ROSA JUNDZILLI 
Garonne in France to Lyons, eastward through Savoy to Geneva, 
passing, by way of the department of Cher, to Nancy and Metz, 
continuing onward through the Rhine provinces, reaching the valley 
of the Nahe towards Kreuznach, and thence along the Rhine valley 
to Coblentz, passing through Gottingen and Breslau to Austria, south 
Russia, and finally to the Caucasus. Throughout the whole area of 
its distribution the principal characters remain constant, although 
naturally modified to a certain extent by altitude and situation. 
Besser’s type stands about midway between Rosa gallica L. and 
Rosa canina L., and like its near ally Rosa inodor a Fries has a few 
glands on the undersurface of the leaflets. It resembles Rosa gallica 
in the firm texture of its leaves and the prominence of the veins on 
their under sides, but is easily distinguished by its more vigorous 
growth, its stronger prickles, and its more pointed leaflets. It is, 
moreover, not so floriferous as Rosa gallica , and the flowers are never 
so rich in colour. It differs in many respects from Rosa canina ; it 
is never so luxuriant in growth, and its prickles are never hooked, 
whilst the flowers and deaves are generally larger. That this Rose 
has often been confused by botanists with Rosa canina and other 
species, Crepin attributes to the lack of material at their disposal. 
H e recognizes it as a very distinct species with strongly marked 
characters. Dr. Christ was of the same opinion, and in his Rosen 
der Schweiz 1 gave very careful attention to the type and its many 
varieties. He mentions that the localities for Rosa Jundzilli are not 
necessarily the same as for Rosa gallica , although the area of distribu- 
tion follows somewhat on the same line. As a case in point he gives 
the slopes of the J ura near Bale, where Rosa Jundzilli is fairly common 
whilst Rosa gallica is entirely absent. In fact it does not occur nearer 
than Schaff hausen and Eglisau. It is rare in cultivation, for it 
possesses few of the qualities which would make it welcome in gardens. 
1 p p . 141-145 (1873)- 
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