with a reddish- 

 brown shade, often quite black ; pulp white, acid, and 

 rather agreeable to the taste ; skin thin ; seeds 1-4, generally 

 3; racemes 3-4 inches long. Young hranches have a 

 cottony pubescence; stem small, climbing, 8-10 feet 

 high. Fruit ripe August and September. Leaves 2-3 

 inches long and about the same width. Common in 

 the hilly region northwest of Austin, Texas. Mouiitain 

 Grain. 



V. LiNCECUMii, Buckley. Leaves very large, reniform- 

 cordate, entire or 3-lobed, crenate-dentate, teeth sub-mucro- 

 nate ; above smooth, beneath a rust-colored pubescence 

 which is also on the younger branches and petioles ; ra- 

 cemes shouldered, shorter than the leaves ; berries purple, 

 skin thin. Fruit about } of an inch in diameter, 

 juicy, and of a pleasant acid taste. This grape has 

 larger leaves than any other American species of grape. 

 Fruit ripens about the 18th of July. " Post-oak Grape." 

 Stems small, climbing, rarely more than 8 or 10 feet. Sandy 

 soils. Eastern and Centi-al Texas. Named in honor of 

 Dr. Lincecum, of Texas. 



V. MUSTANGEN^sis, Buckley. Leaves cordate, entire or 

 3-5-lobed, above smooth, beneath covered with a white 



