HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. 748 
VIBURNUM L. Sp. Pl. 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. Pl. 1: 268. 1753. MAPLE-LEAF ARROWWOOD. 
‘ uh Sk.1:364. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 218. Chap. Fl. 171. Gray, Syn. FIL.N.A.1, pt. 
“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, Suggsville (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, § 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. Sorr-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. l.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. Pl. ed. 2,1:384. 1762. WITHE Rop. 
Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides Torr. & Gray, Fl.N.A.2:14. 1841. 
EIL 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 River above the falls. Flowers May, June; fruit October, black. 
Shrub 4 to 5 feet high. 
Economic uses: Ornamental. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in America septentrionali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Viburnum rufotomentosu.a Small, Bull. Torr. Club, 23:410. 1896. 
SOUTHERN Biack Haw. 
Viburnum prunifolium var. ferrugineum Torr. & Gray, FIL.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. Cullman County, 800 feet. Lamar County, 
near Vernon. Tuscaloosa County (£. A. Smith). Blount 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 barx,” “ Viburnum prunifolium,” United 
States Pharmacopeia. ; ; — 
Type locality (Torr. & Gray): “N. Carolina! and Georgia! to Louisiana! and 
Arkansas!” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
