. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. Ampelopsis arborea (L.) Rusby. Pepper-vine. Pinnate-leaved Ampelopsis. Fig. 2840. I'itis arborea L. Sp. PI. 203. 1753. Cissus starts Pers. Syn. i: 143. 1805. Vitis bipinnata T. & G. Fl. N. A. i: 243. 1838. Amfelopsis arborea Rusby, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 221. 1894. Glabrous or nearly so, erect or ascend- ing, bushy, sometimes climbing; tendrils often wanting. Leaves b
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian. Botany. Ampelopsis arborea (L.) Rusby. Pepper-vine. Pinnate-leaved Ampelopsis. Fig. 2840. I'itis arborea L. Sp. PI. 203. 1753. Cissus starts Pers. Syn. i: 143. 1805. Vitis bipinnata T. & G. Fl. N. A. i: 243. 1838. Amfelopsis arborea Rusby, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 221. 1894. Glabrous or nearly so, erect or ascend- ing, bushy, sometimes climbing; tendrils often wanting. Leaves bipinnate, or the lowest tripinnate and sometimes 8' in length or more; leaflets ovate or rhombic- ovate, ¥-il' long, sharply serrate, acute or acuminate at the apex, obtuse or slightly cordate or the terminal one cuneate at the base, glabrous, or somewhat pubescent on the veins beneath ; panicles short-cymose; corolla expanding; berries black, depressed- globose, about 3" in diameter, sometimes pubescent, the flesh thin, inedible; seeds 1-3. In rich moist soil, Virginia to Missouri, Florida and Mexico. Cuba. June-July. Ampelopsis heterophylla (.Thunb.) Sieb. & Zucc, a climbing eastern Asiatic vine, with deeply palmately 3-5-lobed leaves and short-peduncled compound cymes, was found as a waif from culti- vation at Lancaster, Pa., in 1890. 3. cissus L. Sp. PI. 117. 1753. Mostly climbing vines, sometimes prostrate, the foliage usually succulent. Leaves simple or compound, often trifoliolate, the leaflets readily separating in drying. Flowers mostly perfect. Petals usually 4, spreading. Disk cup-shaped, adnate to the base of the ovary. Berries small, inedible; 1-2-seeded. [Greek, ivy.] Over 225 species, most abundant in tropical regions. Type species: Cissus vilagiiiea L. I. Cissus incisa ( Xutt.) Des Moulins. Cut-leaved Cissus. Fig. 2841. J'ilis incisa Nutt. T. & G. X. \. i : 243. 1838. Cissus incisa Des Moulins: Durand, Actes Soc. I- Bordeaux 24: [reprint 59]. 1862.
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