ERICA moschata. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, -inclusis: floribus cam- 
panulatis, pendulis, odoratis, terminalibus: fo- 
liis ternis, obtusis, odorem quasi moschatum spi- 
rantibus : caule erecto. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticosus, erectus, pedalis et ultra; 
rami graciles. 
Folia terna, linearia, obtusa, supra sub-pla- 
na, subtus lawiter sulcata, quasi moschum redo- 
lentia. 
Flores plerumque terni, penduli; pedun- 
culi colorati, bracteis tribus ; corolla campanu- 
lata, odorata, incarnata; calycis foliolis lato- 
ovatis, adpressis. 
Germen tiaraeforme, sulcatum, ad basin nec- 
tariis melliferis instructum. 
Habitat ad Caput Borne Spei. 
Floret a mense Maio in Augustum. 
EEPERENTIA. 
1, Calyx lente auctus. 
2. Corolla. 
3,. Stamen auctum. 1 
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
5. Germen auctum. 
6. Ramus varietatis minor is. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom: 
dowers bell-shaped, pendulous, scented, and ter¬ 
minal : leaves by threes, obtuse, and scented like 
musk: stem upright. 
DESCRIPTION". 
Stem shrubby, upright, a foot or more high ; 
branches slender. 
Leaves by threes, linear, and obtuse, nearly 
flat on the upper surface, lightly furrowed be¬ 
neath, and scented like musk. 
Flowers mostly by threes, pendulous; foot¬ 
stalks coloured, with three floral leaves; blossom 
bell-shaped, scented, and flesh-coloured; leaflets 
of the cup are broadly ovate, and pressed to 
the blossom. 
Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, and fur¬ 
nished at the base with honey-bearing nectaries. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement magnified. 
2. A Blossom. 
3. A Chive magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
5. Seed-bud magnified. 
6. Branch of a small variety. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of May till August. 
Several species of the Erics are fragrant in the flowers; but not any that we know of possess a 
scented foliage, except the one now figured, whose leaves emit a delicate odour resembling musk • 
and very few references to scent will, we think, be found so unequivocal; if the ends of the branches 
are gently rubbed, or lightly passed through the hands, the fragrance is stronger. First raised at 
the Clapham Gardens in 1805, and at present, we believe, in few collections; but will doubtless soon 
find a pmce m many, as its flowers are handsome, fragrant, and remain during the summer 
months; and the perfume of its leaves lasts all the year. 
