LIST OF HIGHER SEED-PRODUCING PLANTS. 803 
Living species: 600+ described; 100— distinct; 30 (B. 
and H.); 50-55 (Durand); N. hemisphere to Abyssinia, S. India 
and Mexico; temperate, subalpine and subtropical zones. 
Russia, 17; Europe, 41; Russian Europe, 16; North America, 
20-25; Canada, 18-20; EH. Sts., 10-11; S. Sts., 5-6; Rocky mts., 
7; California, 8-10; Pl. Wheel., 5-6; Pl. King, 2; W. Tex., 4. 
Fossil species: Oligocene, Bonn ( Weber.); Rixhoft 
( Heer); Florissant, Colo. (Lesquereaux). 
Rosa humilis Marsu. Arbust. Amer. 186 (1785). 
?R. parviflora EAR. Beitr. IV, 21 (1789). 
R. lucida Avuct. AMER. principally. ; 
R. caroliniana Micux. Fl. N. Am. I, 295 (1803). 
RF. lyonti Pursu, Fl. Am. 345 (1814). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 163; Upham, Fl. Minn. 52; Chap., 
Fl. S. St., 126; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 143; Cov., Fl. Ark. 179; Engl. Focke, Nat. 
Pflanz. III, 3, 48; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 311. 
North America: Newf., N. S., Q., Ont. to L. Huron 
reg.; S. to Maine, N. J. and Ga.; W. to Minn., Mo., Ark., Ind. 
Terr. and La. 
Minn. valley: Reported from N. E. district and E. 
edge; dry soil or edges of marshes; no Minn. specimens seen. 
Rosa carolina Linn. Spec. 2 ed. 708 (1762). 
R. virginiana DuRo1, Obs. Bot. 21 (1771). 
R. corymbosa Enna. Beitr. IV, 21 (1789). 
R. carolinensis MARSH. Arbust. Amer. 135 (1785). 
R. pennsylvanica Micux. Fl. N. Am. I, 296 (1803) in part. 
R. flecuosa RAF. Prec. Decouv. 35 (1814). 
R. cinnamomea var. gemella SERINGE, DC. Prodr. II, 605 (1825). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 163; Britt., FI. N. J. 98; Chap., Fl. 
S. St 126; Upham, Fl. Minn. 52; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 148, 519; Cov., Fl. Ark. 
179; Engl. Focke, Nat. Pflanz. ITI, 3, 48; Wats , Bibl. Ind. I, 310. 
North America: Q.? and Ont. to N. Car. and Fla.; W. 
to Minn., Ark., Miss. and La. 
Minn. valley: Forest district to Blue Earth Co.; rare; 
low grounds and borders of swamps. 
Rosa pisocarpa Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. VIII, 382 (1882). 
R. woodsiti Linpu. Ros. Monog. 21 (1820) chiefly. 
2 R. rafinesqutti SERINGE, DC. Prodr. II, 611 (1825) in part. 
R. fendleri CREPIN, Prim. Ros. 482 (1880) included. 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 168; Webb., Fl. Neb. 127; Coult., 
Fl. Colo. 88; Upham, Suppl. Minn. 47; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 521; Wats., Bibl. 
Ind. 313; Brew. and Wats., Fi. Calif. I, 187?. 
, North America: Saskatchewan, Gt. Slave lake and 
N. W. T. to Alaska?; W. to Rockies and N. to lat. 51°; S. to 
Minn., Mo., Colo., N. Mex. and W. to Mont. and Calif?. 
