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8. V. punttartia. Foliis glabris, ovatis cordatis acuminatis, ut plurimum 
versus apicem obscure aut profunde trilobatis rarius quinque lobatis sepe inte- 
gris, inequaliter gross dentatis, dentibus acuminatis. Racemis longis ramosis 
laxis. 
Hab.—In Virginia and Maryland. Vulg. Chicken grape. 
Stem moderately large and tall. Leaves thin, smooth on both sides, polished, 
ovate cordate abruptly acuminate, beyond the middle more or less tri-lobed, 
sometimes five-lobed, often entire, unequally dentate; teeth large, acuminate ; 
petioles and nerves beneath conspicuouslypubescent. Racemes long, compound 
and loose; berries small, -3 of an inch in diameter. 
9. V. rtrparra. Foliis glabris ovatis cordatis acuminatis ante medium plus 
minus trilobis, sepe integris dentatis, dentibus latis depressis, brevi-mucronatis. 
Racemis laxis baccis parvis. 
Hab.—In Geergia and Mississippi on the banks of rivers in overflowed places: 
V. riparia Mx. V. dimidiata Rafinesque. 
Stem large and tall. Leaves thin, smooth on both sides, polished ovate, cor- 
date, 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 pacimoid pubescence pancanhe petioles, nerves and margin pubescent. 
The leaves are sometimes five- lobed, the upper lobes with deep spathuliform 
sinuses, 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 Mississippi, Vigne de battures ; it very much re- 
sembles the next, but is easily distinguished by its thinner leaves and the 
arachnoid pubescence on the under side of them in their younger state. 
10. V. oporatisstma. Foliis glabris ovatis cordatis acuminatis inequaliter 
erenato-dentatis dentibus:mucronatis, ut plurimum versus apicem obscure trilobis. 
Racemis laxis, baccis parvis. 
Hab. \n the Northern States, in dry situations, generally on the sides of rocky 
hills. V. odoratissima Donn. V. riparia Pursh, Torrey and Gray, &c. V. 
serotina Bartram, |. c. seems to be V. cordifolia of Emerson, &c. V. montana, 
concolor, columbina, populifolia, odoratissima and amara Rafinesque. 
Stem large and high. Leaves smooth on both sides, broad-ovate, cordate, 
acuminate, unequally < crenato-dentate, teeth mucronate; generally obscurely trilo- 
bate beyond the middle, nerves beneath very prominent, margin, nerves beneath 
and petioles pubescent ; a small pubescent tuft on the axille 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 fragrant flowers, 
the perfume of which is exactly that of Reseda odorata. It very rarely pro- 
duces fruit. I have found fertile individuals only on the rocky hills north of 
Hobéken, New Jersey. I have been informed that the Indians foo used 
the juice of this grape for dyeing blue. 
11.. V. rorunpirouta. Foliis glabris nitidis rotundo-cordatis, acuminatis 
nunquam lobatis grosse dentatis, dentibus acutis subequalibus, racemis parvis 
baccis magnis nigris, rubescentibus vel albis. 
Hab. From Virginia to Florida. V. rotundifolia Mx. V. vulpina Walter. 
V. acerifolia, vulpina, angulata, and veruccosa Rafinesque. Vulgo, Bullace 
grape, from its resemblance to the bullace or wild plum of Europe, corrupted into 
Bull grape. In Virginia and North Carolina, it is ealled 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, acuminate dentate ; teeth large, subequal}, 
acute, axilla of the nerves beneath sometimes furnished with a small tuft of 
