804 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
Minn. valley: Reported from N. E. district, but no 
Minn. specimens seen. 
Rosa acicularis LinpDL. Monog. Ros. 44 (1820). 
FR. sayi SCHWEIN. Keat. Narr. II, Appx. 113 (1825). 
R. acicularis var. bourgeauiana CREPIN, Prim. Ros. 386, 390 (1880). 
RB. engelmanni 8. 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 var.; Nym., Fl. Eur.; Forbes and Hems., Fl. Sin. 248; Herd., Fl. Eur. 
Russ. 
N. Europe; W. and N. Asia to China. 
North America: Wisc., 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. 
Hers.: Arthur 81, Two Harbors; Bailey 84, Vermil- 
ion lake; Bailey 223, Vermilion lake. 
Rosa virginiana Miu. Dict. (1768). 
R. blanda Air. Hort. Kew. IT, 202 (1789). 
R. fraxinifolia Gown. FI. Bad. IL, 413 (1806). 
R. gemella WILLD. Enum. 544 (1809) mainly. 
RR. cinnamomea var. glabella SERINGE, DC. Prodr. II, 605 (1825). 
FR. blanda 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. 877: Britt., 
Fl. N. J. 98; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 194, 519; Cov., Fl. Ark. 179; Wats., Bibl. 
Ind. L, 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 8444, Minnesota lake; Taylor S844, 
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; Sund- 
berg 185, Cannon Falls: 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). 
R. arkansana Port. FI. Colo. 38 (1874). 
FR. blanda var. setigera CREPIN, Prim. Ros. 394 (1880). 
fh. blanda var. arkansana Best, Torr.-Bull. XVII, 145 (so). 
