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* MÍMULUS láteus ; var. variegatus. 
Variegated Monkey-flower. 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. ScROPHULARINER, Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System 
of Botany, p. 228.) 
MIMULUS.—Supra, vol. 11. fol. 874. 
$. Caule basi sepius procumbente vel repente, rarius erecto ; foliis 3-5-nerviis 
ege calycibus ovatis tubulosisve sepius inflatis. Bentham Scroph. 
nd. p. 28. ! 
M. luteus ; glaber, foliis eroso-dentatis inferioribus longè petiolatis ovatis sub- 
lyratisve superioribus rotundatis cordato-amplexicaulibus, calycibus ovatis 
fructiferis campanulatis dentibus ovatis acutis supremo maximo. Benth. l. c. 
M. luteus. Linn. Sp. pl. 884. aliorumque. 
Var. variegatus ; corollee tubo stramineo intus maculato, limbo purpureo. 
M. variegatus. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1872. 
M. luteus variegatus. Hooker in Bot. Mag. 3336. 
The first plants of this species which appeared in this 
country were reared from seeds received from Paris; but we 
believe without any intimation of its native country. Since 
that time Chile has been stated to be the origin of the species, 
but we know not upon what certain authority ; not a spe- 
cimen have we ever seen of it from that country. We should 
almost be inclined to suspect it to be some garden production, 
if it did not remain true from seed ; at all events we agree 
with Dr. Hooker in referring it to M. luteus as a variety. 
It is the prettiest of the genus, and is raised with the 
greatest facility, provided its seed is sown In a damp place 
under the shade of a wall, or where it is not fully exposed to 
* See folio 1330. 
