Article (misc)  (Jun 2007)  
 
R. clinophylla .... The third form, also called R. lyelli, is found in the lower Himalayas around Kumaon, in Nepal, and in Mount Abu, a hill station at about 1200 meters in Rajasthan State, in western India. 
We were able after much search to locate this plant growing in Oriya Village, in Mount Abu, at virtually the same point where it was originally located by G. King in 1888.  It differs from the eastern Indian forms in bearing flowers in corymbs, rather than singly. ...
As regards R. lyelli, which is treated as a separate species by taxonomists, the most striking differences are the prickles which point downwards, and the flowers being produced in corymbs 3 to 7 together unlike the solitary flowering habit of clinophylla which has prickles pointing upwards.
The great taxonomist, M. Francois Crepin was of the opinion that R. lyelli was a hybrid of R. clinophylla with R. moschata, in which he included the Himalayan R. brunonii.

Magazine  (1999)  Page(s) 90. Vol 93, Part 3.  
 
Helga Brichet. Tropical Rose Breeding.
....This has led some taxonomists to separate it into two species - R. clinophylla proper (with two varieties parvifolia and glabra) and R. lyellii. The major differences are in the thorns and the fact that usually the former produces individual flowers while the latter displays flowers in corymbs.....

R. lyelli on the other hand is found in the mountainous areas, the foothills of the Himalayas and Mount Abu in Rajasthan, Western India where it was reportedly in danger of extinction. In 1992 Mr. Viraraghavan undertook an expedition to this hill station, which lies at an altitude of 4,000 ft. He was accompanied by officers of the Forestry Department and Mr. D. P. J. Parmar of the Botanical Survey of India. After two days of fruitless searching for the variety in appropriate sites along streams and lakes a peasant led them to Origa village where the rose was extensively used as hedging between fields. No seeds were found on the plants; the villagers told of propagating it only by suckers. in fact, after two more days searching no other plants were found in the wild. Of nearly a hundred cuttings taken home not one rooted, but the suckers survived as did two budded plants. They are handsome plants with lovely glossy leaves and seem to thrive in the cold, dry climate of Mr. Viraraghavan's home in Kodaikanal.

Book  (1937)  Page(s) 73.  
 
Lyellii Lindl. (? syn. of clinophylla Thory or moschata x clinophylla)

Book  (1916)  Page(s) 2998.  
 
R. Lyelli Lindl. Probably hybrid of R. moschata and R. clinophylla. Climbing. Leaflets usually 7, oblong, shining: flowers corymbose, large, white, single or double. Intro. from Nepal.

Magazine  (5 Aug 1911)  Page(s) 374.  
 
The Parentage of Roses.
The following list of the world's Roses and their parentage has been compiled by Mr. Robert Daniel, 38 Russell Road. Fishponds, Bristol, and by his kind permission we are enabled to publish it...
Rosa Lyellii... Hybrid Species, Lindley, R. involucrata X R. moschata

Book  (1874)  Page(s) 484.  
 
Rosa Lyellii Rose Of The Doon. Koozea A plant of extensive growth, common in the Upper Provinces, but not met with, that I am aware of, near Calcutta: bears large handsome double-blush flowers.

Book  (1855)  Page(s) 129.  
 
636. Rosa, Tournef. Endl. Gen. Plant. p. 1240, So named from the Celtic rhod, red, many of the species being of this colour.
...Rosa Lyellii. Double white rose. Kousa. Plants in distribution - Nurseries.

Book  (1838)  Page(s) 92.  
 
Rosa Lyellii
Shrub, small, analagous to the bracteata. Branches, very hairy, without bristles. Thorns, straight. Leaves, thick, displayed, longer than the articulations of the stem. Leaflets, seven, oblong, very glossy, naked on both sides, simply toothed; the mid-rib cottonous. Stipules, hairy, cohesive, with narrow segments, somewhat glandulous. Footstalks, cottonous, with crooked thorns. Flowers, white, growing in bunches. Floral leaves, distant from the calyx, linear, straight, grey, entire.

This rose-tree, brought by Dr. Wallich from Nepaul, is only cultivated in England.

Magazine  (1828)  Page(s) 811.  
 
Catalogue des Plantes cultivées aux Jardin botanique et de naturalisation de l'île Bourbon (année 1825); rédigé par N. Bréon, jardinier botaniste du Gouvernement....
Rosa lindlei Wall. Rosier multiflore Napoul. lign. J. b. [cultivées au jardin botanique]

Website/Catalog  (1826)  Page(s) 65.  
 
ROSA Lyellii; Lindl.