RHINANTHACEAE 1197 
xia A and slightly pubescent at base. Filaments four, didy- 
us igmas plate-like. Capsule ovoid, 
E aus septicidal ne o , th 
valves only slightly loeulicidal near apex 
S, p sh-yellow or 
w 
nearly colorless, er ae ridge 
and with fine transverse lines.—One species. 
L. multifida (Michx.) D St 
dm. tall, EE -pubesce leaf-bla 
les 0.5-1 em 
ong, pubescent: sepals 3—5 mm. long, fi 
pubescent: corolla 3—4 mm. lo ong; lobes W Den violet-purple lines; tube w ithin Man 
low and purplish: capsule 3-4 mm. long. [Conobea multifida (Mi ehx.) Benth.] 
on m iii D and stream- mu. various provinees, Ga. to Tex., Kans., and 
Ohio.— Sum 
17. MIMULUS L. Erect, glabrous, much branched herbs, with rootstocks. 
Leaves opposite: blades serrate, not punctate, o or sessile. Flowers axil- 
lary to leaf-like bracts. Bractlets none. Calyx-lobes 5, shorter than the tube, 
nearly uniform. Corolla violet or violet- uS. personate: lobes shorter than 
the tube, the two posterior united over half their length witi their free por- 
x spotted with purple. Stamens 4, didynamous, glabrous. Stigmas plate- 
like, sensitive. Capsule cylindrie, glabrous, enclosed within the persistent calyx, 
loeulieidal. Seeds numerous, yellow, cylindric, minutely or obsoletely reticulate, 
wingless.—About 70 species, mostly Ameriean.—MONKEY-FLOWERS. 
Leaf-blades pen angles of stem usually slightly winged: calyx-lobes setaceous- g 
tipped, 0.5-2 long. 1. M. alatus. 
a Ae eT (or rarely only E DES of stem not 
ged: ealyx-lobes lanceolate, 3- 5m 2. M.ringens. 
1. M. alatus Ait. Stem 4-12 dm . tall, pin or somewhat branched: ps 
blades 5—15 em. long, elliptic. oval, oval, or ovate: pedicels 0.5—1.5 cc -3) e 
ong: calyx-lobes E tipped: corolla 
ong, as in M. 
35 mm. : ut t fre 
quently more D with smaller Spots 
and fainter brownish patches: capsule 10- 
12 mm. long.—Shaded swamps, Piedmont 
more northern provinces, and ng 
to E Tex., Nebr., Mi ch., and Conn.—Sum. 
2. ingens L. Stem 5-19 dm. tall, usu- 
ally um branehed: leaf- ea = 12 em 
pedicels 3-6 em. long: ca oes ANE MUN 
attenuate: s und mm. long, pale 
ortense-violet, throat anteriorly with purple- 
red spots and Dann. two yellow areas 
