DIOEdIA PENTANDRIA. 
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obtusis; paniculisfertili- 
bus oblongis; baccis 
parvulis. 
ses rounded, obtuse; 
fertile panicles oblong; 
berries small. 
Mich. 2. p. 230. Pursh, 1. p. 169- Nutt. 1. p. 143. 
V. Labrusca, Walt. p. 242. 
A vine climbing the loftiest trees in our forests, the old branches glabrous 
with the bark fibrous, the young tomentose. Leaves nearly round, some- 
times entire, sometimes much dissected, always dentate. Petioles 2 — 5 
inches long, tomentose. Plant polygamous and dioicous. The flowers simi- 
lar on every plant. Panicles opposite the leaves, composed of small fasci- 
cles 3 — 6-flowered, a short villous leaf at the base of each fascicle. Calyx 
persistently entire, binding the base of the germ. Corolla 5-petalled, cadu- 
cous, greenish, the petals adhering at the summit. Nectary a yellow, trun- 
cate gland, surrounding the germ. Filaments longer than the corolla, in- 
serted with the petals between the calyx and the germ. Anthers erect. In 
the sterile flowers only the rudiments of a germ can be discovered. In the 
fertile the germ is above, turbinate, tapering to a short style. Stigma ob- 
tuse. Berry small, black, very acid and austere. 
Grows in rich lands, and its size is supposed by many to be one of the 
best indications of soil which our forests furnish. 
Flowers May. 
5. Labrusca. Lin. 
V. foliis lato-corda- 
tis, sublobato-angula- 
tis, subtus incano-to- 
mentosis; racemis ferti- 
libus parvis; baccis 
majoribus. 
Leaves broad, cor- 
date, somewhat lobed 
and angled, hoary and 
tomentose underneath; 
racemes fertile, small; 
berries large. 
Sp. pi. 1. p. 1181. Mich. 2. p. 230. Pursh, 1. p. 169* Nutt. 1. p. 143. 
V. Taurina, Walt. p. 242. 
This is one of our largest species of vine, climbing over the loftiest trees 
of our forest, and covering them with large, thick and almost tomentose 
leaves. The fruit large and in small clusters of an austere and disagreeable 
flavour, ripening in August and September. 
Grows on high spots in the deep river swamps, preferring always the 
richest soils. 
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