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Roxburgh's description does not agree with Lindley's R. brunonii or R. moschata. Both were described as simply serrate, whereas Roxburgh's plant had doubly-serrate leaves.
4. R. glandulifera. R.
Germs oblong, shrubby, subscandent, armed. All the tender parts ciliate, with glutinous, headed glands. Leaflets from five to seven, ovate, doubly-serrate. Segments of the calyx sub-ensiform, finely pinnatifid. Flowers terminal in large corymbiform panicles.
Beng. Swet, or Sheooti gulab.
Found in gardens throughout India, where it is commonly called the white rose; its flowers being double, fragrant and white, like the white rose (R. alba,) of Europe. Where this plant is indigenous is uncertain, probably China, as I know it has been brought from thence to the Botanic garden at Calcutta. It blossoms all the year round; but chiefly during the cold season.
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