TUE TENDRILS AND DISCS OF AMPELOPSIS QUIN QUE FOLIA

[A, 327.] scarlet, crimson, and purple, distinguished by its large digitate leaves ‘arranged in groups of five. It is to be distinguished from the poisonous three-leaved ivy (Rhus toxicodendron), with which some of its popular names have caused it to be confounded. The young branches and the bark are said to be useful in dropsy, rather by stimulating absorption than by causing diuresis, [A, 3%; B, 19, . 49; L, 65.|—A. serianæfolia |Bunge]. Syn.: Vitis sérianæfotia }Muxim]. A species with blue fruit, growing in Mongolia. A variety Vitis serianæfolia, var. Capp getty is regarded by Bunge as a distinct species, the A. a con it i folia. The roots of A. serianæfolia are used as an astringent by the Chinese, [B, 192; L, 75.]