116 PENTANDR1A, MONOGYNIA. 



Round-leaved Sun-dexv. 



A very curious and beautiful little plant, about three or four 

 inches high. Leaves radical, adpressed. Flowers white- 

 Common in sphagnous and cranberry swamps in Jersey t and 

 in bogs tikis side of the river. On and near the Woodlands, 

 frequent. Annual ? July, August- 



longifoiia. 2. D. shapes radicating, simple ; leaves spatbulate, 

 obovate ; petioles long, naked. — Wtlld. and Pur sh. 

 Icon. Eng. bot. 868. 



Long- leaved Sun-deiv. 



Easily distinguished from No. 1 by its long leaves ; in other 

 respects very much resembling it. Also a singular and deli- 

 cate plant Flowers, as in the preceding, white. Not so 

 common as No. 1, though frequent. In the spot I have parti- 

 cularized, page 37, as the habitat of Eriophorum angustif'olium. 

 Annual ? Jul), August. 



112. V1TIS. Gen. pi. 396. (Vitcs.) 



Calix minute, 5- toothed or entire. Petals 5, 

 mostly cohering above, in the manner of a 

 calyptrum, corning off at the base, and then 

 deciduous. Style 0. Stigma capitate. 

 Berry 5 -seeded, superior, round, or rarely 

 ovate. (Flowers mostly dioicous.) — Nutt. 



Labmsea. 1 . V. leaves broad-cordate, sublobate, angular, hoary, 

 tomemose beneath ; fertile racemes small; berries 

 large. — Mkh. Wtlld. 

 V. taunna, Walt. 



Icon. J acq. schoenbr. 426. (Pursh.) 



Fox grape. 



Every body knows the fruit of this plant by the above Eng- 

 lish name. Berries crow-black, large. In thickets, common. 

 \ . June, July. 



aestivalis. 2. V. leaves broad, cordate, 3 to 5-lobed ; younger 

 ones with a brown tomentum beneath ; fertile ra- 

 cemes oblong j berries small. — Mkh, and Pursh* 



