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THE SOUTHERN MUSCADINE GRAPE. 639 
The Southern Muscadine, otherwise called Bullace, 
Bull, and Bullet-grape is the Vitis Rotundifolia of Mi- 
chaux ( V. Vulpina Linn.), and is very distinct from all 
other species. Its light-brown slender wood, its innu- 
merable small branches, thrown out tree-like rather than 
in the manner of other grape-vines, and its small, ligbt- 
green shining leaves, give it a peculiar and singularly 
beautiful appearance. The following is a correct descrip- 
tion of it :—Stem smooth, light-brown dotted with white, 
lithe, tough, and without pith; branches minutely ver- 
rucose, numerous, slender; leaves small, cordate (but 
somewhat rounded, whence Michaux’s name); dentate, 
