YITIS. 
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Stam. 5. Oy. 2-celled, each cell with 2 ovules. Fr. juicy, 
properly 2-celled and 4-seeded, but cells and ovules mostly 
more or less obliterated or abortive. 
1. Vitis. 
tttl. V. YINIPERA L. The Vine. Vinha or Videira. 
L. roundish heart-shaped 5-lobed and coarsely toothed. — 
Brot. i. 300 ; DC. i. 633 ; Presl 199 ; Koch 150. — Shr. or arb. 
Mad. reg. 1, 2 ; PS. reg. 1 ; ccc. Sunny slopes and hill-sides, 
from the sea up to a height of 2500 ft. everywhere cult., in the 
South on trellises, in the North on trees 5 here and there spon- 
taneous. FI. April -June ; fr. Aug.-Oct. — FI. very fragrant like 
Mignonette (. Reseda odorata L.). Var. (principal only) : 
a. 1. less deeply lobed and toothed. 
A. fr. globose. 
a. fr. black. — Tinta, Negra molle , Negrinho, Bastardo , 
Maroto, Ferral, Castellao , &c. 
b. fr. white, i. e. greenish-y. — Sercial , Lestrao , Cara de 
Moqa, Bastardo branco, Sabra, &c. 
B. fr. oval or oblong. 
b. fr. white or greenish-y. — Verdelho, Bual or Boat, 
Babozo , »&c. 
/3. 1. deeply lobed and toothed, lobes subacuminate (Mal- 
vazia or Malmsey Vines). 
A. fr. globose. 
b. fr. white or greenish-y. or tawny. — Malvazia, M. de 
clieira, M. baboza, M. roxa, M. da ribeira, &c. 
B. fr. oval or oblong. 
a. fr. black, fleshy. — Alicante , &c. 
Though any attempt at a full or detailed accoimt of Madeiran 
Wines would be beyond the scope or province of this work, 
some notice of the produce of a pi. so influential on the natural 
features and condition, physical and social, of the island may be 
perhaps expected. — The wine which is generally called Madeira, 
or commercially “London Particular,” is composed of an indis- 
criminate mixture of the above subvarieties of a; the Verdelho 
grape predominating. The wines called Malvazia or Malmsey, 
Sercial, Tinta, Bual and Verdelho are made each from the pe- 
culiar grape so called without admixture, and are about twice the 
price of the London Particular or ordinary Madeira. Malmsey 
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