318 ECONOMIC BOTANY OF ALABAMA 



VIBURNUM, Linnaeus. Arrow -wood, etc. 



Viburnum rufidulum, Raf. (!'. fcrniyiiieiini (T. & G.) Small; 

 V. rufotouicniosnui vSmall. Formerly confused with the 

 northern / '. pruiilfoliitiii. from which it differs in having 

 larger and shinier leaves, with rusty petioles.) Black Haw. 



A small tree, with leaning or crooked trunk usually only a few 

 inches in diameter. Blooms in April, ripens its fruit in fall. Or- 

 namental. The bark, especially of the root, is used in domestic 

 medicine, and would doubtless be officinal but for the fact that 

 this species was only recently separated from its northern relative 

 by the systematists. The fruit is edible, but not particularly de- 

 sirable. 



Inhabits dry woods, bluffs, hammocks, etc.. where the soil is 



moderately rich and fire is rare. 



IB. Madison, Morgan (Mohr), Lawrence, Marshall and Blount Coun- 

 ties. 



2A. Cullman County: not common. 

 2B. Walker and Tuscaloosa Counties. 



3. Blount, Etowah, Talladega, Jefferson and Bibb Counties. 



5. Near Tallassee, Elmore County, and probabh- in all the other coun- 

 ties. 



6A. Lamar County (Mohr). 



6C. Autauga County. 



7. Dallas County (Cocks). Near House Bluff, Autauga County. 

 Along Catoma Creek, Montgomery County. 



lOE. Pike and Coffee Counties. 



low. Butler, Wilcox (Buckley) and Choctaw Counties. 



1 1. Clarke County. 



15. Hammock near Orange Beach, Baldwin County. 



Viburnum acerifolium, L. 



A medium-sized shrub, differing from our other Ilbiiniuiiis 

 in having three-lobed leaves a little like those of the red maple 

 (whence its name). Blooms in May. Ornamental. 



Grows in dry woods, ravines and l)luffs, pretty well protected 

 from fire. Xot common. 



2A. Cullman, Blount and Cherokee Counties. 

 2B. Walker and Tuscaloosa Counties. 



4. Clay County. 



5. Clay and Chilton Counties. 



6B. Tuscaloosa and Hale Counties. 



low. Clarke County (Mohr). Mountains of Monroe County. 

 11. Suggsville (Denny). 



(15. Reported by Dr. Mohr from Point Clear, Baldwin County, but 

 that seems improbable, and may be a mistake.) 



