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Jfrib. — -In Carolina and Georgia in swamps. V. bracteata, Raf. 

 V. aestivalis, Elliot. Vnlg. Duck shot or Swamp grape. 



Stem very large, climbing to the tops of the loftiest trees ; leaves 

 broad-cordate, acuminate, five-lobed, sinuses wide and deep, the 

 lobes irregularly dentate; the teeth without any mucronate point, 

 above smooth, beneath with the nerves rufo-pubescent. Fascicles of 

 the flowers with a short leaf or bract at the base of each ; racemes 

 long, loose, and compound; berries very small, -15 of an inch in di- 

 ameter, very acid. 



5. V. vulpina. Foliis glabris, cordatis acuminatis, simplicibus, 

 trilobis, aut interdum profunde quinquelobis, dentatis, dentibus sub- 

 abrupte-acuminatis, subtus plus minus sparse villosiusculis aut etiam 

 glabris. Racemis densis baccis parvis. 



Hab. — In the Northern and Middle States. Y. vulpina Willd. 

 V. aestivalis, Emerson's rep. on the Trees, &c, of Mass. Y. cordifolia 

 of many authors, but not of Michaux. Y. callosa, hyemalis, cordifo- 

 lia, Raf. Yulg. Winter grape. 



Stem moderately large, very branching, the younger shoots for 

 the most part purplish. Leaves always smooth above, and general- 

 ly so on both sides; beneath sometimes, particularly in the younger 

 ones, a little villous; cordate acuminate dentate, the teeth abruptly 

 acuminate, always more or less tri-lobate, sometimes profoundly so, 

 and often five-lobed. Racemes tolerably large, very dense, so as 

 even to change the form of the berries; berries -35 of an inch in di- 

 ameter, black, acid. 



The name of cordifolia is occasionally given improperly to another 

 species, the V. rotundifolia Mx. Willdenow's description is not ve- 

 ry full, but sufficiently so to remove all doubt of his meaning this 

 species; there is no other so well deserving the name of Vulpina, 

 as the grapes have a strong smell much resembling that of a fox. 



The older leaves are without any villosity beneath except on the 

 nerves, which with the veins are very prominent. They frequently 

 become glaucous beneath. 



{Conclusion next month.) 



