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MIMULUS CARDINALIS. CARDINAL MoNKEY- 
FLOWER. 
TKK KEKE KEK KEK KKK KKK KEK 
Class and Order. 
Dipynamia ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Scropnutarin2. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx tubulosus, angulatus, 5-dentatus. Corolla perso- 
nata; labio superiore bilobo lateribus reflexo ; inferiore 
trifido, laciniis subaqualibus. Stamina 4, didynama. An- 
therarum lobis divaricatis. Stigma bilamellatum. Capsula 
calyce inclusa, bilocularis, loculicido-bivalvis ; valvis inte- 
gris. Kunth. : 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Mimutus cardinalis ; villosus subviscidus, foliis obovato-lan- | 
ceolatis dentatis subquinquenerviis basi connatis, pe- 
dunculis elongatis, dentibus calycinis subaqualibus 
acutis, corolle laciniis emarginatis reflexis. 
Mimvtws cardinalis. Dougl. MSS. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. 
N.S. v. 2. p. 70. t. 3. Sweet, Br. Fl. Gard. t. 358. 
‘ames 
Of the several species of Mimutus discovered by Mr. 
Doveras on the fertile shores of N. W. America, this was 
among the last, as it certainly is the most beautiful, of the 
Whole, though its beauty is somewhat diminished by the 
rellexed position of the scarlet lobes of the corolla. It is a 
hative of California, and may be considered a hardy annual, 
with us, readily increasing both by seeds and cuttings. 
Vescr. Stem a foot to a foot and a half high, erect, 
ary and slightly viscid, bearing numerous opposite branches 
and opposite leaves, which latter are two to four inches long, 
obovato-lanceolate, connate toothed, except near the base, 
somewhat distinctly three or five-nerved, with a few oblique 
veins. 
