FIGWORT FAMILY 721 



attenuate to sessile bases ; pedicels 1-5 mm. long ; calyx becoming 7 mm. long, ridge-angled its 

 lobes equal or nearly so, acute to attenuate, about 2 mm. long ; corolla 12-16 mm. long, yellow, 

 or sometimes purple, internally ventrally loosely pilose, with 2 ridges and with conspicuous 

 brown spots, its lobes rounded; anthers minutely pubescent; stigmas nearly equal, ciliolate; 

 capsule 6-8 mm. long, dehiscing throughout both dorsally and ventrally, and splitting septum 

 to base. 



Sandy granitic soil, Canadian and Hudsonian Zones; Sierra Nevada from Sierra County to Mariposa County, 

 California. Type locality: Cloud's Rest, Yosemite, California. june-Aug. 



78. Mimulus densus Grant. Yellow-and-Purple Monkey-flower. Fig. 4598. 



Mimulus densus Grant, Ann. Mo. Bot. Card. 11: 298. 1925. 



Annual glandular-pubescent, the stems erect, 0.5-1.2 dm. tall. Leaf -blades oblanceolate or 

 lanceolate, obtuse, entire, obscurely longitudinally veined, attenuate to sessile bases; pedicels 

 1-4 mm. long ; calyx becoming 7-9 mm. long, ridge- to slightly wing-angled (angles green and 

 hirsute-pubescent, with intervening surface pale or scarious), its lobes slightly unequal, lanceolate 

 or somewhat attenuate, the uppermost 3-3.5 mm. long; corolla 15-20 mm. long, yellow or purple 

 (on different plants, but frequently in same colony), internally ventrally pilose or pubescent, 

 dark-spotted and -lined, with 2 shallow ridges ; anthers finely pubescent ; stigmas equal or nearly 

 so, finely ciliate; capsule 7-10 mm. long, dehiscing throughout both dorsally and ventrally, and 

 also splitting septum to base. 



Gravelly or rockv soil, among sagebrush or jur.iper-pifion. Transition Zones; eastern slope of the Sierra 

 Nevada from Lassen County to Mono County, California, eastward on ranges of Great Basin in Isevada. lype 

 locality: near Austin, Lander County, Nevada. May-July. 



79. Mimulus coccineus Congdon. Sierra Monkey-flower. Fig. 4599. 



Mimulus coccineus Congdon, Erythea 7: 187. 1900. 



Mimulus statnincus Grant, Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 11: 302. 1925. 



Mimulus Wolfii Eastw. Leaflets West. B,ot. 1 : 44. 1933. 



Annual glandular-pubescent herb, strong-scented, the stems erect, 0.5-18 cm. tall. Leaf- 

 blades lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, entire, longitudinally veined, attenuate to sessile 

 bases ; pedicels 1-3 mm. long ; calyx becoming 4-8 mm. long, ridge-angled (between ridges pale 

 or scarious), its lobes attenuate, 1.5-3 mm. long; corolla 12-20 mm. long, purple, internally 

 dorsally dark purple within upper lip, ventrally pubescent and with 2 bright yellow ridges on 

 and between which are many conspicuous dark purple spots, its lobes rounded; anthers finely 

 pubescent; stigmas ciliolate, the lower slightly the larger; capsule 7-8 mm. long, dehiscing 

 throughout both dorsally and ventrally, and splitting septum to base. 



Sandy or gravelly soil. Transition Zones to Alpine Zone; Sierra Nevada from Alpine County to Tulare 

 and Inyo Counties, California. Type locality: summits of the Sierra Nevada, east of the Minarets, California. 

 Tune-Aug. 



80. Mimulus Johnstonii Grant. Johnston's Monkey-flower. Fig. 4600. 



Mimulus Johnstonii Grant, Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 11: 280. 1925. 



Annual glandular-pubescent herb, the stems erect, 0.5-2 dm. tall. Leaf -blades oblanceolate 

 to obovate-spatulate, acute, entire, obscurely longitudinally veined, cuneate to shortly petiolar 

 (or the upper sessile) bases ; pedicels 1-3 mm. long ; calyx becoming 8-9 mm. long, ridge-angled, 

 intervening surface pale and less pubescent, its lobes acuminate-attenuate, the uppermost 2-4 

 mm. long, about twice as long as the lowermost pair; corolla 13-15 mm. long, purple, internally 

 ventrally greenish yellow and purple-marked, and with 2 yellow pubescent ridges, its lobes 

 rounded ; anthers glabrous ; stigmas ciliolate, equal or nearly so ; capsule 8 mm. long, dehiscing 

 both dorsally and ventrally, and splitting septum to base. 



Gravelly soil, openings in coniferous forest. Transition Zones; San Gabriel Range, in Los Angeles and 

 western San Bernardino Counties, southern California. Type locality: San Antonio Canyon, San Antonio 

 Mountains, Los Angeles County. June-July. 



81. Mimulus Whitneyi A. Gray. Varicolored Monkey-flower. Fig. 4601. 



Eunanus bicolor A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 7: 381. 1868. Not Mimulus bicolor Hartw. 1849. 

 Mimulus nanus var. bicolor A. Gray, Bot. Calif. 1: 564. 1876. 

 Mimulus Whitneyi A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. ed. 2. 2^: 445. 1886. 



Annual finely glandular-pubescent herb, the stems erect, 1-6 cm. tall. Leaves few, mostly 

 clustered at summit of stem, their blades oblanceolate or elliptic-oblanceolate, obtuse, entire, 

 1-veined, attenuate to sessile bases; pedicels 1-2 mm. long; calyx becoming 5-6 mm. long, faintly 

 ridged, intervening surface pale or scarious and glabrescent, its lobes acuminate-attenuate, 2 mm. 

 long; corolla 10-16 mm. long, either pale yellow, with maroon areas on dorsal and maroon 

 streaking on ventral side of throat, or else purple, with similar dorsal areas but pale and_ with 

 purple lines and spots on ventral side, internally ventrally hairy and with 2 low yellow ridges, 

 its lobes rounded; anthers glabrous; stigmas ciliolate, slightly unequal; capsule 5-6 mm. long, 

 dehiscing throughout dorsally and ventrally and splitting septum to base. 



Gravelly soil, openings in coniferous forest, Canadian and Hudsonian Zones; southern Sierra Nevada of 

 Fresno and Tulare Counties, California. Type locality: Fresno County, California. June-Aug. 



