=1.= Bailey, _Gray's Syn. Fl._, =1=:422. 1897. V. RUPESTRIS, var.
DISSECTA.
_Vitis rupestris dissecta_ was named by H. Eggert of St. Louis, the name
being placed on herbarium specimens but apparently not published by him.
According to Bailey it differs from the typical forms of the species in
having "more ovate leaves and very long teeth, and a strong tendency
towards irregular lobing." It is found in Missouri.
4. =VITIS MONTICOLA= Buckley.[133]
=1.= Buckley, _Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci._, =1861=:450. =2.= Ib.,
_U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt._, =1861=:485. _White grape; Mountain grape._
=3.= Engelmann, _Bush. Cat._, =1883=:10, 12, 14, 15, 16. _Mountain
grape_ of West Texas. =4.= Munson, _Am. Hort. Soc. Rpt._,
=1885=:134. _Mountain grape._ =5.= Ib., _Soc. Prom. Ag. Sci. Rpt._,
=1887=:59. _Mountain grape._ =6.= Ib., _U. S. D. A. Pom. Bul._,
=3=:13. 1890. _V. Texana._ =7.= Ib., _Gar. and For._, =3=:474, 475.
1890. =8.= Ib., _Am. Gard._, =12=:586. 1891. _Sweet Mountain
grape._ =9.= Ib., _Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt._, =1893=:116. =10.=
Bailey, _Gray's Syn. Fl._, =1=:422. 1897. _Sweet Mountain grape._
=11.= Munson, _Tex. Sta. Bul._, =56=:230, 232, 234, 239, 260. 1900.
_Sweet Mountain grape._ =12.= Viala and Ravaz, _Am. Vines_,
=1903=:42, 96.
Vine of moderate vigor, climbing, or, in the absence of support,
frequently shrubby. Canes very slender; shoots angled, more or less
pubescent; diaphragms medium to rather thin; tendrils medium in
size, intermittent, usually bifid, deciduous. Leaves with stipules
short, broad; leaf-blade small and thin, cordate, entire, notched
or shortly three-lobed; petiolar sinus rather deep and medium to
narrow in width, sometimes overlapping, rounded; margin broadly and
obtusely toothed; apex usually acuminate; upper surface smooth,
glossy; lower surface grayish-green, more or less pubescent when
young; pubescence confined chiefly to ribs and veins. Clusters
short and broad, compact, with medium to short peduncle. Berries
medium to below in size, black or gray with thin bloom. Seeds
large, usually slightly notched; chalaza rather narrow; raphe a
groove. Leafing, flowering, and ripening fruit very late.
_Vitis monticola_ was named and described by Buckley in 1861. There
seems to have been some misunderstanding by later botanists as to
exactly what Buckley's species of this name is, and in spite of what has
been written on the subject, it seems as though some of the botanists
are still describing different species. The seed, in Engelmann's figure,
resembles that of the Rupestris very closely, while as figured by Viala
the seeds resemble those of Cinerea or Cordifolia.
Monticola inhabits the limestone hills of central and southwestern
Texas.
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