HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. 743 



VIBURNUM L. Sp. PI. 1 : 267. 17.53. 



About 100 species, temperate iuid warmer regions of the Northern Hemisphere, 

 Europe, Asia, West Indies, Mexico, .South America, Andes, Madagascar, North 

 America, 14. Paciric, 1. 



Viburnum acerifolium L. Sp. PI. 1 : 268. 1753. Maple-leaf Arkowwood. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 364. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 218. Chap. Fl. 171. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2:10. 



Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas. Ontario to Saskatchewan, south- 

 ern New England, west to Michigan, Missouri, and Arkansas, south to middle 

 Florida and western Louisiana {Hale). 



Alabama: Mountain region to Coast plain. Dry rocky woods. Clay County, 

 Che-aw-ha Mouutaiu, 2,400 feet. Clarke County, Choctaw Corner; rocky cherty 

 ridges, Suggsville {Dr. Denny). Baldwin County, Point Clear. Flowers white'; 

 April. Fruit ripe September; black. Not rare. Slender shrub 3 to 4 feet high. 



This is the plant from the mountains, with the fruit flat, ovate, ^ inch wide, % inch 

 long, stone hisulcate on one side, with three grooves on the other. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Virginia."' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Viburnum molle Mlchx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 180. 1803. Soft-hairy Arrowwood. 



Viburnum dentatum var. scahrellum Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 16. 1841. 



V. scahrellum Chap. Fl. 172. 1860. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 218. Chap. 1. c. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2:11. Coulter, 

 Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 156. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern coast of New England to Florida, 

 west to Louisiana and Texas. 



Alabama : Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Damp shaded banks along streams. 

 Escambia and Mobile counties. Flowers in June; fruit ripe in September; small, 

 black. Shrub 4 to 6 feet high. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Kentucky, circa Danville." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Viburnum cassinoides L. Sp. PI. ed. 2,1:384. 1762. Withe Rod. 



Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides Torr. &, Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 14. 1841. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 366. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 218. Chan. Fl. ed. 3, 190. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, 

 pt.2:lL 



Canadian zone to Carolinian area. Northern Newfoundland to Quebec and 

 Saskatchewan; New England, New .Jersey, and along the mountains to North 

 Carolina. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Damp thickets, banks of streams. Dekalb County, 

 Mentone, on Little River above the falls. Flowers May, June; fruit October, black. 

 Shrub 4 to 5 feet high. 



Economic uses : Ornamental. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America septentiionali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Viburnum rufotomentosuxn Small, Bull. Torr. Club, 23:410. 1896. 



Southern Black Haw. 



Viburnum prunifolium var. ferruqineum Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 15. 1841. 



V. ferrufiineum Small, Mem. Torr'. Club, 4 : 123, t. 7S. 1894. Not Raf. 1838. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia to Georgia, Misissippi, 

 Louisiana, and western Texas. 



Alabama: Mountain Region to Upper division Coast Pine belt. Dry woods. 

 Morgan County, Falkville, 600 feet. Cullman County, 800 feet. Lamar County, 

 near Vernon. Tuscaloosa County (^. . I. 5mi//t). Blount County, Warnock Moun- 

 tain, 900 feet. Clarke County, Suggsville (/>r. Denny). Wilcox County ( Buckley). 

 Flowers April, May; fruit ripe October; large, black, sweet, palatable. Tree 15 to 

 25 feet high. 



Economic uses: The bark, like that of the closely allied northern species, V. pru- 

 nifolium, is used in medicine — "black-haw bark," " Viburnum prunifolium," United 

 States Pharmacopada. 



Type locality (Torr. & Gray): "N.Carolina! and Georgia! to Louisiana! and 

 Arkansas ! " 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



