DIOECIA PENTANDRIA. 
687 
VITIS. Gen. Pl. 396. 
Masculi. Calyx 5- 
dentatus. Corolla, pe- 
tala 5, apice cohaeren- 
tia. 
Foeminei. Calyx et 
Corolla maris. Bacca 
5-sperraa, supera. 
1. Rotundifolia. 
V. foliis utrinque lu- 
cidis, cordatis, inaequa- 
liter dentatis; racemo- 
rum floribus pluries ca- 
pitulatisj baccis mag- 
nis. 
Sterile Jlorets. Ca- 
lyx 5-toothed. Corolla 
5-petalled, cohering at 
the summit. 
Fertile Florets. Ca- 
lyx and Corolla as in 
the sterile. Berry 5- 
seeded, superior. 
Leaves on both sides 
lucid, cordate, unequal- 
ly toothed; flowers of 
the raccemes in many 
small heads; berries 
large. 
Mich. 
Mich. 2. p. 231. Pursh, 1. p. 169. Nutt. 1. p. 143. 
V. Vulpina, Walt. 243. 
V. Vulpina? Sp. pl. 1. p. 1181. 
This vine varies much in size, sometimes ascending the loftiest trees, more 
frequently humble. Young branches tomentose. Leaves 2 — 3 inches in 
diameter, cordate, round, shining, glabrous, but with small tufts of hair at the 
junction of the veins, commonly with 3 — 5 prominent teeth, and* the resi- 
due by no means equal. Floivers polygamous, in racemes composed of 
simple heads, 6 — 8 flowered. Fruit large, 7 — 8 lines in diameter, covered 
with a coriaceous integument, the flavor not unpleasant. This species of 
grape may be, perhaps at some future day, cultivated advantageously. 
The real V. Vulpina of Linnaeus has been a subject of some doubt. I 
have long supposed that this may have been his original species. The cha- 
racters agree sufficiently well, and notwithstanding the remark of Michaux, 
that this is commonly called the Muscadine Grape, as far as my observations 
reach, it is, in our low country, uniformly and universally known under the 
name of Fox Grape. Linnaeus may have received his name and specimens 
from the Southern States. 
Grows in light rich soils. 
Flowers May. Fruit ripens in July and August. 
