544 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA, 
Type locality not specifically given, 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Rosa laevigata Michx. Il. Bor. Am, 1: 295, 1803. CHEROKEE ROsE, 
Rosa sinica Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2,3: 261, 1811, 
El. Sk. 1: 566. Chap FI. 126. 
CHINA, JAPAN. 
Louisianian area. Origin obscure. Coast recion of South Atlantic and Gulf 
States, west to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Throughout the Coast plain, Flowers white, February to April; fruit 
dark dingy red, September. Common. Perhaps of prehistoric introduction. 
Ecouomic uses: Useful as a hedge plant. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Georgia.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
Rosa bracteata Wendl. Bot. Beob. 50. 1798. MAcaRTNEY RoOsk, 
Louisianian area, Adventive from Asia. Distribution as in the last. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain in hedgerows. Mobile County. Flowers white; July to 
September; less frequent. 
Economic uses: A hedge plant. 
Type locality Eastern Asiatic. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Rosa multiflora Thunb. Fl. Japon. 214. 1789, MANY-FLOWERED HEDGE ROSE, 
CHINA, JAPAN. 
Louisianian area, Introduced. Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Mobile. An evergreen climber frequent in hedges, bor- 
ders of fields, and woodlands. Flowers white to pale pink; March, April. 
Economic uses: An ornamental hedge plant. 
Type locality Eastern Asiatic. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Rosa rubiginosa L. Mant, 2: 564. 1771. EGLANTINE Rosk. SWEET BRIER, 
Rosa eglanteria Mill. Dict. ed. 8, no. 4. 1768. Not L. 
KR, swaveolens Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1:346. 1814. 
Ell. Sk. 1:566. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 164. Chap. FI. 126. 
Introduced from Europe. Naturalized from Ontario to upper South Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, Fence rows, waysides, dry places. Clay County, 
Shinbone Valley. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Europa australi, Mygind.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Rosa canina L. Sp. Pl.1:491, 1753. 
Gray, Man, ed. 6, 163. 
EUROPE, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Naturalized from Europe, in the North Atlan- 
tic and Middle States, 
ALABAMA: Naturalized, Hedges. Mobile County, Summerville, on the Daven- 
port place. Flowers white; April 26, 1895. Rare. 
Type locality: “ Hab. in Europa.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv, Herb. Mohr. 
COTONEASTER Medic. Phil. Bot. 1:155. 1789. 
Twenty to 30 species, temperate Northern Hemisphere. Europe, Northern Asia, 
Himalayas. 
Cotoneaster pyracanthus (L.) Spach, Hist. Veg. 2:73. 1834. 
FIRE THORN, EVERGREEN THORN. 
Mespilus pyracantha L. Sp. Pl.1:478. 179%, 
Crataegus pyracantha Medic. Geschich. 84, 1798, 
SOUTHERN EUROPE. 
ALABAMA; Introduced for a hedge plant and sparingly escaped from cultivation 
near Mobile, Flowers white, May; fruit ripe October, scarlet, remaining in profusion 
during the winter, 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Galloprovineine, Italiae sepibus.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv, Herb, Mohr. 
