HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. 743 



VIBURNUM L. Sp. PI. 1 : 267. 1753. 



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

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

 America, 14. Pacific, 1. 



Viburnum acerifolium L. Sp. PI. 1 : 268. 1753. MAPLE-LEAF ARROWWOOD. 



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 Mountain, 2,400 feet. Clarke County, Choctaw Corner; rocky cherty 

 ridges, SuggHville (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, f inch 

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



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Viburnum molle Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 180. 1803. SOFT-HAIRY ARROWWOOD. 



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



V. scabrellum 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. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 190. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, 

 pt. 2:11. 



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 Kiver above the falls. Flowers May, June; fruit October, black. 

 Shrub 4 to 5 feet high. 



Economic uses : Ornamental. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America septentrional!." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Viburnum rufotomentosu^n Small, Bull. Torr. Club, 23 : 410. 1896. 



SOUTHERN BLACK HAW. 



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



V. ferrugineum Small, Mem. Torr. Club, 4 : 123, t. 78. 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. Cullrnan County, 800 feet. Lamar County, 

 near Vernon. Tuscaloosa County (E. A. Smith). Blouut County, Warnock Moun- 

 tain, 900 feet. Clarke County, Suggsville (Dr. 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 Pharmacopoeia. 



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

 Arkansas ! " 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



