43 — ROSA INVOLUCRATA Roxb. 
Rosa involucrata : caule elongato, arcuato, ramis pubescentibus ; aculeis 
robustis, patulis, subconformibus, saepe geminis infrastipularibus ; foliolis 7-9, 
oblongis, acutis, viridibus, simpliciter serratis, facie glabris, dorso saepe pubes- 
centibus ; rhachi pubescente et aciculata; stipulis breviter adnatis, profunde laciniatis, 
dense glandulosis, apicibus liberis, lanceolatis, magnis ; floribus paucis vel multis, 
corymbosis ; bracteis laciniatis ; pedicellis pubescentibus ; ovario parvo, globoso, 
pubescente; sepalis ovatis, acuminatis, dorso pubescentibus, saepissime simplicibus; 
petalis magnis, albis ; stylis liberis, glabris ; fructu globoso, pubescente ; sepalis 
caducis. 
R. involucrata Roxburgh ex Lindley, Ros. Monogr. p. 8, No. 5 (1820). — Rox- 
burgh, FL Ind . ed. 2, vol. ii. p. 513 (1832). — Wight, Icon. t. 234 (1840). — Crdpin in 
Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xiv. pt. 2, p. 140 ( Primit . Monogr. Ros. fasc. iii. p. 344) 
(1875). — Hooker f, FI. Brit. Ind. vol. ii. p. 365 (1879). — Brandis, Indian Trees , 
p. 287 (1906). 
R. Lyellii Lindley, Ros. Monogr. p. 12, No. 8, t. 1 (1820). — Crepin in Bull. Soc. 
Bot. Belg. vol. xiv. pt. 2, p. 143 ( Primit . Monogr. Ros. fasc. iii. p. 347) (1875). — 
Deseglise in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. vol. xv. pt. 2, p. 233 [Cat. Rais. Ros. p. 64 [1877]) 
(1876). 
Stem long, arching ; branches densely pubescent ; prickles subequal, stout, 
spreading, often in infrastipular pairs. Leaflets 7-9, oblong, acute, middle-sized, 
simply sharply serrated, green, glabrous on both surfaces or pubescent beneath ; 
petioles pubescent and aciculate, not glandular ; stipules shortly adnate, with long 
free lanceolate tips, deeply laciniated and densely glandular on the margin. Flowers 
several, corymbose; pedicels pubescent, not aciculate ; bracts deeply laciniated. 
Calyx-tube globose, densely pubescent, not aciculate ; lobes ovate-acuminate, f in. 
long, densely pubescent all over the back. Petals large, pure white. Styles free, 
glabrous. Fruit small, globose, densely pubescent ; sepals deciduous. 
Rosa involucrata , discovered in Nepal by Dr. Buchanan, was first 
described by Lindley in 1820. The name is Roxburgh’s and was 
used in his Flora of India, which at that date was in manuscript. 
The plate in Wight’s leones gives an excellent idea in black and white 
of this beautiful species, and there is a very good illustration of it 
in the Botanical Register. It is a native of subtropical (and to some 
extent even tropical) India. It has been collected in Kumaon, Sikkim, 
Assam, Silhet, Manipur, and on the banks of the Irawaddi in Burma, 
and from the mountains of the Gangetic basin to those of Rajputana 
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