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ROSA CENTIFOLIA. 
Off. The Bark and Essential Oil. 
OfF. Pp. Aq. Cinnamomi, L. E."D. 
Pulvis Cinnamomi, Comp. L. E. D. 
Spiritus Cinnamomi, L. E. D. 
Tinct. Cinnamomi, L. E. D. 
Cinnamomi Comp. L. E. 
ROSA CENTIFOLIA. 
Hundred-leaved Rose. 
Class IcosA^DRiA.-^Order Polygynia. 
Nat.Ord. Senticos^, Linn. Rosacete, Juss. 
Gen» Char. Petals 5. Calyx pitcher-shaped, five-cleft, 
fleshy, contracted at the neck. Seeds numerous, hispid, 
affixed to the inner side of the calyx. 
Spec. Char. Germs ovate. Peduncles hispid. Stem his- 
pid and prickly. Petioles unarmed. 
The native country of the rose is now unknown, although it is 
probable that the different species of it are indigenous to all the 
countries of the north of Europe, and to the northern parts of 
Asia and Africa. Its beauty and fragrance have long rendered it a 
favourite ornament of the gardens of these countries.* This spe- 
cies of rose rises to the height of from three to six feet; the stem is 
beset with numerous short spines ; the leaves are pinnated, consist- 
ing of two or three pair of pinnae with a terminal one ; the leaflets 
are oval, broad, smooth, of a deep green colour on the upper sur- 
face, hairy on the under, serrated and closely attached (on very 
short petioles) to the common footstalk, which is rough, but without 
spines ; the flowers are large, and supported on peduncles beset 
* The Rosa Centifolia waa cultivated bj Gerarde in 1596. 
