CHAP, XLII. ROSA CEE. ROSA. 759 
Spec. Char., &c. Peduncles bractless, bristly, as well as the globular fruit and calyx. Stem bristly 
and prickly, like the downy petioles. Leaflets elliptical, doubly and sharply serrated, hairy on both 
sides, Petals spreading. (Don's Mill., ii. p. 570.) Flowers pink, expanded. Segments of the 
calyx simple. Native of the Highlands of Scotland, particularly on the mountains of Clova, An- 
gusshire. Shrub, 4ft. to 5ft. high, and flowering in June and July. This rose was named in 
honour of Mr. Don of Forfar; and Sir Edward Smith observes of it: ‘‘ It is much to be wished, 
that this rose should afford a permanent wreath in honour of its discoverer, one of the most 
indefatigable as well as accurate of botanists, who loved the science for its own sake, and braved 
every difficulty in its service. He infused the same spirit into his sons [two of whom, Prof. Don, 
and G. Don, author of Don’s Miller, are well known in the botanical world], who are now living 
evidences of his knowledge, and of his powers of instruction.” (Smth’s Eng. Fl., 2. p. 379.) 
§v. Centifolie Lindl. 
Derivation. From centum, a hundred, and folium, a leaf; because the species contained in this 
section agree in character with the hundred-leaved rose, which is so extensively double as to seem 
to have a hundred petals. 
Sect. Char., §c. Shrubs, all bearing bristles and prickles. Peduncles 
bracteate. Leaflets oblong or ovate, wrinkled. Disk thickened, closing 
the throat. Sepals compound. This division comprises the portion of 
the genus Rosa which has most particularly interested the lover of flowers. 
It is probable that the earliest roses of which there are any records of 
being cultivated belonged to this section; but, to which particular species 
those of Cyrene or Mount Pangzeus are to be referred, it is now too late 
to enquire. The attar of roses, which is an important article of commerce, 
is either obtained from roses belonging to this division indiscriminately, as 
in the manufactory at Florence, conducted by a convent of friars; or from 
some particular kind, as in India. It appears, from specimens brought from 
Chizapore by Colonel Hardwicke, that R. damascéna is there exclusively 
used for obtaining the essential oil. The Persians also make use of a sort 
which Keempfer calls R. shirazénsis (from its growing about Shiraz), in 
preference to others: this may be either R.damasceéna, or R. gallica, or R. 
centifolia, or perhaps #. moschata. The species contained in the present 
section are all setigerous, by which they are distinguished from the fol- 
lowing divisions: their thickened disk and divided sepals separate them 
from the preceding. Tothe section of Rubigindsz the glanduliferous sorts 
approach ; but the difference of their glands, the size of their flowers, and 
their dissimilar habit, prevent their being confounded. (Don’s Mill., ii. 
p- 571. adapted.) 
2 35. R.pamasceENA Mill. The Damascus, or Damask, Rose. 
Identification. Mill. Dict., No. 15.; Don’s Mill., 2. p.571. 
Synonymes. R. bélgica Mill. Dict., No.17.; R.calendarum Munch. Hausv. ex Bork. Holz., 330., 
Rossig. Ros., t. 8., and t. 33.; A. bifera Poir. Suppl. 6. p. 276., Red. Ros., 1. p. 107. and p. 121. ; 
Rose & quatre Saisons. 
Engravings. Redout. Ros., 1. t. 58. ; and our fig. 490. of R. d. coccinea. 
Spec. Char., §c. Prickles unequal, larger ones 
falcate. Sepals reflexed. Fruit elongated. 
(Don’s Miil., ii. p. 571.) Native of Syria. 
Flowers large, white or red, single or dou- 
ble. The present species may be distin- 
guished from W&. centifolia by the greater 
size of the prickles, the greenness of the 
bark, the elongated fruit, and the long re- 
flexed sepals. The petals of this species, 
and all the varieties of R. centifolia, as well 
as those of other species, are employed in- 
discriminately for the purpose of making 
rose-water. A shrub, growing from 2 ft. to 
8 ft. high, and flowering in June and July. 
This species is extremely beautiful, from 
the size and brilliant colour of its flowers. 
Varieties. There are nearly 100 varieties which 4.90 
are classed under this species; but it is 
very doubtful, whether many of them are not hybrids between this and 

