138 THE FLORIST AND 



8. V. pullaria. Foliis glabris, ovatis cordatis acuminatis, ut plu- 

 rimum versus, apicem obscure aut profunde trilobatis rarius quinque 

 lobatis ssBpe integris, insequaliter grosse dentatis, acuminatis. Ra- 

 cemis longis ramosis laxis. 



Hub. — In Virginia and Maryland. Vul. Chicken grape. 



Stem moderately large and tall. Leaves thin, smooth on both 

 sides, polished, ovate cordate abruptly acuminate, beyond the mid- 

 dle more or less tri-lobed, sometimes five-lobed, often entire, unequal- 

 ly dentate; teeth large, acuminate; petioles and nerves beneath con- 

 spicuously pubescent. Racemes long, compound and loose; berries 

 small, -3 of an inch in diameter. 



9. V. riparia. Foliis glabris ovatis cordatis acuminatis ante me- 

 dium plus minus trilobis ssepe integris dentatis, dentibus latis de- 

 pressis, brevi-mucronatis. Racemis laxis baccis parvis. 



Hah- — In Georgia and Mississippi on the banks of rivers in over- 

 flowed places. V. riparia Mx. V. dimidiata Rafinesque. 



Stem large and tall. Leaves thin, smooth on both sides, polish- 

 ed ovate, cordate, acuminate, more or less tri-lobed beyond the 

 middle, often entire, sub-crenato-dentate ; teeth broad, flat, with a 

 short point; the youngest leaves with a slight arachnoid pubescence 

 beneath, petioles, nerves and margin pubescent. The leaves are 

 sometimes five-lobed, the upper lobes with deep spathuliform sinus- 

 es, the margin but little dentate. Racemes loose; berries small, *3 

 of an inch in diameter, black and acid. 



This species, confounded by most authors with the next (if it has 

 ever been seen by them,) is found only in the southernmost States 

 on the margins of rivers, in places frequently subject to inundation, 

 whence its name among the inhabitants of the banks of the Missis- 

 sippi, Vigm cle bait arcs', it very much resembles the next, but is easi- 

 ly distinguished by its thinner leaves and the arachnoid pubescence 

 on the under side of them in their younger state. 



10. V. odoratissima. Foliis glabris ovatis cordatis acuminatis in- 

 SBqualiter crenato-dentatis dentibus mucronatis, ut plurimum versus 

 apicem obscure trilobis. Racemis laxis, baccis parvis. 



Hab. — In the Northern States, in dry situations, generally on the 

 sides of rocky hills. V. odoratissima Donn. V. riparia Pursh, Torrey 



