ERICA mosehata.
C H A R A C T E R SPKCIFICüS.
ERICA, aulheris mu tic i s, inclusia : floribus campanula
i~. pendulis, odorntis, terminalibus : foliis
ternis, obtusîs, odorem quasi moschatuni spir
an t ib us : caule erecto.
D E S C R i r T I O .
< ' ti i i- fruticosus, e rte tus, pedalis et ultra ;
rami graciles.
FOLIA terna, linearía, obtusa, supra sub-plana,
subtus loeviter sulcata, quasi moschum redolentia.
FLORES plerumque terni, pendulí ; peduiiculi
colorati, bracteis tribus ; corolla campanulata,
odorata, incarnata ; calvéis foliolis latoovatis,
adpressis.
GERMEN tiarceiorine, sulcatum, ad basin nectrtriis
uiellifcris instruetum.
Habitat ad Caput Bona: Spei.
Floret a mense Maio in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx lente auctus.
2. Corolla.
3. Stamen auctum.
4. Germen et Pistilluni, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen atirtum.
6. Ramus varietatis mínoris.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom:
flowers bell-shaped, pendulous, scented, and terminal
: leaves by threes, obtuse, and scented like
musk : stem upright.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, upright, a foot or more high ;
branches slender.
LEAI BS by threes, linear, and obtuse, nearly
flat on the upper surface, lightly furrowed beneath,
and scented like musk.
FLOWERS mostly by threes, pendulous; footstalks
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 furnished
at the base with honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of May till August.
R E F E it E N C E .
1. The Empalemcnt magnified.
2 . A Blossom.
3. A Chive magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
5. Secd-bud magnified.
6. Branch of a small variety.
SEVERAL species of the Ericas 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 1S05, and at present, we believe, in few collections; but will doubtless soon
find a place in many, as its flowers arc handsome, fragrant, and remain during the summer
months; and the perfume of its leaves lasts all the year.