100 TREES OF ^ORTH CAROLINA 



shiny green above, lighter and with many black dots 

 beneath at maturity, winter buds long pointed, red, 

 and covered with a scurfy pubescence; fruits black 

 or dark blue, with a glaucous bloom, about % inch 

 long, sweet and juicy; stones flat. The bark of the 

 root is used as the Black Haw in medicine. 



