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Mimu.us Rincens. Narrow-LEAvED> 
MonkKEY-FLOWER. 
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Cla/s and Order. 
DipyNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Generic Charaéer. 
Cal. #dentatus, prifmaticus. Cor. ringens; labio fuperiore 
lateribus replicato. Cap/. 2-locularis, polyfperma. 
Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. 
' MIMULWUS ringens ere€tus, foliis oblongis linearibus feffilibus. 
| Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 575. Ait. 
Kew. v. 2. p. 361. - Baa 
., EUPHRASIA floridana ly fimachiz glabre filiquofe foliis, qua- 
: : drato caule ramofior. Pluk. Amalth. 83. t.393- f- 3+ 
(gt, LYSIMACHIA galericulata f. Gratiola elatior non ramola, 
“peer &c. Gron. Fl. Virg. p..97. 
“te, =DIGITALIS perfoliata glabra flore violaceo minore. Mori/. 
Ps ee : Hifi. 2. DP. 479- Se 5. 1. S.f. 6. 
Crayton, in the Fi. Virg. publifhed by Gronovius, 
defcribes this plant as a native of Virginia, and fays of it, 
“ maddidis gaudet locis,” it delights in wet places: Linn#£us 
makes it a native of Canada alfo. eee 
_ It isa hardy, perennial, herbaceous plant, growing with us to” 
> the height of about two feet, and producing its flowers, which © 
. are of a pale violet colour, in July and Auguft; thefe are fre- 
quently fucceeded by capfules containing perfeét feeds, by 
which the plant may be propagated, as alfo by parting its 
roots in Autumn; Miitier recommends the feeds to be fown 
as foon as ripe. ; = —- ae 
The plant fucceeds beft in a moift and fomewhat fhady 
fituation, with a loamy foil. a ee 
ie, perufal of the fynonyms will fhew to what a variety of 
genera this plant has been referred by different authors ; Lin- 
n£us firft gave to it the name of Mimulus, of which term we’ 
find in his Philofopbia Botanica the following concife explana- 
tion:—“ MrmuLus mimus perfonatus;” in plain Englith, be 
ma{ked mimick : Mimmulus is a claffical word for the Pedi- 
cularis, or Loufewort; the Englifh term Monkey flower a 
probably been given it, from an idea that mimulus ni 
from juima a monkey, as in mimufops monkey face. 
