. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 1948 VITEX VITIS pinnatifid, grayish tomentulose beneath, the middle one 2-3 in. long, the smallest ones often entire: fls. smaller, scarcely )^ in. long, in more slender and looser terminal panicles; stamens shorter
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. 1948 VITEX VITIS pinnatifid, grayish tomentulose beneath, the middle one 2-3 in. long, the smallest ones often entire: fls. smaller, scarcely )^ in. long, in more slender and looser terminal panicles; stamens shorter than limb; throat villous. July. Aug. N. China. Mongolia. 364 (as V. Ne-. 26<M. Vitex incisa (X%). gundo). Less showy in bloom than the preceding spe- cies, but a graceful shrub of loose and open habit, with handsome foliage. V. ilicifdlia, A. Rich. Lvs. simple, short-stalked, oval, spiny- toothed: fls. in long-stalked, axillary, many-fid. cymes. Cuba. — V. Idndeniy Hook. f. Lfts. 3-5. elliptic or elliptic-obovate, glabrous: fls. pale violet, in few-tid., axillary, long-stalked beads. Colombia. 6230.— V. Negimdo, Linn. Closely al- lied to V. incisa, but lfts. entire or crenately serrate, larger: fls. purple, somewhat larger. Tropical and subtropical Asia.— V. trifblia, Linn. Lfts. usually 3, obovate or obovate-oblong, obtuse, entire: fls. blue, in terminal panicles. S. Asia, Poly- nesia. Var. unifoliolata, Schauer. With a solitary short- stalked leaflet. Alfred Rehdek. VITICULTURE. See Grape and Vitis. VtTIS (classical Latin name). Vine. Grape. Vitacece or Ampelidece. A widespread genus of mostly tendril- bearing climbing vines, most abundant in temperate countries. In its stricter limitations, the genus in- cludes less than 50 known species, but some authors unite Cissus and Ampelopsis with it, when it includes some 250 species. The latest monographer (Planchon, DC. Monogr. Phaner. 5), refers thirty or more species to Vitis in the main account and in the add
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