ROSA

(Lat.), n. f. Roz(ro"s)'a3. Gr., po . Fr., rosier. Ger., Rose. 1. The rose; a genus of shrubby prickly plants giving name to the Rosacece (Fr., rosacees; Ger., Rosaceen) or rose worts, an order (Ju ieu) of polypetalous dicotyledons, having the flowers regular, the stamens indefinite, perigynous, the carpels distinct or solitary, and the seed exalbuminous. In this sense they include (Bentham and Hooker) the C hrysobalanece, Prunece. Sp-ircvce, Quillajece, Rubece, Potentiilt-ce, Poteriece, Rosece, Neuradece, and Pomece. Many botanists, however, regard the Chrysobalanece, Prunece. and Pomece. as distinct orders, while Gray and others limit the Rosacece to the single genus R., distinguished by the carpels being one-seeded and inclosed in the fleshy calyx-tube. The Rosacece of Batsch are a cla including the Column a rice, Difform a ruE, Umbracula rice, etc. The Rosce are: Of Adanson, the Rosacece of Ju ieu; of Ju ieu, the Rosacece of Gray. The Roaeoz (Fr., rosees) are: Of De Candolle and others, the Rosacece of Gray; of Reichenbach, a division of the Rosacece, including the Saiiguisorbce, Spirarice, and Pomacece; of Wood, a suborder of the Rosacece, including the Rosidece, Fragaridece, and Spiridece, distinguished by the carpels (2 to 50) being in an open or closed calyx. The Rosidce of Lindley are the Rosacece of Gray. The Rosidece of Wood (including the genera R. and A grim on i a) are a tribe of his Rosece, characterized by one-seeded carpels inclosed in the calyx tube. [B, 42, 170, 180 (a, 35).] 2. Of the Austr. and Hung. Ph's. the petals of the pale rose or of the damask rose; of the Netherl. Ph., the petals of the pale rose or of the red rose. [B, 95 (a, 38).] 3. See Os uteri. Acetum rosarmn [Gr. Ph.]. Fr., vinaigre rosat [Fr. Cod.] (ou de roses), acetole de roses. Sp., vinagre de r's [Sp. Ph.]. A preparation made by macerating 10 parts of red-rose petals with 2 of acetic-acid crystals and 98 of white vinegar for 8 days [Fr. Cod.] (with 60 of vinegar and 10 of alcohol for 3 days [Gr. Ph.], with 80 of red vinegar for 8 days [Sp. Ph.]), expre ing, filtering, and, according to the Sp. Ph., adding about 2 parts of alcohol. [B. 95. 119 (a, 38).] ^Ether oleum ro e [Norw. Ph.] (seu rosarum). See Oil of ROSE. Aqua rosae [U. S. Ph., Br. Ph., Ger. Ph., Dan. Ph., Swed. Ph., Norw. Ph., Ru . Ph.] (seu rosarum [Austr. Ph., Belg. Ph., Finn. Ph., Gr. Ph., Hung. Ph., Netherl. Ph., Swi Ph.]). Fr., eau distil lee de rose [Fr. Cod.]. Ger.. Rosenwa er. Sp., tigua de r's [Sp. Ph.]. A preparation made by distilling 1 part of fresh palerose petals with water enough to make 1 part [Br. Ph.. Fr. Cod., Sp. Ph.] 2^ parts [U. S. Ph.. Belg. Ph., Netherl. Ph., Roum. Ph.], 3 [Dan. Ph., Swed. Ph.1,5 [Gr. Ph., Norw. Ph., Swi Ph. ]) of distillate: by heating (mixing [Austr. Ph.]) 1 part of oil of roses with 4,000 [Austr. Ph., Hung. Ph.] (6,000 [Ru . Ph.]) parts of water, or 4 drops of the oil with 1,000 grammes of water [Ger. Ph.. Finn. Ph.]. The Br. Ph., Dan. Ph., and Swed. Ph. allow also an equivalent amount of salted rose petals instead of the fresh petals. [B; B. 95, 119 (o, 38).] Baccae rosae silvestris (seu rosarum). See Dog-RO fruit. I! rn I in ii i rosarum. See Infusum rosarum. Calyces fructiferi roste. See Z)O<;-ROSE fruit. Confectio rosae [U. S. Ph.]