Vitis Sentence Examples

China has 66 species of Quercus, 35 of Vitis, 2 of Aesculus, 42 of Acer, 33 Magnoliaceae (including two species of Liriodendron), 12 Anonaceae, 71 Ternstroemiaceae (including the tea-plant), and 4 of Clethra, which has a solitary western representative in Madeira.

Three other works, entitled Adversaria, Chronicon, 606-960, and Opusculum de vitis Romanorum pontificum, are usually, but wrongly, assigned to Liudprand.

See Panvinio, continuator of Platina, De vitis pontiff.

The higher mountains rise abruptly from the plains; on their slopes, clothed below almost exclusively with the more tropical forms, a vegetation of a warm temperate character, chiefly evergreen, soon begins to prevail, comprising Magnoliaceae, Ternstroemiaceae, subtropical Rosaceae, rhododendron, oak, Ilex, Symplocos, Lauraceae, Pinus longifolia, with mountain forms of truly tropical orders, palms, Pandanus, Musa, Vitis, Vernonia, and many others.

The grape-vine, botanically Vitis, is a genus of about thirty species, widespread in the north temperate zone, but richest in species in North America.

The best known and longest cultivated species is the old-world grape-vine, Vitis vinifera; a variety of this, silvestris, occurs wild in the Mediterranean region, spreading eastwards towards the Caucasus and northwards into southern Germany, and may be regarded as the parent of the cultivated vine.

The development of other species of Vitis, such as the curious succulent species of the Soudan and other parts of equatorial Africa, or the numerous kinds in India and Cochin China, is of course possible under suitable conditions; but it is obvious that an extremely long period must elapse before they can successfully compete with the product of many centuries.

Cercospora Vitis (Cladosporium viticolum), which has club-shaped spores of a green-brown colour, also attacks the leaves; but, unless the season is extremely unfavourable, it does little harm.

Contemporary lives are to be found in Panvinio, continuator of Platina, De vitis pontiff.

See the contemporary lives by Cicarella, continuator of Platina, De vitis pontiff.

Written in imitation of the De vitis Caesarum of Suetonius, this is the best contemporary account of the life of Charlemagne, and could only have been written by one who was very intimate with the emperor and his court.

See Panvinio, continuator of Platina, De Vitis Pontiff.

At the present time a great part of the industry is devoted to the cultivation of the currant vine (Vitis corinthiaca).

They may include hardy kiwis [Actinidia spp ], and grapes [Vitis spp] .

Vine (Vitis) are woody, climbing shrubs of much interest and garden value.

In the following list, Ampelopsis and Cissus are merged in Vitis.

Summer Grape (Vitis Aestivalis) - The leaves are 4 to 6 inches across, a deep green color when old, but in a young state covered on the lower surface with a reddish down.

Californian Vitis (Vitis Californica) - This is the best of the American Grape Vines (excluding the Ampelopsis section) for color in autumn, and it is one of the strongest growers, climbing over lofty trees.

Frost Grape (Vitis Cordifolia) - A vigorous Vine with thin, three-lobed leaves, measuring 3 to 6 inches in diameter, the lobes ending in a long, fine point.

Vitis Flexuosa - A variable species from China and Japan, with small rounded leaves, toothed at the edges, and a velvet surface, remaining fresh till late in November.

Vitis Henryana - Discovered in China by Dr Henry, and one of the most beautiful of Vines.

Hop-leaved Vitis (Vitis Heterophylla) - A variety of this, known as humulifolia, is the most beautiful of the forms of this species, and in autumn bears pretty turquoise-blue berries.

Vitis Inconstans - As with so many of the Vines, this shows great variety in the shape of the leaves, and this tendency shows itself also in the colors put on in autumn.

Vitis Megaphylla - A remarkable Chinese Vine with large cleft leaves, more like a shrubby Aralia than a Vine.

Continent. Known in America as Vitis Englemanni.

Virginian Creeper (Vitis Quinquefolia) - Better known as Ampelopsis quinquefolia, its foliage changes in the fall of the year to various shades of crimson, scarlet, and purple.

Vitis Romaneti - Has large leaves, differing from all the Vines in cultivation (except Spinovitis Davidi) in having the branches and petioles covered with bristles or stout hairs.

Vitis Sinessis - Allied to V. armata, but differs from it in its variable leaves, which, at first simple, pass gradually to the compound form as the shoots lengthen.