j(i FAMILIAR WILD FLOWERS. 



is green in colour; each berry contains from one to live 

 oval and flattened seeds, but ordinarily the smaller numbers 

 are the most commonly to be found. In many cases the 

 berries are single-seeded. 



Though some of the early botanists called our plant the 

 Moschatella, or the Moschatelleria, it has, ever since Lin- 

 naeus bestowed its present name on it, been the Adoxa. 

 The name may be considered fairly descriptive, compounded 

 as it is of two Greek words, signifying " without glory/' in 

 allusion to its humble and lowly growth and station. The 

 specific name is Latin in origin, and refers to the slightly 

 musky smell of the plant. The English name betrays its 

 foreign origin, and can scarcely be called a really popular 

 name, the plant being too inconspicuous to have received 

 one. It is sometimes given as moscatel, and at others as 

 moschatel, or moschatell. 



