. 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. 136 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. abortion; embryo erect; albumen hard. — Climbing shrubs, with tumid separable joints. Leaves simple or compound, opposite or alternate, stipulate, deciduous ; the lower ones opposite, the upper alternate. Flowers axillary, racemose, sometimes by a


. 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. 136 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. abortion; embryo erect; albumen hard. — Climbing shrubs, with tumid separable joints. Leaves simple or compound, opposite or alternate, stipulate, deciduous ; the lower ones opposite, the upper alternate. Flowers axillary, racemose, sometimes by abortion changing to tendrils, which are generally opposite to the leaves ; small, green. — Shrubs, trailing and climbing, deciduous, and including the grape vine, which may be considered as the type of the order. The genera which contain hardy species are three, which are thus contradistinguished: — FiVis. Style wanting. Petals 5. Ampelo'psis. Style 1. Petals 5. Ci'ssHS. Style 1. Petals 4. Genus I. rrXIS L. The Grape Vine. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. Identification. Lin. Gen., 284.; Dec, Prod., 1. p. 61 Si/noni/mes, Giud, Celtic j Vid, Span.; Vigne, Fr. 3.; Don's Mill., 1. p. 696. Vite, Ital.; Wein, Ger. Gen. Char. Flowers hermaphrodite, dioecious or trioecious. Calyx commonly 3-toothed. Petals 5, cohering at the top, separating at the base, and de- ciduous. Stamens 5. (Dec. Frod.)—Climbing tendriled shrubs, deciduous ; natives of Asia and North America. Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate, lobed or serrated. Flowers in thyr- soid racemes, small, and. of a greenish yellow.—There are several species in British gardens, the principal of which is the grape vine. -i 1. r. vin['fera L. The wine-bearing Vine. Identification. Lin. Spec, 293.; Dec. Prod., 1. p. 633.; Don's Mill., 1. p. 695. Spnont/mes. Vigne, Fr. ; gemeiner Weinstock, Ger.; Vite da Vino, Ital. Engravings. Duh. Arb. Fr., 2. t. 16. ; Jacq. Ic, I. p. 53.; and ourj^. 181 Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves lobed, tooth


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