ROSE FAMILY. 543 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Tuscaloosa County (E. A. Smith). Autauga County, 
Prattville. Flowers yellowish. July; not infrequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Canada.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Agrimonia parviflora Soland.in Ait. Hort. Kew. 2: 130. 1789. SwEET AGRIMONY. 
Agrimonia suaveolens Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1: 336. 1814. 
Ell. Sk. 1:536. Gray, Man.ed.6,161. Chap. Fl. 122. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario; New York west to Michigan, south 
to the Ohio Valley, Tennessee; upper districts of Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountainregion. Metamorphic and Coosa hills. Borders of fields and 
woods. Clay Connty, 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, & Br. Ill, Fl. 2: 226. 1897. 
SMALL-LEAF AGRIMONY. 
Carolinian and Louisianian 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-LEAV AGRIMONY. 
Chap. FI. 122. 
Louisianian area. Georgia and Florida. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Copses, border of woods, close soil. Mobile County, old 
Telegraph road, Springhill. Not frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘North Carolina? Georgia, Le Conte! Alabama, Dr. Gates! 
Tampa Bay, Florida, Dr. Burrows!” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ROSA L. Sp. Pl. 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. 
Rosa rubifolia 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. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario; New York, west to Michigan and Ne- 
braska, south to Ohio Valley 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. Flowers rose-red. June; not rare in the Prairie region. 
Stem weak, flexuous with a tendency to climb; leaves large, leaflets 3, broadly 
ovate, 3 inches long by 14 inches wide, smooth; corymb few-flowered. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Carolina inferiore.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Rosa humilis Marsh. Arb. Am. 136. 1785. Low WILp Ross. 
Rosa parviflora Ehrh. Beitr. 4:21. 1798. 
R. caroliniana Micbx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:295. 1803. 
R. lucida anct. Am., in part. 
Ell. Sk. 1:563. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 163. Chap. Fl. 126. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New England west to Minnesota; New York 
south to Virginia, Ohio Valley to Missouri, and from Tennessee to Georgia, Alabama, 
Mississippi, 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 Ashville. Tuscaloosa County (£. d. Smith). 
Dallas County, 250 feet altitude. Hale County ( Watson), Wilcox County (Buckley), 
Clay County, Delta Divide, altitude 1,700 feet (stout form). Flowers pink, May, 
June; frequent. One to 2 feet high. ; 
