=1.= Vahl,[141] _Symb. Bot._, =3=:42. 1794. V. PALMATA. =2.= Willdenow, =1=:1180. 1797. V. PALMATA. =3.= Muhlenberg, =1813=:27. V. PALMATA. =4.= Pursh, =1=:170. 1814. V. PALMATA. =5.= Nuttall, =1=:143. 1818. V. PALMATA. =6.= Rafinesque, =1830=:18. V. PALMATA; _Palmate grape_. =7.= Ib., =1830=:18. V. VIRGINIANA; _Virginia grape_. =8.= Floy-Lindley, =1833=:152. V. PALMATA; _Palmated leaved_. =9.= (?) Le Conte, _Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci._, =6=:274. 1853. V. PALMATA; _V. Virginiana_; _Bland's grape_. =10.= (?) Ib., _U. S. Pat. Off. Rpt._, =1857=:231. V. PALMATA; _Palmate-leaved vine_; _Bland's grape_; _V. Virginiana_. =11.= Engelmann, _Bush. Cat._, =1883=:10, 11, 12, 14, 17. V. PALMATA; _V. rubra_; _Red grape_ of the Mississippi Valley. =12.= Munson, _Am. Hort. Soc. Rpt._, =1885=:133. V. PALMATA; _V. rubra_. =13.= Ib., _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._, =1885=:97. V. PALMATA; _Palmate-leaved grape_; _V. rubra_. =14.= Ib., _Soc. Prom. Ag. Sci. Rpt._, =1887=:59. _V. palmata_; _Eggert's grape_. =15.= Planchon, _De Candolle's Mon. Phan._, =5=:352. 1887. V. RIPARIA, var. PALMATA; _V. Virginiensis_; _V. Virginiana_. =16.= Ib., _Ib._, =5=:354. 1887. _V. palmata._ =17.= Sargent, _Gar. and For._, =2=:340. 1889. _fig._ V. PALMATA; _V. rubra_. =18.= Munson, _Ib._, =3=:474, 475. 1890. V. PALMATA. =19.= Munson, _U. S. D. A. Pom. Bul._, =3=:13. 1890. _V. palmata._ =20.= Ib., _Am. Gard._, =12=:586. 1891. =21.= Bailey, _Gray's Syn. Fl._, =1=:423. 1897. V. PALMATA; _V. monosperma_; _V. rubra_; _V. riparia_, var. _palmata_; _Red grape_; _Cat grape_. =22.= Britton and Brown, =2=:410. 1897. _fig._ V. PALMATA; _Missouri grape_. =23.= Bailey, _Ev. Nat. Fr._, =1898=:105. V. PALMATA; _Red grape_; _Cat grape_. =24.= Munson, _Tex. Sta. Bul._, =56=:230, 239. 1900. _V. palmata_; _Cat Bird grape_. =25.= Bailey, _Cyc. Am. Hort._, =4=:1952. 1902. _V. monosperma_; _Red grape_. =26.= Viala and Ravaz, _Am. Vines_, =1903=:42, 113. Vine slender, of only moderate vigor, climbing very high. Shoots smooth, angled, long-jointed, bright red; diaphragms thick to medium; tendrils intermittent, long, usually bifid. Leaves with short, broad stipules; leaf-blade broadly cordate in outline, rarely entire, frequently very deeply three or even five-lobed, lobes long, acuminate; margin with broad, shallow, serrate teeth; petiolar sinus rather broad and shallow; upper surface dull dark green, smooth; lower surface frequently somewhat pubescent on ribs and veins; petioles red. Clusters medium to large, loose, seldom compound; long peduncle. Berries small, black, without bloom, not juicy. Seeds one or two, large, plump, rounded, with very short beak, slightly notched; chalaza narrow, rather indistinct; raphe indistinct.