MUSK 119 



flower-stalks which exceed the leaves. The teeth ot the calyx arc 

 short and unccjual. 'I'hc corolla is ^dipped, the upper one bilobed, 

 turned back, the lower one spreading and 3-lobed. The petals ha\e 

 2 swellings. The capsules are 2-valved and many-seeded. 



MlsK (Mi/nulus Linigsdorffii) 



I'lioto. Flatters & Garnctt 



Wild Musk is 2 ft. high. The tlovvers are in bloom irom June to 

 September. This plant is a perennial, increased by division. There 

 is no reason why it should not be more often seen in our gardens. 



In .]/. Lnngsdorffii bees first touch the inferior lobes of the stigma 

 which lie over and cover ud the anthers. The lobes are sensitive and 

 immediately fold up and close over the pollen, and if none is enclosed 



