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calyx 25-30 mm. long, ridge-angled, narrow near base but mostly slightly cylindric-expanded, 

 its lobes attenuate-tipped, the uppermost 8-10 mm. long, about one and a half times as long 

 as the others ; corolla 55-65 mm. long, pale yellow, externally slightly glutmous, its throat 

 campanulate, nearly as long as and abruptly widened from the narrow tube, ventrally minutely 

 puberulent and with 2 low ochraceous-orange ridges, its lobes strongly bifid (one-fourth to 

 one-half their depth) ; anthers glabrous ; capsule 16-17 mm. long, dehiscing throughout and 

 splitting septum to base. 



Rocky canyons and open slopes, Upper Sonoran Zone; lower slopes of Sierra Nevada, Plumas County to 

 Yuba County, California. Type locality: not stated. April-June. 



Mimulus bifidus subsp. fasciculatus Pennell, Proc. Acad. Phila. 99: 168. 1947. (Diplacus grandiflorus 

 Greene, Pittonia 2: 156. 1890.) Leaves and bracts narrower, linear-oblong, only 3-5 mm. (instead of 8-15 mm.) 

 wide- corolla 50 mm. long; plant lower and more spreading. Rocky hills. Upper Sonoran Zone; Santa Lucia 

 Mountains, Monterey County, California. Type locality: Santa Lucia Park, Arroyo Seco, Monterey County. 

 May. 



69. Mimulus aridus (Abrams) Grant. Low Bush Monkey-flower. Fig. 4589. 



Diplacus aridus Abrams, Bull. Torrey Club 32: 540. 1905. 

 Mimulus aridus Grant, Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 11: 336. 1925. 



Plant glutinous, and also obscurely puberulent on stems and pedicels, much-branched from 

 base, 2-4 dm. tall, the stems woody. Leaf-blades elliptic-lanceolate, dentate to denticulate-serrate, 

 plane, 4-6 cm. long, beneath slightly paler and glabrous though glandular-dotted, narrowing to 

 sessile or slightly petioled bases; pedicels 5-7 mm. long; calyx 35-40 mm. long, proximally 

 narrow and ridged, distally campanulately inflated and wing-angled, its lobes attenuate-tipped, 

 the uppermost 8-10 mm. long, about one and a half times as long as the others ; corolla 50 mm. 

 long, yellow, externally glutinous, internally glabrous, its throat campanulate, about half the 

 length of and abruptly widened from the narrow tube, ventrally with 2 low deep yellow ridges, 

 its lobes rounded or slightly emarginate; anthers glabrous; stigmas unequal, fimbriolate. 



Open rocky places. Upper Sonoran Zone; San Diego County, southern California. Type locality: Jacimiba, 

 San Diego County. April-June. 



70. Mimulus puniceus (Nutt.) Steudel. Red Bush Monkey-flower. Fig. 4590. 



Diplacus puniceus Nutt. Bot. Mag. 65: pi. 3655. 1838. 



Mimulus puniceus Steudel, Nom. ed. 2. 2: 150. 1841. 



Diplacus glutinosus va.T. puniceus Benth. in A. DC. Prod. 10: 368. 1846. 



Mimulus glutinosus var. puniceus A. Gray, Bot. Calif. 1 : 566. 1876. 



Plant glutinous, and also puberulent on stems, pedicels, and leaves, the stems extensively 

 woody and much-branched, erect or ascending, 6-15 dm. tall. Leaf -blades lanceolate, entire or 

 the lower undulate-serrulate, 3-10 cm. long, beneath slightly paler and stellate-pubescent, 

 attenuate-narrowed to sessile bases; pedicels 10-25 mm. long; calyx 20-25 mm. long, ridge- 

 angled or somewhat plicate, distally slightly wider, its lobes linear, the uppermost 6-8 mm. 

 long, about twice as long as the others; corolla 35-45 mm. long, red (its limb scarlet-red to 

 salmon-orange or carmine), externally puberulent and somewhat glutinous, internally glabrous, 

 its throat narrowly campanulate, about one and a half times as long as the narrow tube, ventrally 

 with 2 narrow orange (to flame-scarlet) ridges, its lobes truncate, emarginate and slightly 

 lobate ; anthers glabrous ; stigmas somewhat unequal, ciliolate ; capsule about 20 mm. long, 

 dehiscing throughout and splitting septum to base. 



Chaparral, usually rocky, Upper Sonoran Zone; Santa Catalina Island and coastal territory, Los Angeles 

 County, California, to northern Lower California. Type locality: San Diego, California. Feb.-June. 



71. Mimulus Flemingii Munz. Channel Islands Bush Monkey-flower. Fig. 4591. 



Diplacus parviflorus Greene, Pittonia 1: 36. 1887. 



Mimulus parviflorus Grant, Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 11: 344. 1925. Not Lindl. 1825. 



Mimulus Flemingii Munz, Man. S. Calif. 477. 1935. 



Plant glutinous, and also puberulent on stems, pedicels, and leaves, the stems extensively 

 woody and much-branched, erect or diffuse, 1-8 dm. tall. Leaf-blades ovate-oblong, denticulate 

 to entire, 2-7 cm. long, beneath slightly paler and glabrous, cuneately narrowed to sessile bases ; 

 pedicels 8-20 mm. long; calyx 20-23 mm. long, ridge-angled, distally scarcely wider, its lobes 

 linear, the uppermost 6-7 mm. long, about one and a half times the length of the others ; corolla 

 30^0 mm. long, decurved, red (its limb vermilion-scarlet), its throat cylindric-campanulate, about 

 as long as the narrow tube, internally orange-chrome, its lobes rounded or retuse ; anthers glabrous, 

 slightly exserted; stigmas equal or nearly so, fimbriolate; capsule 13-15 mm. long, not seen 

 mature. 



Canyons and bluffs. Upper Sonoran Zone; Channel Islands (Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz and Anacapa), south- 

 ern California. Type locality: Santa Cruz Island, California. March-July. 



72. Mimulus clivicola Greenm. Bank Monkey-flower. Fig. 4592. 



Mimulus clivicola Greenm. Erythea 7: 119. 1899. 

 Eunanus clivicola Heller, Muhlenbergia 1 : 60. 1904. 



Annual glandular-pubescent herb, the stems erect, 0.5-1.5 dm. tall. Leaf -blades narrowly 

 elliptic, distally denticulate to dentate, cuneate to sessile bases ; pedicels 3-10 mm. long, much 

 shorter than subtending leaves ; calyx becoming 7-10 mm. long, wing-angled and somewhat 

 plicate, its lobes nearly equal, triangular-acuminate, nearly 2 mm. long; corolla 15-20 mm. 

 long, purple, internally ventrally yellowish, pubescent, 2-ridged, its lobes rounded, nearly equal; 



