Genus io. 



FIGWORT FAMILY. 



4. Mimulus Geyeri Torr. Geyer's Yellow 

 Monkey-flower. Fig. 3778. 



M. GeyeriToTT. in Nicollet, Rep. Up. Miss. 157. 1843. 

 Mimulus Jamesii T. & G.; Benth. in DC. Prodr. 10: 



371. 1846. 

 M. glabratus var. Jamesii A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. Ed. 



2, a 1 : 447. 1SS6. 



Perennial by stolons, glabrous or nearly so; 

 stems slender, creeping, diffusely branched, root- 

 ing at the nodes, 6-18' long. Leaves broadly 

 ovate, orbicular or broader, very obtuse, denticu- 

 late or entire, membranous, truncate, subcordatc, 

 or rarely narrowed at the base, palmately veined, 

 short-petioled or the upper sessile, l'-l' in diam- 

 eter; peduncles slender, longer than the oblique 

 calyx in fruit, about as long as the leaves ; calyx 

 scarcely toothed, 3"-4" long at maturity; corolla 

 yellow, 4" -6" long, the lower lip bearded at the 

 base within, the throat broad ; seeds nearly smooth. 



In brooks and swamps, Ontario to Illinois, Ne- 

 braska, Wyoming and Colorado. June-Sept. 



5. Mimulus moschatus Dougl. Musk-flower. 

 Musk-plant. Fig. 3779. 



M. moschatus Dougl.; Lindl. Bot. Reg. pi. 1118. 1827. 



Perennial, villous-pubescent, viscid, musk-scented; 

 stems creeping and ascending, branched, slender, &-12' 

 long. Leaves ovate or oblong, short-petioled, acute or 

 obtuse at the apex, denticulate, rounded or subcordate 

 at the base, i'-2' long, s"-i2" wide; peduncles slender, 

 longer than the calyx; flowers 1' long or less; calyx- 

 teeth lanceolate, acuminate, nearly equal ; corolla yel- 

 low, 2-3 times as long as the calyx. 



In wet places, Newfoundland to Pennsylvania, Ontario 

 and Michigan ; apparently introduced from western North 

 America, where it is widely distributed. June-Sept. 



Mazus japonicus (Thunb.) Kuntze, a low herb with 

 mostly basal, slender-petioled obovate repand leaves and 

 racemose violet flowers, the campanulate calyx not angled, 

 has been found at Washington, D. C, and abundantly 

 about New Orleans, La. It is native of eastern Asia. 



13. CONOBEA Aubl. PI. Guian. 2 : 639. pi. 258. 1775. 



Herbs, with opposite pinnately parted pinnatifid incised or serrate leaves, and small blue 

 or white peduncled flowers, solitary or two together in the axils. Calyx 5-parted, the seg- 

 ments narrow, equal. Corolla irregular, the tube cylindric, the limb 2-lipped ; upper lip emargi- 

 nate or 2-lobed; lower lip 3-lobed. Stamens 4. didynamous, ascending, included; filaments 

 filiform; anther-sacs parallel, not confluent. Style incurved at the summit; stigma 2-lamel- 

 late. Capsule globose, oblong or linear, septicidally dehiscent, the valves entire or 2-cleft 

 Seeds numerous, oblong, striate. [Guiana name.] 



About 8 species, natives of America. Besides the fol- 

 lowing, another occurs in the southwestern United 

 States. Type species : Conobea aquatica Aubl. 



i. Conobea multifida (Michx.) Benth. 

 Conobea. Fig. 3780. 



Capraria multifida Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 22. pi. 35. 



1803. 

 Conobea multifida Benth. in DC. Prodr. 10: 391. 1846. 



Annual, finely viscid-pubescent ; stem at length 

 diffusely branched, 4'-8' high, very leafy. Leaves 

 petioled, l'-l' long, pinnately parted into 3-7 linear 

 or linear-oblong obtuse entire or incised segments; 

 flowers greenish-white, 2"-2*" long, mostly solitary 

 in the opposite axils, about as long as their filiform 

 peduncles; calyx-segments linear-subulate, slightly 

 shorter than the corolla; capsule narrowly ovoid, 

 glabrous, about equalling the calyx. 



Along streams and rivers, Ontario to Ohio, Iowa. 

 Kansas, Kentucky, Alabama and Texas. Introduced 

 along the Delaware below Philadelphia. June-Sept. 



