ROSA PARVIFOLIA 
regrets that he has not seen specimens collected upon the mountains 
round Dijon, where, on the authority of De Candolle, it is said to 
abound. Seringe concludes by giving as synonyms Rose de Reims , 
Rose de Champagne , Rose a petites feuilles , and Rose de M eatix — the 
last, as we have seen, erroneously. 
De Candolle’s description in the Flore de France was based on 
a specimen found by Durand near Dijon. The Rose does not, 
however, appear to have been discovered in a wild state since that 
time, and it is not included by the more recent writers among the 
indigenous Roses of France. 
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