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MIMULUS moschatus. 
Musk-scented Monkey-flower. 
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DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. SCROPHULARINEA. 
 MIMULUS. Supra, vol. 11. fol. 874. 
M. moschatus ; caule repente foliisque ovatis dentatis glanduloso-villosis, 
pedunculis geminis foliis brevioribus, corolla limbo subæqualiter 5-lobo, 
lacinià inferiore pubescente. 
M. moschatus. Douglas Journal, &c. ined. 
Herba repens, perennis, sempervirens. Caules teretes, ramosi, glanduloso- 
villosi, prostrati, nunc: sesquipedales, sepids spithamei. Folia glanduloso- 
villosa, petiolata, ovata, grandidentata; nunc basi subcordata, moschum 
gratissimum redolentia. Flores axillares, gemini‘ vel solitarii, pedunculis 
glanduloso-villosis, filiformibus, foliis duplo brevioribus. Calyx tubulosus, 
glandulosus, laciniis subulato-ovatis, tubo corolle paulo brevioribus. Corolla | 
lutea, unicolor, lobis rotundatis, subequalibus, inferioribus ad faucem striatis, 
intermedio leviter barbato. Capsula ovata, acuminata, calyce brevior, bilo- 
cularis, 4-valvis, ad latera dehiscens, septis axi fortê adherentibus. Semina 
minutissima, brunnea, subrotunda. 
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For this truly charming hardy perennial our gardens 
are indebted to Mr. Douglas, by whom it was found grow- 
ing sparingly on the margins of springs in the country 
about the river Columbia, in North-West America. The 
whole plant is covered with a soft glandular hairiness, 
which emits a powerful but extremely pure smell of musk, 
that perfumes the atmosphere in hot weather, or if the 
plant is trodden upon. In the cold months of winter the 
scent is much less powerful. The blossoms are a clear 
bright yellow, ànd appear in profusion during all the 
summer. 
Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticultural 
Society in August last. 
To be cultivated in perfection, it should be planted in 
