. The botany of crop plants; a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. CHAPTER XXXII VITACE^ (Grape Family) Family Description.—^Members of the grape family are either climbers or erect shrubs with nodose joints. There is an abundance of watery sap. The leaves are alternate and petioled, either simple {Vitis) or compound {Parthenocissus) (Fig. 206). The inflores- cence is commonly a panicle (Vitis) or a cyme {Partheno- cissus). The flowers (Fig. 210) are small, greenish, perfect or polygamo-dicecious (perfect flowers on one indi- vidual and imperfect on another). The calyx is en- tire or fo


. The botany of crop plants; a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. CHAPTER XXXII VITACE^ (Grape Family) Family Description.—^Members of the grape family are either climbers or erect shrubs with nodose joints. There is an abundance of watery sap. The leaves are alternate and petioled, either simple {Vitis) or compound {Parthenocissus) (Fig. 206). The inflores- cence is commonly a panicle (Vitis) or a cyme {Partheno- cissus). The flowers (Fig. 210) are small, greenish, perfect or polygamo-dicecious (perfect flowers on one indi- vidual and imperfect on another). The calyx is en- tire or four- to five-toothed. The four to five petals are either separate or united and fall away very soon after development. Stamens are four to five in number and opposite the petals. The single ovary has two to six cells with one to two ovules in each locule. The fruit is commonly a two-celled berry. Geographical.—There are about 10 genera and 450 species in this family, many of which are natives to tropical countries. 491. Fig. 206.—Compound digitate leaf of Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robbins, Wilfred William, 1884-1952. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston's Son & Co


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