Displaying Category description

This is what I have at the moment, and fr each cateory I would like to display the description

‘<div id=”cat”>

<?php
$display_categories = array(3,3,3,3);
foreach ($display_categories as $category) { ?>
• <?php get_cat_icon()?><h2>“>
  <?php query_posts(“showposts=1&cat=$category”);?>
  <?php
  single_cat_title(); ?></h2>
  <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
  <h2>Latest News</h2>
  <div id=”catsmall”><?php the_excerpt(); ?></div>
  <?php endwhile; ?>

<?php } ?>

</div>’