Mimuius.'] SCROPHULARINE^. 99 



23. P. Gairdneri; fruticosus humilis minute puberulus, ramis subfastigiatis erectis 

 strictis, foliis alternis lineari-spathulatis (supremis linearibus) coriaceis integerritnis 

 sessilibus, racemis elongatis, pedicellis alternis (!) bracteatis, capsulis rufo-fusci° calyce 

 concolori paululum longioribus. 



Hab. Blue Mountains of N.W. America, where it was gathered by Mr Douglas, but communicated to 

 me by Dr Gairdner.— The above four well-marked species constitute a very natural groupe of Pentstemon, 

 or probably a distinct genus, of humble growth and with decidedly fruticose stems ; the lower part quite' 

 woody. The present individual differs remarkably from the rest, in the leaves and pedicels being alternate ; 

 but the capsule is altogether that of Pentstemon, and the mode of growth similar to the preceding species! 

 I have named it in compliment to Dr Meredith Gairdner, an accomplished naturalist and surgeon in the 

 H. B. C. possessions on the Columbia, whence he has lately been obliged to visit the Sandwich Islands 

 for the recovery of his health. 



Trie. Gratiole^. Benth. L c, 



7. MIMULUS. Z. 



M, 



■HooL et Am, in Bot. of Beech, Voy. p, 152.— M. luteus. 

 Ph. 1. p. 426. {excl syn.) Curt. BoL Mag. t. 1501. 



Hab. Moist woods, N.W.C from California to Unalaschka ; and from the sea to the mountains.— This is 

 readily known from the Chilian M. luteus, now common in our gardens, by the more copious flowers, of 

 which the floral leaves are so small that they constitute a bracteated raceme, by the shorter peduncles and 

 broader and more inflated calyx when in fruit. 



2. M. moschatus (Dougl.) ; caule diffuso foh'isque petiolatis ovatis dentatis glanduloso- 

 villosis, pedunculis genainis foliis brevioribus, calycibus tubulosis fructiferis oblongis den- 

 tibus lanceolatis iuEequalibus, corollse limbo subaequaliter 5-lobo lacinia inferiore pube- 

 scente. — Lindl. Bot. Reg. ^,1118. 



Hab. Moist springs about Fort Vancouver. Douglas. 



3. M. propmquus (Lindl.) ; annuus, undique glandaloso-pubescens, caule decumbente 



tereti, foliis ovatis dentatis supremis sessilibus, pedunculis axillaribus folio brevioribus 



pubescentibus, corollaa lobis obtusis : fauce pubescente; tubo calyci asquali. — Lindl. Bot. 

 Reg. t. 1330. . 



Hab. N.W, America, according to Dr Lindley, who considers it to have sprung from seeds sent by Mr 

 Douglas ; but there is no such plant in his Herbarium, nor among his notes, and it has so striking a resem- 

 blance with M. parviflorus from Chili {Bot. Reg. t. 874), that I cannot but suspect that there is some mis- 

 take as to its origin. Mr Bentham quotes the figure doubtfully under M. glabratus, H. B. K., a native of 

 Mexico. 



4. M. florihundus (Lindl.) ; paten ti-pilosus difFusus viscosus gracilis basi prsecipue 

 ramosus, foliis cordatis petiolatis dentatis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis ex omnibus fere 

 foliis iisque longioribus, calycil)us ovatis 5-carinatis dentibus brevibus suba^qualibus. 

 Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1125-. — ^ minor. M. peduncularis.* Dougl. Mst 



* I may remark, that Mr Bentham, whose opinion is so important in this family, considers the M. pedunculant 



of Dougl. a good species, to which, in a note in his ** Scroph. Tnd." he gives the following character : " nubesceni 



humilis, foliis petiolatis ovatis acutis subdentatis basi acutjs rotundatisve, calycibus (parvis) ovato-tubulosis, dentibm 

 brevibus acutis subsequalibus." 



