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 Rosk, 
Rosa sinica Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2,3: 261. 1811. 
Ell. Sk.1: 566. Chap FI. 126. 
CHINA, JAPAN. 
Louisianian 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. 
Louisianian 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 Thunb. Fl. Japon. 214. 1789. MANY-FLOWERED HEDGE Rosr. 
CHINA, JAPAN. 
Louisianian 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. Mant. 2:564. 1771. | EGLANTINE Rose. SWEET BRIER. 
Rosa eglanteria Mill. Dict. ed.8,no.4. 1768. Not L. 
R. suaveolens Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1:346. 1814. 
Ell. Sk. 1:566. Gray, Man. ed. 6,164. Chap. FI. 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. P]l.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, Summerville, 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. LKurope. Northern Asia, 
Himalayas. 
Cotoneaster pyracanthus (L.) Spach, Hist. Veg. 2:73. 1834. 
Fire THORN. EVERGREEN THORN. 
Mespilus pyracantha L. Sp. Pl. 1:478. 1798. 
Crataegus pyracantha Medic. Geschich. 84. 1798. 
SouTHERN Evropr. 
ALABAMA: Introduced for a hedge plant and sparingly escaped from cultivation 
near Mobile. Flowers white, May; fruitripe October, scarlet, remaining in profusion, 
during the winter. : 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Galloprovinciae, Italiae sepibus.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
