No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 243 



Rosa rubiginosa L., var. micrantha (Sm.) Lindl. (small-flow- 

 ered.) 



Small-flowered Sweetbrier. 



Rare. Granby, along a roadside (H. S. Clark, Weatherby 

 & Bissell), New Haven (A. L. Winton). June — July. Ad- 

 ventive from England. 



Rosa gallica L. 



French, Provence or Red Rose. 



Rare. Escaped from cultivation to roadsides and about 

 old house-sites: Ledyard and Franklin (Graves), Thompson 

 (Bissell), Southington (Andrews, Bissell, Weatherby), West- 

 port (Eames), Wilton (Miss A. E. Carpenter). June. Ad- 

 ventive from Europe. 



An old-fashioned garden rose. The dried petals are medici- 

 nal and are officinal. 



Rosa nitida Willd. (shining). 

 Shining or Northeastern Rose. 



Rare. In swamps : Thompson (R. W. Woodward & 

 Weatherby), Stafford (Graves). June — July. 



Rosa Carolina L. 



Swamp Wild Rose. 



Frequent or common. Swamps and in low ground. June 

 -July. 



Rosa virginiana Mill. 

 Rosa lucida Ehrh. 

 Wild or Large Wild Rose. 



Occasional or frequent. Low grounds, banks of streams, 

 fields and thickets. June — July. 



Rosa humilis Marsh, (low). 



Wild Rose. Dwarf, Low or Pasture Wild Rose. 



Frequent or common. Pastures, thickets and open woods, 

 often in dry ground. June — ^July. An apparent hybrid of 

 this with Rosa nitida occurs at Stafford (Weatherby & Bis- 

 sell). 



PRUNUS L. Plum. Cherry. 

 Prunus serotina Ehrh. (late). 



Wild, Rum, Whiskey or Cabinet Cherry. Wild Black Cherry. 



