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mlmulus perfoliatus. perfoliate 

 Monkey-Flower. 



Class and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Scrophularine^. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx tubulosus, angulatus, 5-dentatus. Corolla perso- 

 nata ; labio superiore bilobo lateribus reflexo ; inferiore 

 trifido, laciniis subaequalibus. Stamina 4, didynama. An- 

 therarum lobis divaricatis. Stigma bilamellatum. Capsula 

 calyce inclusa, bilocularis, loculicido-bivalvis ; valvis in- 

 tegris. Kunth. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Mimulus * perfoliatus ; caule erecto alato, foliis lanceolatis 

 amplexicaulibus brevi-pubescentibus pedunculo axil- 

 lari solitario subcymoso multo longioribus. Graham. 



Mimulus perfoliatus. Humb. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. v. 2. p. 

 298. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 799. 



Conobea alata. Graham, in Ed. New Phil. Journ. Oct. 

 1830. p. 3. 



Descr. Root creeping. Stem (two feet and a half high) 

 erect, glabrous, shining, four-sided, four-winged, wings 

 undulate, and sparingly ciliated. Branches decussating, 

 spreading widely similar to the stem. Leaves (ten inches 

 *°ng, two broad) opposite, spreading horizontally, acutely 

 serrulate, lanceolate, attenuated and entire towards the 

 °ase, at their origin dilated and stem-clasping, much vein- 

 ed and reticulated, soft, covered on both sides with very 



short 



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