. Fr., conserve de rose [Fr. Cod.]. Gor., Rosenconserve. Sp., conserva de r's rubias [Sp. Ph.] (6 de r. [Mex. Ph.]). A conserve consisting of 1 part of red-rose petals (in No. 60 powder [U. S. Ph.]) with 8 parts of sugar, li of clarified honey, and 2 of rose water [U. S. Ph.] (with 3 parts of sugar [Br. Ph.]), or of 1 part of fresh petals of pale roses with 2 parts of sugar [Gr. Ph.. Swed. Ph.] (of 10 parts of dried and powdered red-rose petals. 65 of sugar, and 25 of rose water [Belg. Ph.]). made by macerating 3 parts of the dried and powdered petals of red roses (pale roses [Finn. Ph.])for 2 hours with 6 of rose water (digesting 1 hour with 8 of rose water [Swi Ph.]), and adding 24 of sugar (23 [Sp. Ph.], 19i of sugar and 1J of glycerin [Fr. Cod.]) [Finn. Ph., Fr. Cod., Swi Ph., Sp. Ph.]. The Mex. Ph. orders 1 part each of fresh rose petals and clarified honey, 2 parts of rose water, and 7 of sugar. [A, 447; B, 5, 95, 119 (a, 38).] Confectio rosae caninae [Br. Ph.]. Fr., conserve de cynorrhodons [Fr. Cod.]. Ger., Hain but ten conserve. Confection of hips; made by beating 1 part of fruit of R. can in a to a pulp, squeezing through a sieve, adding 2 parts of sugar and rubbing thoroughly together; or by mixing 2 parts of the pulp with 3 of powdered sugar and boiling up [Fr. Cod.], heating with enough water to make 5 parts when the sugar is di olved [Belg. Ph.]. [B, 5, 81, 95, 119 (a, 38).] Confectio ro w (gallicse), Confectio rosarum. See Confectio rosce.- -Conserva rosae caninae (fructuum), Conserva rosae friictus. See Confectio rosce canixce. Conserva rosae gallicae [Br. Ph.] (seu rubrae [Fr. Cod.]),T'onserva rosarum [Finn. Ph., Gr. Ph., Swi Ph.]. S_ee Confectio rosce. Conserva "rosarum adstringeiis. See ELECTILARIUM ads trin gens Fitlleri. Conserva rosarum rubrarum [Belg. Ph.]. See Confectio rosce. Conserva rosarum sicca. Fr., conserve de roses sec he, tablet tes de rose. Lozenges made from a mixture of 30 grammes of dried red-rose petals with from 160 to 500 of sugar, boiled to the proper consistence, sometimes with the addition of 7 grammes of lemon-juice, or with the powdered rose petals moistened with 12 drops of sulphuric acid: or from a mixture of sugar and rose water boiled to the proper consistence. [B, 119 (a, 38).] Conserva rosarum vitriol at a. Fr.,.conserve de roses vitriolee. A mixture of 2 or 4 parts of sulphuric acid with 180 of conserva rosre. [B, 119 (o. 38).] Cortex radicis rosae caninae (seu silvestris). See under R. caninn. Enema mell is rosarum. An aperient clyster made of 80 parts of decoctum emolliens. 12 each of mel rosae, oil of violet, and chamomile, and 8 of fresh ca ia pulp. [B, 89 (a, 21).] E entia rosae [Belg. Ph.]. See Oil of ROSE. Extractum rosae fluidum [U. S. Ph.]. Fr.. extrait liqnide de rose rouge. Ger., flu iges Exsigrnsenextrakt. A preparation made by treating in a percolator 100 grammes of red-rose petals in No. 30 powder with a mixture of 10 of glycerin and 90 of alcohol, reserving 75 c. c. of the product, evaporating the rest to a soft extract, mixing the two, and bringing up to 100 c. c. too; U2, blue; U 3, lull: U, full; U5, urn; V, like ii (German). [s. 413]