544 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Type locality not specifically given. 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rosa laevigata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 295. 1803. CHEROKEE ROSE. 



Rosa sinica Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 3 : 261. 1811. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 566. Chap Fl. 126. 



CHINA, JAPAN. 



Louisianiaii area. Origin obscure. Coast region 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. 

 Economic uses : Useful as a hedge plant. 

 Type locality : " Hab. in Georgia." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Rosa bracteata Wendl. Bot. Beob. 50. 1798. MACARTNEY ROSE. 



Louisianiaii 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 Thuub. Fl. Japou. 214. 1789. MANY-FLOWERED HEDGE KOSK. 



CHINA, JAPAN. 



Louisianiaii 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. Maut. 2 : 564. 1771. EGLANTINE ROSE. SWEET BRIER. 



Rosa eglanteria Mill. Diet. ed. 8, no. 4. 1768. Not L. 



B. suaveolens Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1 :346. 1814. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 566. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 164. Chap. Fl. 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. PI. 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, Suinmerville, 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. PI. 1 : 478. 1798. 



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 Galloprovinciae, Italiae sepibus." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



