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MiMULUS MONTioiDES : pusillus (semi - tripollicaris), glabei' ; radice 

 annua ; foliis linearibus seu lineari-spathulatis basi attenuata sessilibus 

 integerriraiis subtrinervibus pedunculos sfepissime adeequantibus vel 

 excedentibus, imis nunc oblongis ; calycis oblongi dentibus brevibus 

 gequalibus, ore recto ; corolla aurea nunc fauce purpureo-guttata calyce 

 2-3-plo longiore (lin. 6-9 longa, limbo amplo), nunc pallidiora parva 

 calyce pauUo longiore. — Higb sierras of Fresno Co., Prof. Brewer. 

 Near Carson City, Nevada, Dr. C. L. Anderson. Near Empire City 

 Nevada, Dr. Torrey. Mono Pass, Bolander. The latter of the small- 

 flowered variety, which a])parently was also collected in the Rocky 

 Mountaiias of Coloiado by Dr. Parry. 



MiMULUS iNCONSPicuus (Gray in Bot. Whippl., char, reform.) : 

 glaber, erectus, 2 - 6-pollicaris e radice annua ; foliis ovatis fere inte- 

 gerrirais 3 - 5-nervatis sessilibus pedunculos sa^pius ada^quantibus ; 

 calyce prismatico, fructifero oblongo pedunculo asquilongo, ore recte 

 truncato, dentibus seu denticulis brevissimis ajqualibus ; corolla rosea 

 vel purpurea (3-5 lin. longa) calyce sesqui vel bis longiore. — Larger 

 specimens than those of Dr. Bigelow, collected near Monte. Diablo by 

 Prof. Brewer, in Placer Co., by Mr. Rattan, along with a still larger 

 form. No. 199 of Bridges' collection recently distributed by the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, enable me to give a better character to the species. 



quinti : filamenta filiformia exserta : antheras bilocidarcs miitici«. Stylus filiformis 

 exsertus : stigma bilamellatum. Capsula loculicida, valvis integris medio septiferis 

 placentas aixferentibus. Scmina numerosissima, parva : testa nucleo conformis. 

 Siiftrutices Mexican!, scabrido- vel glanduloso-pubeiites ; foliis oppositis subses- 

 silibus rugoso-venosis ; pedunculis axillaribus brevilms aut unifloris plerumqiie 

 bibiacteatis aut trifloris ; corolla ampla purpurea vel rubra. (Char, carpologica e 

 B. Coulteri.) 



Bekendtia Ghiesbkechtii : foliis obovato-oblongis basi cuneata integerrima 

 ultra medium crcnato-dentatis ; pedunculis sispissime unifloris ; calycis dentibus sub- 

 ulatis tubo 2 - 3-plo brevioribus ; coroUaj tubo (pollicari) limbo suo calyceque triple 

 longioribus ; stigmatis lobis lineari-oblongis ; antherse loculis divergentibus. — 

 Chiapas, Ghiesbrecht, Dr. H. Berendt (an indefatigable explorer of the archaeology 

 and natural history of Mexico, to whom the genus is dedicated). Flower, including 

 the exserted genitalia, Ij to nearly 2 inches ^png. 



Bekendtia Coulteri : foliis oblongis seu obovatis fere integerrimis basi minus 

 angustatis ; pedunculis ssepius 3 -5-floris ; calycis dentibus latioribus tubo dimidio 

 brevioribus ; coiollffi tubo e calyce vix cxserto, limbo amplo ; antheris subsaggita- 

 tis ; stigmatis lobis ovalibus. — Mexico, No. 1334, 133.5, coll. Coulter, ex herb. 

 Trin. Coll. Dubl. — Limb of the corolla half an inch in width. 



Bekendtia rugosa = Diplacus rugosus, Beiith. in DC. Prodr. 10, p. 368, is a 

 congener of the above, fide Benth. in litt. 



