VITIS

(Lat.), n. f. Vit(wet)'is. Gen., vit'is. Fr., vigne. Ger., Weinrebe. The vine; a genus of the Ampelidece. [a. .] Fructus v. mimitne [Swed. Ph.]. Corinthian raisins. [B, 95 (a, 38).] Cf. \JyjR. Fructus v. sennatus [Dan. Ph.]. A preparation made by digesting 10 parts of senna-leaves in enough boiling water to make 15 parts when expre ed at the end of an hour, boiling up with 30 of white sugar into a syrup, and adding 30 of grapes and 1 part of ca ia. [B, 95 (a, 38).] Rob baccarum v. idaeae, Rob v. idflBw. Fr., rob de canneberge ponctuee. A preparation made by boiling the juice of the berries of Vaccinium v. idcea with one fourth of its weight of sugar to the consistence of honey. [B, 119.] V. acetosa. North Australian vine: an acid plant which has been used as an antiscorbutic. The fruit is edible, [a, 35.] V.;i-st ivalis. The summer grape of the United States. The berries are edible, [a, 35.] V. alba (silvestris). See BRYONIA alba.V. apyrena. A seedle variety of V. vinifera, yielding pa ulae minofes. [a. 35.] V. caribbaea. Ger., west in disc he Weinrebe. Jamaica grape, water withe. The leaves and young branches are refrigerant and mildly astringent. The berries are eaten, fa, 35.] V. carnosa. See Ci us carnosa. V. cbironia. An old term for the Tamils corn munis. V. corinthiaca. See V. apyrena. \. idaea. The Vaccinium v.-idoKa, also the genus Vaccinium or a section of that genus. [a 35.] V.-idana myrtillus. The Vaccinium myrtillus. [a, 35.] V. labrusca. Fr., vigne cotonneuse. American plum- (or Isabella-, or Northern fox-) grape, found also in Japan. The edible fruits are used in making wine, [o, 35.] V. latifolia. An East A, ape; A, at; A3, ah; A4, all; Ch. chin; Ch, loch (Scottish); [s. 720]