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The published records for the distribution are as follows: Clark 
(Baird and Taylor); Gibson (Schneck); Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); 
Kosciusko (Clark) and (Coulter); Monroe (Blatchley); Noble (Van 
Gorder); Posey (Schneck); Putnam (MacDougal); Steuben (Brad- 
ner); Vigo (Blatchley). 
Additional records are: Putnam (Grimes); Steuben and Wells 
(Deam). 
Economic uses. Not of sufficient size and abundance to be of 
any economic importance. Frequently used for ornamental plant- 
ing. 
2. Viburnum prunifolium Linneus. Buiack Haw. Plate 131. 
Bark of old trees reddish-brown, broken into irregular scales; twigs 
at the end of the season ash gray or reddish-brown; leaves oval, 
ovate or obovate, blades 3-8 em. (1-3 inches) long, acute or obtuse 
at apex, wedge-shaped or rounded at base, remotely or finely serrate, 
glabrous at maturity; flowers white, appearing in April or May; 
fruit ripening in September and October, oval, about 1 cm. (% 
inch) long, dark blue, covered with a bloom, edible, persisting on 
the branches until late in the fall. The variety globosum Nash 
has smaller and almost globose fruit. 
Distribution. Connecticut south along the montains to Georgia, 
west to Michigan and Missouri. More or less frequent in rich 
damp woods in all parts of Indiana. 
The published records of the distribution are as follows: Clark 
(Baird and Taylor); Delaware, Jay, Randolph and Wayne (Phinney); 
Fayette (Hessler); Fountain (Brown); Franklin (Meyncke); Gibson 
(Schneck); Hamilton (Wilson); Jay (M’Caslin); Jefferson (Barnes); 
(Coulter) and (Young)); Knox (Ridgway) and (Spillman); Kosci- 
usko (Scott) and (Youse); Marion (Wilson); Miami (Gorby); Mon- 
roe (Blatchley); vicinity of New Albany (Clapp); Noble (Van Gor- 
der); Parke (Hobbs); Posey (Schneck); Putnam (MacDougal); 
Steuben (Bradner); Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Vigo (Blatchley) ; 
Wayne (Petry and Markle). 
Additional records are: Montgomery (Evans); Putnam (Grimes); 
Tippecanoe (Miller); Blackford, Crawford, Decatur, Dekalb, Dela- 
ware, Franklin, Gibson, Jackson, Knox, Madison, Marion, Parke, 
Shelby and Wells (Deam). 
Variety globosum: Brown and Marion (Deam). 
Economic uses. It is a small tree and seldom reaches a diameter 
of more than 1 dm. (4 inches) and a height of 5 m. (16 feet). It 
is too small to be of any economic importance. The inner bark of 
the trunk is used in medicine. It is sometimes used for ornamental 
planting. 
