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Mimulds montioides : pusillus (semi — tripollicaris), glaber ; radice 

 annua ; foliis linearibus seu lineari-spathulatis basi attenuata sessilibus 

 integerrimiis subtrinervibus pedunculos saspissime adtequantibus vel 

 excedentibus, imis nunc oblongis ; calycis oblongi dentibus bi'evibus 

 aequalibus, ore I'ecto ; corolla aurea nunc fauce purpureo-guttata calyce 

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

 calyce paullo longiore. — High 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 apparently was also collected in the Rocky 

 Mountains of Colorado by Dr. Parry. 



MlMULUS inconspicuus (Gray in Bot. Whippl., char, reform.) : 

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

 gerrimis 3 - 5-nervatis sessilibus pedunculos sa?pius adrequantibus ; 

 calyce prismatico, fructifero oblongo pedunculo ajquilongo, ore recte 

 truncato, dentibus seu denticulis brevissimis asqualibus ; 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 : antherte biloculares muticae. Stylus filif'ormis 

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

 placentas auferentibus. Semina numerosissima, parva : testa nucleo conformis. 

 Suffrutices Mexicani, scabrido- vel glanduloso-pubentes ; foliis oppositis subses- 

 sililms rugoso-venosis ; pedunculis axillaribus brevibus aut unifloris plerumque 

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

 B. Coulteri.) 



Berendtia Ghiesbrechtii : foliis obovato-oblongis basi cuneata iutegerrima 

 ultra medium cremito-dentatis ; pedunculis saepissime unifloris ; calycis dentibus sub- 

 ulatis tubo 2-3-plo brevioribus ; corollaj tubo (pollicari) limbo suo calyceque triplo 

 longioribus ; stigraatis lobis lineari-oblongis ; antherae loculis divergentibus. — 

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

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

 the exserted genitalia, 1^ to nearly 2 inches long. 



Berendtia Coulteri : foliis oblongis seu obovatis fere integerrimis basi minus 

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

 brevioribus ; corollae tubo e calyce vix exserto, limbo amplo ; antheris subsaggita- 

 tis ; stigmatis lobis ovalibus. — Mexico, No. 1334, 1335, coll. Coulter, ex herb. 

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



Berendtia rugosa = Diplaeus rugosus, Benth. in DC. Prodr. 10, p. 368, is a 

 congener of the above, fide Benth. in litt. 



