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12. Viburnum prunifolium L. Black Haw. Stag-bush. Sloe. (Fig. 3445.) 



Viburnum pruiii/olium I,. Sp. PI. 26S. 1753. 



A shrub or small tree somewhat similar to 

 the preceding species; but the winter buds 

 smaller, less acute, often reddish-pubescent. 

 Leaves shorter-pctioled, ovate or broadly 

 oval, obtuse or acutish but not acuminate at 

 the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, 

 i'-3' long, finely serrulate, glabrous or nearly 

 so; petioles rarely margined; cyme sessile, 

 several-rayed, 2'-4' broad; drupe oval, blu- 

 ish-black and glaucous, ^"-$" long; stone 

 very flat on one side, slightly convex on the 

 other, oval. 



In dry soil, Connecticut to Florida, west to 

 Michigfan, Kansas and Texas. Wood hard, red- 

 dish-brosvn; weight per cubic foot 52lbs, April- 

 June. Fruit ripe in September, sweet and edible. 



Viburnum prunifolium globosum Nash, Bull. Torr. 

 Club. 20: 70. 1893. 

 Drupe globose, about 3' in diameter; cymes 

 smaller; flowers expanding before the leaves. 

 New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. 



13. Viburnum rufotomentosum Small. 

 Southern Black Haw. (Fig. 3446.) 



Viburtium prunifolium var. ferriigineum T. & 

 G. Fl. N. A. 2: 15. 1841. Not V.ferrugineum 

 Raf. 1838. 



Viburnum rufotomentosum Small, Bull. Torr. 

 Club, 23: 410. 1896. 



A small tree, becoming 20° high. Leaves 

 elliptic to obovate, mostly obtuse at the apex, 

 find}' and sharply serrate or serrulate, narrowed 

 or obtuse at the base, the veins brown-tomen- 

 tose beneath; petioles 3"-S'' long, winged, 

 browu-tomentose; cymes large, sessile, or very 

 short-peduncled, the principal rays 3-5, mostly 

 4; flowers 3"-3>2" broad; drupe oval, s"-l" 

 long, blue with a bloom; seed nearly orbicular. 



In woods and thickets, Virginia to Illinois, 

 Florida and Texas. Ascends to 3500 ft. in Vir- 

 ginia. April-May. Fruit ripe Aug. -Sept. 



14. Viburnum obovatum Walt. Small 

 Viburnum. (Fig. 3447.) 



Viburnum obovatum Walt. Fl. Car. 116. 17S8. 



A shrub, 2°-S° high, the twigs, petioles and 

 rays of the cyme slightly pubescent, or at length 

 glabrate. Leaves obovate, oblanceolate or spat- 

 ulate, obtuse or retuse at the apex, short-peti- 

 oled, glabrous or very nearly so on both sides, 

 entire, or obscurely crenate toward the apex, 

 small, y'z'-iYi' long; cymes sessile, 3-5-rayed, 

 i'-2' broad; drupe oval, black, 3"-4" long; 

 stone lenticular, slightly furrowed on both sides. 



In swamps and along streams, Virginia (accord- 

 ing to Gray) to Florida near the coast. April-May. 



