. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XVI. riTA^CEiE : AMPELO'PSIS. 139 in diameter, covered with a coria- ceous integument, the flower not un- pleasant. This, according to Torrey and Graj, appears to be the original v. vulpina of Linnaeus. Oflier Species of Yitii. — The American species have been consi- derably reduced in n
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XVI. riTA^CEiE : AMPELO'PSIS. 139 in diameter, covered with a coria- ceous integument, the flower not un- pleasant. This, according to Torrey and Graj, appears to be the original v. vulpina of Linnaeus. Oflier Species of Yitii. — The American species have been consi- derably reduced in number by JNIessrs. Torrey and Gray; but it appears to us, that the reduction might have been carried still farther. Some species are described as na- tives of the Himalayas, and 130 varieties are noticed by Rafinesque in his Monograph of American Vines (see Gard. Mag., vol. viii. p. 248.) ; but they are not yet known in this country. Indeed, from the appear- ance of the above-described species in the Hort. Soc. Garden, we are much inclined to thinli they are only varieties of the same species. They certainly do not differ more from each other than the known varieties of the common cultivated. 187. nUs Tulpina. Genus II. E AMPELO'PSIS Michx. The Ampelopsis. Monogynia lAn. St/st. Pentandria IdentiJUaUon. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 159.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 632.; Don's Mill., 1. p. 694. Synonyvtes. Htis sp. and Cissus sp. ; Ampelosside, Ital. Derivation. Ampeios, a vine, and op3is, resemblance; similarity in the habits of the species. Gen. Char. Calyx almost entire. Petals 5, falling off separately. Stigma capitate. Ovary not immersed in a di-k, including 2—4 ovules. (Dec. Prod.) Leaves compound, alternate, exstipulate, deciduous; palmate, pinnate, or bipinnate. Flowers small. — Tendriled climbers, natives of North Ame- rica. The species in British gardens are two, of the easiest culture in any common soil; and one of them, A. ^ederacea, is among the most ornamental of hardy
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