ROSA MONTANA 
eastward to Styria. It generally grows in the same districts as Rosa 
glanca Vill. , Rosa coriifolia Fries, and Rosa abietina Gren. 
Crepin found this species very variable in size. His observations 
extended to the Alps of Dauphine, Piedmont, and Switzerland. At 
the same elevation he observed dwarf subjects growing side by side 
with others which were more vigorous even than Rosa canina L. 
Its nearest ally is Rosa rubrifolia Vill., from which it differs by 
its doubly serrated leaves, glandular on the margin and midrib 
beneath, hispid peduncles and calyx-tube, and compound sepals 
glandular on the back. Lindley regarded it as a variety of Rosa 
arvensis Pluds., but it has no affinity with that species. Rosa Chavini 
Rapin is a variety with stout, hooked prickles, like those of Rosa canina , 
and may possibly be a hybrid between Rosa Montana and Rosa 
canina . Rosa glandulosa Bell, is frequently given as a synonym of 
Rosa Montana ; but Bertoloni, Grenier, and Grepin consider it to be 
a variety of Rosa pendulina L., or nearly approaching it. As opinions 
differ upon this point, and as it is not possible to find Bellardi’s 
type-specimen, which was at Turin, Rosa glandnlosa has here been 
included in the synonymy. 
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