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Alabama : Central Pine belt. Tuscaloosa County {E. A. Smith). Autauga County, 

 Prattville. Flowers yellowish. July; not infiequeut. Perennial. 

 Type locality : " Hab. iu Canada." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Agiimoiiia parviflora Soland. in Ait. Hort. Kew. 2: 130. 1789. Sweet Agrimony. 



Aqrimonia sitareohiis Pnrsh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1 : 336. 1814. 



Ell. Sk. 1:536. (iiay, Man. ed. 6, 161. Chap. Fl. 122. 



Allegheuian and Carolinian areas. Ontario; New York west to Michigan, south 

 to the Ohio Valley, Tennessee; ujiper districts of (Georgia. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Metaniorpliic and Coosa hills. Borders of fields and 

 woods. Clay County, Elders, 1,000 feet. Flowers yellow. July, August; not 

 common. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Native of North America."' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Agrimonia pumila Muhl. Cat. 47. 1813. Britt. A: Br. HI. Fl. 2 : 226. 1897. 



Small-leaf Agrimony. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland to Florida 

 and Louisiana. 



Alabama : Coast plain. Open dry woods. Baldwin County, Stockton. Mobile 

 County. Flowers yellow. September, October; not frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Miss[ouri]." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Agrimonia incisa Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 431. Cut-leaf Agrimony. 



Chap. Fl. 122. 



Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Copses, border of woods, close soil. Mobile County, old 

 Telegraph road, Springh ill. Not frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality: "North Carolina? Georgia, Le Contef Alabama, Dr. Gates! 

 Tampa Bay, Florida, Dr. Burrows! " 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ROSA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 491. 1753. 



Large genus, of the temperate and warmer parts of the Northern Hemisphere. 

 Over 500 have been described, of which about 100 are considered distinct. North 

 America 20 to 25. Shrubs. 



Rosa setigera Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 295. 1803. Prairie Rose. 



Bosa rubifoHa R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 3 : 260. 1811. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 565. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 162. Chap. Fl. 125. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 106. 



Allegheuian and Carolinian areas. Ontario; New York, west to Michigan and Ne- 

 braska, south to Ohio ^^alley and Missouri, and from Tennessee to Georgia, Louis- 

 iana, Texas, and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley to Coast plain. Copses, borders of woods, rich soiL 

 Morgan County, Falkville. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain. Dallas County, 

 Uniontown. Hale County. F'lowers rose-red. June; not rare in the Prairie region. 



Stem weak, Hexuous with a tendency to climb; leaves large, leaflets 3, broadly 

 ovate, 3 inches long by H inches wide, smooth; corymb few-liowered. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Carolina inferiore." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rosa humilis Marsh. Arb. Am. 136. 1785. Low Wild Rose. 



liosa parviflora V.hrh. Beitr. 4:21. 1798. 



E. caroliniana Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:295. 1803. 



K. hicida auct. Am., iu part. 



FU. Sk. 1:.563. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 163. Chap. Fl. 126. 



Allegheuian and Carolinian areas. New England west to Minnesota; New York 

 south lo \'irginia, Ohio ^'alley to Missouri, and from Tennessee to (ieorgia, Alabama, 

 Mississipi)i, western Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, and Indian Territory. 



Alabama: From the Tennessee Valley and Coosa Valley to the Central Prairie 

 region. Open copses, border of woods, damp or dry soil. Madison County, Hunts 

 ville. Talladega County, rocky summit of Alpine Mountain, near Renfrow, 1,800 feet. 

 St. Clair County, damp flat woods near Ash ville. Tuscaloosa County (E. A. Smith), 

 Dallas County, 250 feet altitude. Hale County ( JVatson). Wilcox County (BuckJeij). 

 Clay County, Delta Divide, altitude 1,700 feet (stout form). Flowers pink. May, 

 June; frequent. One to 2 feet high. 



