304 METASPERMAE OP THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



Minn, valley: Reported from N. E. district, but no 

 Minn, specimens seen. 



Rosa acicularis LINDL. Monog. Ros. 44 (1820). 

 E. sayi SCHWEIN. Keat. Narr. II, Appx. 1 13 (1825). 

 E. acicularis var. bourgeauiana CREPIN, Prim. Eos. 386, 390(1880). 

 R. engelmanni S. WATS. Proc. Am. Acad. XX, 342 (1885). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 162; Upham, Suppl. Minn. 47; 

 Coult., Fl. Colo. 87; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 144, 520, II, 320; Trautv., Fl. Sib. 54 

 in \ar.; ETym., Fl. Eur.; Forbes and Hems., Fl. Sin. 248; Herd.. Fl. Eur. 

 Russ. 



N. Europe; W. and N. Asia to China. 



North America: Wise., Mich, and Minn.; N. to Man., 

 N. W. T. and Alaska; W. to Mont, and Pac. coast, in Oregon 

 .and Brit. Col. 



Minn, valley: N. E. district and N. edge; rare; wood- 

 land openings and banks of streams. 



HERB.: Arthur 81, Two Harbors; Bailey 84, Vermil- 

 ion lake; Bailey 223, Vermilion lake. 



Rosa virginiana MILL. Diet. (1768). 



E. Uanda AIT. Hort. Kew. II, 202 (1789). 

 E. fraxinifolia GMEL. Fl. Bad. II, 413 (1806). 

 JR. gemella WILLD. Enum. 544 (1809) mainly. 

 E. cinnamomea var. gldbella SERINGE, DC. Prodr. II, 605 (1825). 

 E. Uanda var. pubescens CREPIN, Prim. Ros. 394 (1880). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 162; Upham, Fl. Minn. 52; Up- 

 ham, Suppl. Minn. 47; Webb., Fl. Neb. 127; Coult., Fl. Colo. 87?; Britt., 

 Fl. N. J. 98; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 194, 519; Cov., Fl. Ark. 179; Wats., Bibl. 

 Ind. I, 309. 



North America: Newf., Q. to N. J.; W to Hudson 

 Bay, Brit. Col?, L. Winnipeg, Minn., Dak., Neb. and Ark.; 

 and possibly also in Colo. 



Minn, valley; Throughout, common; banks, rocks, 

 hillsides and low prairies. 



HERB.: Taylor 844$, Minnesota lake; Taylor 844, 

 Glenwood; Taylor 272, Janesville; Ballard 21, Chaska; Ballard 

 223, Jordan, Scott Co. ; Sheldon 1347, Verdi, Lincoln Co. ; Ballard 

 89, Chaska; Sheldon 368, Madison Lake; Taylor 15, Elysian; 

 Bailey 34, Vermilion lake; Sandberg 184, Cannon Falls; Sand- 

 berg 185, Cannon Palls- Kassube 81, Minneapolis; Kassube 82, 

 Minneapolis; Holzinger 71, Winona Co. ; Hammond 16, Lake 

 City; Herb. Sheld. 1804, Minneapolis; Herb. Wickersheim 44> 

 Idlewild, Lincoln Co. ; Herb. Moyer 78, Montevideo. 



Rosa virginiana var. arkansana (PORTER). 

 E. arkansana PORT. Fl. Colo. 38 (1874). 

 E. Uanda var. setigera CREPIN, Prim. Ros. 394 (1880). 

 E. Uanda var. arkansana BEST, Torr.-Bull. XVII, 145 (1890). 



