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and Gray, &c. V. scrotina Bartram, 1. c. seems to be V. cordifolia 

 of Emerson, &c. V. montana, coneolor, colambina, populifolia, odor- 

 atissima and amara Rafmesque, 



Stem large and high. Leaves smooth on both sides, broad-ovate, 

 cordate, acuminate, unequally crenato-dentate, teeth mucronate ; 

 generally obscurely trilobate beyond the middle, nerves beneath 

 very prominent, margin, nerves beneath and petioles pubescent; a 

 small pubescent tuft on the axilla? of the nerves of the under side of 

 the leaves. Racemes long and loose, berries small, • 2 of an inch in 

 diameter, black, very acid and austere, ripening in November. 



This species is much cultivated in gardens on account of its fra- 

 grant flowers, the perfume of which is exactly that of Reseda odor- 

 ata. It very rarely produces fruit. I have found fertile individuals 

 only on the rocky hills north of Hoboken, N. J. I have been in- 

 formed that the Indians formerly used the juice of this grape for dy- 

 ing blue. 



II. V. rotundifoua. Foliis glabris nitidis rotundo-cordatis, acu- 

 minatis nunquam lobatis grosse dentatis, dentibus acutis suhsequali- 

 bus, racemis parvis baccis magnis nigris, rubescentibus vel albis. 



Hub. — From Virginia to Florida. V. rotundifolia Mx. V. vul- 

 pina Walter. V. acerifolia, vulpina, angulata, and veruccosa Ra- 

 finesque. Vulgo Bullacc grape, from its resemblance to the bullace 

 or wild plum of Europe, corrupted into Bull grape. In Virginia and 

 N. Carolina it is called Muscadine and Scuppernon grape. 



Stem moderately large, unlike every other species perfectly 

 smooth even in the oldest vines. Leaves thin, smooth on both sides, 

 polished, shining, most so beneath, round, cordate, never lobed, ac- 

 uminate dentate; teeth large, subequal, acute, axilla of the nerves 

 beneath sometimes furnished with a small tuft of pubescence. Ra- 

 cemes small, simple; berries large, -2 of an inch in diameter, round, 

 black, reddish, or white. 



This vine most frequently produces fruit of a delicious flavor and 

 very sweet. In North Carolina much wine is made from the grapes, 

 but generally it is spoilt by mixing it with peach brandy or whiskey 

 to increase its strength. Among the ignorant it is commonly tho't 



