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Living species: 600+ described; 100— distinct; 30 (B. 

 and H. ) ; 50-55 (Durand) ; N. hemisphere to Abyssinia, S. India 

 and Mexico; temperate, subalpine and subtropical zones. 

 Russia. 17; Europe, 41; Russian Europe, 16; North America, 

 20-25; Canada, 18-20; E. Sts., 10-11; S. Sts., 5-6; Rocky mts., 

 7; California, 8-10; PI. Wheel., 5-6; PL King, 2; W. Tex., 4. 



Fossil species: Oligocene, Bonn (Weber.); Rixhoft 

 (Heer); Florissant, Colo. {Lesquereaux). 



Kosa humilis Marsh. Arbust. Amer. 136 (1785). 

 ? B. parviflora Ehrh. Beitr. IV, 21 (1789). 

 B. lucida Auct. Amer. principally. 

 B. carolirdana Miciix. Fl. N. Am. I, 295 (1803). 

 B. lyonii Pursh, Fl. Am. 345 (1814). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 163; Upham, Fl. Minn. 52; Chap., 

 Fl. S. St., 126; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 143; Cov., Fl. Ark. 179; Engl. Focke, Nat. 

 Pflanz. Ill, 3. 48; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 311. 



North America: Newf., N. S., Q., Ont. to L. Huron 

 reg. ; S. to Maine, N. J. and Ga. ; W. to Minn., Mo., Ark., Ind. 

 Terr, and La. 



Minn, valley: Reported from N. E. district and E. 

 edge; dry soil or edges of marshes; no Minn, specimens seen. 



Rosa Carolina Linn. Spec. 2 ed. 703 (1762). 



B. virginiana DuRoi, Obs. Bot. 21 (1771). 

 B. corymbosa Ehrh. Beitr. IV, 21 (1789). 

 B. carolinensis Marsh. Arbust. Amer. 135 (1785). 

 B. pennsylvanica Michx. Fl. N. Am. I, 296 (1803) in part. 

 B. flexuosa Raf. Prec. Decouv. 35 (1814). 



B. cinnamomea var. gemella Seringe, DC. Prodr. II, 605 (1825). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 163; Britt., Fl. N. J. 98; Chap., Fl. 

 S. St 126; Upham, Fl. Minn. 52; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 143, 519; Cov., Fl. Ark. 

 179; Engl. Focke, Nat. Pflanz. Ill, 3, 48; Wats , Bibl. Ind. I, 310. 



North America: Q. ? and Ont. to N. Car. and Fla. ; W. 

 to Minn., Ark., Miss, and La. 



Minn, valley: Forest district to Blue Earth Co. ; rare; 

 low grounds and borders of swamps. 



Rosa pisocarpa Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. VIII, 382 (1882). 

 B. woodsii LiNDL. Ros. Monog. 21 (1820) chiefly. 

 ? B. rafinesquii Seringe, DC. Prodr. II, 611 (1825) in part. 

 B. fendleri Crepin, Prim. Ros. 432 (1880) included. 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 163; Webb., Fl. Neb. 127; Coult., 

 Fl. Colo. 88: Upham, Suppl. Minn. 47; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 521; Wats., Bibl. 

 Ind. 313; Brew, and Wats., Fl. Calif. I, 187'?. 



North America: Saskatchewan, Gt. Slave lake and 

 N. W. T. to Alaska?; W. to Rockies and N. to lat. 51°; S. to 

 Minn., Mo., Colo., N. Mex. and W. to Mont, and Calif?. 



