98 TREES OF NORTH CAROLINA 



tions of the state. The bark is very rough, resembl- 

 ing the bark of the Dogwood; the leaves small, 1-3 

 inches long, %-2 inches broad, finely toothed, a dark, 

 but rather dull green, leaves and leaf-stalks smooth; 

 buds long, gray, the lower part enlarged; flowers 

 small, white, borne at the ends of the branches in 

 clusters 2-4 inches across; fruits bluish-black with 

 a glaucous bloom, not so blue as in the next species, 

 %-Vs inch long, flesh thin, sweetish, stone nearly 

 disc-shaped, flat. In some parts of the state most of 

 the plants have been dug up for the bark of the roots, 

 which is used in medicine. Dates of flowering: 

 April 4, 1903; April 5, 1909; April 1, 1910; April 

 22, 1915 ; April 13, 1916. Examples : trees in woods 

 west of athletic field. 



164. Viburnum rufidulum Raf. Blue Haw. 



A small tree of either damp or dry woods of the 

 coastal plain and part of the Piedmont, extending 

 at least as far west as Davidson County. At Chapel 

 Hill it is much more common than the Black Haw. 

 Bark rough with much the appearance of the Black 

 Haw, but the leaves are larger and broader, 2-4 

 inches long, 1-2 % inches broad, thicker, a lighter 

 green, shiny above, and when young covered below 

 and on the leaf stalks with a red tomentum. Some 

 of this tomentum wears off during the season, but it is 

 always to be detected at least on the veins beneath, 

 on the leaf-stalks of the smaller basal leaves and 

 covering the buds which are not so large as in the 



