1591 



MIMULUS* rdseus. 



Rosy Monkey-flower. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Nat. ord. Sciiophularinex Juss. (Introduction to the natural system 

 of Botany, p. 228.) 



MIMULUS. — Supra, vol. U.fol. 874. 



M. roseus; caule erecto viscido-pubescente, foliis oblongis apice dentatis 



5-costalis pilosis, calycis dentibus brevibus subsequalibus, corollae lacinns 



oblongis obtusis ciliatis, staminibus tubo brevioribus. 



Herba perennis, pedalis, undique viscido-pubescens, ramosa. Folia ses- 



silia, oblonga, 3-5-costata, apice simpliciter dentata. Pedunculi axillares, 



solitarii, foliis floralibus, caulinis simillimis, breviores. Calyx viridis, 



rubescens, apice subcequalis, 5-dentatus, angulatus, tubo corolla duplb brevior. 



Corolla rosea, bilabiata, ciliata, lobis labiorum subatqualibus, cuneato-oblongis, 



' '; palato hirsuto, luteo. Stamina et stylus tubo corolla breviores. 



emargmatis 



% This beautiful Monkey-flower was sent by Mr. Douglas 

 from Northern California in 1831. In his letter to the 

 Horticultural Society he spoke of it as extremely rare, 

 and the most striking object he had met with in that 



ntry. A very few grains of seed were all that reached 

 England ; and from those a small number of plants was 

 obtained, one of which is now represented. 



It is found to be rather difficult to manage, or else the 

 right mode of treating it has not yet been tried ; ior the 

 plants that were kept in the open border during the summer 

 by no means answered the expectations that were enter- 

 tained of it. Only a very small quantity of seed was saved 

 last year, by means of which it has been preserved. It is, 

 however, a perennial, and may be readily multiplied by 

 cuttings. It flowers in July and August, and we suspect 



• See fol. 1330 



