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MIMULUS moschatus. 
Musk-scented Monkeyflower. 
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DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. ScROPHULARINER. 
MIMULUS. Supra, vol. 11. fol. 874. 
M. moschatus; caule repente foliisque ovatis dentatis glanduloso-villosis, 
pedunculis geminis foliis brevioribus, corolle limbo subzequaliter 5-lobo, 
lacinia inferiore pubescente. ; 
M. moschatus. Douglas Journal, &c. ined. 
Herba repens, perennis, sempervirens. Caules teretes, ramost, glanduloso- 
villosi, prostratt, nunc sesquipedales, sepiis spithamei. Folia glanduloso- 
villosa, petiolata, ovata, grandidentata; nunc bast subcordata, moschum 
gratissimum redolentia. Flores axillares, gemini vel solitarii, pedunculis 
glanduloso-villosis, filiformibus, folits dupld brevioribus. Calyx tubulosus, 
glandulosus, lacinits subulato-ovatis, tubo corolle pauld brevioribus. Corolla 
lutea, unicolor, lobis rotundatis, subequalibus, inferioribus ad faucem striatis, 
ntermedio leviter barbato. Capsula ovata, acuminata, calyce brevior, bilo- 
cularis, 4-valvis, ad latera dehiscens, septis axi forte adherentibus. Semina 
minutissima, brunnea, subrotunda. 
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, and 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 
