264 ORDER XXXVII. — VFTAOBM. 



veins pubescent. Flowers fragrant, in loose racemes. Fruit small, 

 dirk pui pie.— Yellow. £. May — July- Along the margins of rivers 

 in tlif upper country. Winter Grape — pleasant fruit. 



4. V. /E.stiva'lis, (Mich.) Stan very long, glabrous ; young branches 

 tomentose. Leaves broadly cordate, 3 — 5-lobed, ferruginous, tomen- 

 tose beneath when young, coarsely and unequally toothed, sometimes 

 not lobed. Flowers in racemes, opposite the leaves, polygamous or di- 

 oecious. Fruit small, black, very sour. — Greenish-yellow. ^ . May. 

 In rich soil. Summer Grape. 



5. V. labrus'ca, (L.) A large vine, covering the loftiest trees; 

 branches covered with a ferruginous pubescence. Leaves broadly cor- 

 date, lobed, and angled; repand toothed, tomentose beneath. Racemes 

 small, fertile. Fruit dark purple, globose, large, of a disagreeable fla- 

 vor. From the seeds of this species have been produced several very 

 highly esteemed garden varieties. — Greenish-yellow. ^ . June. Rich, 

 high spots in swamps. 



Isabella, Alexander s, Catawba, and Bland's Grape. 



6. V. bipinxa'ta, (T. & G.) (Cissies bipinnata of Ell.) Stem up- 

 right, somewhat twining, without tendrils. Branches numerous, gla- 

 brous, a little angular. Leaves bipinnate, glabrous, leaflets serrate, 

 lower ones sometimes decompound, leaflets slightly cordate, acute. 

 Flower* in short spreading panicles. Petals expanding, generally pen- 

 t.indrous. Style conical. Fruit globose, depressed, glabrous or slightly 

 hairy, nearly black, 2-celled. — Greenish-yellow. ^. June — July. 

 Rich soils. 



7. V. AMr-ELor'sis. Stem climbing, glabrous. Leaves simple, 3-lobed, 

 or truncate, serrate, pubescent on the veins beneath. Flower* in di- 

 ehotomously divided panicles, without tendrils, opposite the leaves. 

 Calyx obscurely toothed. Petals 6. Stamens 5. Fruit 1 -celled, 1 — 2- 

 seeded, small — Yellow. ^ . June. S. Car. in swamps 



Genus II.— AMPELOP'SIS. Mich. 5—1. 

 (From the Greek ampelos, a vine, and opsis, a resemblance.) 



Calyx entire. Petals 5, reflexed, spreading. Stamens 5. 

 Ovary 2-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell. Style conical. 

 Fruit a 2-celled berry, with 1 or 2 seeds in each cell. Flowers 

 perfect, in corymbose panicles. A shrubby vine. 



1. A. hedera'cea, (D. C.) Stem climbing lofty trees, throwing out 

 short lateral fibres by which it attaches itself. Leaves on long petioles, 

 digitate, by lives. Leaflet* petiolate, oblong, coarsely seriate, glabrous, 

 the middle leaflet larg 'lee many-flowered, opposite the 1 



the ultimate; divisions umbellate, peduncles crimson. Petals much 

 longer than the calyx. Fruit deep blue, about as large as a pea. — 

 Yellowish green. ^ . June. In moist soils. 



American Ivy. Virginian Creeper. A. quinquefolia, yi\ah. 



Ordki; XXXVHL— ACERA'CEJE. Juss. 



Sepals 5, or rarely I — 9, united at the base, colored, with an 

 imbricate aestivation. Petals as many as sepals and alternate 



