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“DipLAcus PUNICEUS. _SCARLET-FLOWERED _ 
. Dipxacus, ge 
Class and Order. 19 
Dipynamia ANGIOSPERMIA: 
‘( Nat. Ord —Scropuurarines.() °°" 
eR ee Chhit eter, 228 Ba0Ne vis ee 
-Calprismaticus:apice5-fidus;' Corolla tingens, °b-fida, 
lobis subeqaalibus pleramque emarginatis, © Stigma‘bila 
mellatum; Capsula lineari-oblonga, bilocularis. Placenta 
(s. receptaculum, seminis) lata, demum bipartita, adnata, 
Semina. utrinque subulata.—Frutices, Californice, Mimulo 
proxime. Folia-opposita-plerumque viscosa: . Nutt. MSS. 
oom 3 Specific Character and. Synonym: 1) mounts 
Dirxacus puniceus ;* fruticosus viscosus glaber,, foliis li- 
~ “neari-lanceolatis subconnatis. vix. serrulatis , acutius- 
culis; calycinis laciniis inequalibus acuminatis, corolla 
punicea’ lobise “marginatis, caule elato ramosissimo. 
Dutt)? M8S8.° © 2 8 | Bly (TPT CUES 
Dirtacus puniceus. “Nutt. MSS. 
« A overyvelegant shrub, flourishing: in’ its native soil 
nearly the ‘whole. year.” Like the other’ species of this 
Genus it has altogether the habit of a Mrmutos ; and one — 
of them. has, ‘indeed, long been known under the name of 
Mimutus pokes "Tbe present species.is.a far, taller- 
growing.plant. than.that, and much more of a true shrub. 
The leaves/are ofa. déeepogreen, -narrow-lanceolate»and 
somewhat acute. The stems and calyx have a purplish 
hue, and the corolla, considerably exserted, is of a deep 
velvety scarlet,,.with. shades of pink lake, and its lobes are 
constantly:emargimate!; |» bool avdiA + 
to : ylosreveani devoid) ju> comme q : Me be eats a oun (4 
* The name dc, two, and xrays, placenta, alludes to the splitting of the 
capsule, to each valve of which is attached a large placenta, and under its 
edges are found the slender subulate seeds —Nutt, 
