FIGWORT FAMILY 705 



the orifice open and the slightly spreading lobes notched ; anthers glabrous ; capsule 4 mm. long, 

 not dehiscing through septum-apex. 



Moist sandy soil especially in pifion- juniper belt, Upper Sonoran Zone; southeastern California to southern 

 Colorado and New Mexico. Type locality: Organ Mountains of southern New Mexico. May-June. 



35. Mimulus Suksdorfii A. Gray. Suksdorf's Monkey-flower. Fig. 4555. 



Mimulus Suksdorfii A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. ed. 2. 2^ : 450. 1886. 



Annual glandular-puberulent herb, stems erect or diflfuse, usually densely much-branched, 

 0.1-0.6 dm. tall. Leaf-blades oblanceolate or oblong, entire, 1- or obscurely 3-veined, 1-1.5 cm. 

 long, sessile (the lowest much smaller and petioled) ; pedicels becoming 2-8 mm. long ; calyx 

 4-6 mm. long, ridged and slightly wing-angled, its lobes rounded-mucronulate, less than 1 mm. 

 long; corolla 5-7 mm. long, yellow (or rarely purple-lobed), the throat narrow, ventrally with 

 2 low puberulent ridges and faintly brown-spotted, the orifice open and the lobes notched; 

 anthers glabrous ; capsule 4 mm. long, not dehiscing through septum-apex. 



Moist sandy soil or rock crevices. Upper Sonoran Zone to Canadian Zone; southern Washington to south- 

 ern California, east to Wyoming and Colorado. Type locality: Mount Paddo [Adams], Washington. May-Aug. 



36. Mimulus androsaceus Curran. Androsace Monkey-flower. Fig. 4556. 



Mimulus androsaceus Curran ex Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 1: 121. 1885. 



Annual glandular-puberulent herb, the stems erect or ascending, 0.1-0.6 dm. tall. Leaf- 

 blades oblong-lanceolate, entire or distally blunt-toothed, nearly veinless, 0.3-0.7 cm. long, 

 clasping or slightly connate; pedicels becoming 15-27 mm. long; calyx 5-6 mm. long, ridged 

 to wing-angled, its lobes nearly 1 mm. long, rounded-mucronulate ; corolla 7-8 mm. long, purple, 

 throat narrow, yellowish or purple, ventrally with low yellow and slightly purple-spotted ridges, 

 the orifice open and the spreading lobes all rounded and slightly emarginate ; anthers glabrous ; 

 capsule 4 mm. long, not dehiscing through septum-apex. 



Sandy or stony chaparral Upper Sonoran Zone; Santa Clara County to Kern and Los Angeles Counties, 

 California. Type locality: Tenachapi, California. March-June. 



37. Mimulus barbatus Greene. Bearded Monkey-flower. Fig. 4557. 



Mimulus barbatus Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 1(1) : 9. 1884. 

 Mimulus deflexus S. Wats. Proc. Amer. Acad. 24: 84. 1889. 



Annual finely glandular-pubescent herb, the stems erect, 0.1-0.3 dm. tall. Leaf-blades linear 

 to narrowly oblong, entire, nearly veinless, 0.9-1.2 cm. long, narrowed to slightly connate bases; 

 pedicels 5-13 mm. long, becoming deflexed-spreading ; calyx 4-5 mm. long, ridge-angled, its 

 lobes about 0.5 mm. long, rounded-mucronate ; corolla 10-15 mm. long, yellow, or the upper 

 lip or even the whole corolla violet-purple, the tube narrow and about twice as long as the 

 calyx, the throat short and campanulate, its orifice open, the upper lip ascending, the lower 

 deflexed, proximally pubescent and usually purple-marked, the lobes all emarginate to notched ; 

 anthers glabrous, exerted beneath upper corolla-lip; stigmas ciliate-fringed ; capsule at least 

 4 mm. long. 



Granitic sand in mountain meadows, Canadian Zone; Tulare County, California. Type locality: unknown. 

 June— Aug. 



38. Mimulus gracilipes Robinson. Slender-stalked Monkey-flower. Fig. 4558. 



Mimulus gracilipes Robinson, Proc. Amer. Acad. 26: 176. 1891. 



Annual minutely glandular-puberulent herb, the stems erect, 0.6-1.5 dm. tall. Leaf -blades 

 lanceolate to narrowly oblong, entire or denticulate, 3-veined, narrowed to slightly connate bases ; 

 pedicels 15-25 mm. long; calyx 4-5 mm. long, in anthesis nearly plane, its lobes about 1 mm. 

 long, ovate-rounded, ciliate; corolla 12-15 mm. long, purple, the throat campanulate, ventrally 

 puberulent and with 2 low yellow ridges, orifice open, upper lip ascending, lower deflexed-spread- 

 ing, all lobes rounded; anthers glabrous. 



Probably gravelly soil or rock ledges. Transition Zones; Mariposa County of central California. Type 

 locality, Mormon Bar, Mariposa County, California. April-May. 



39. Mimulus purpiireus Grant. Little Purple Monkey-flower. Fig. 4559. 



Mimulus purpureas Grant, Ann. Mo. Hot. Gard. 11: 255. 1925. 



Annual glandular-pubescent herb, the stems erect, 0.2-1 dm. tall. Leaf-blades oblong- 

 lanceolate, entire or nearly so, obscurely 3-5 veined, 1-1.5 cm. long, slightly clasping at base; 

 pedicels becoming 40-50 mm. long; calyx 6-8 mm. long, only slightly ridged, its lobes 0.5-1 

 mm. long, ovate-rounded, mucronulate ; corolla 12-15 mm. long, purple, the throat narrow, 

 ventrally obscurely or not ridged, glabrous, the orifice open, upper lip arched-ascending, lower 

 deflexed-spreading, lobes rounded-emarginate ; anthers glabrous ; stigmas ciliate-fringed ; capsule 

 6 mm. long, dehiscing slightly through septum-apex. 



Probably sandy soil, Transition Zones; San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains of southern California. 

 Type locality: Bear Valley, San Bernardino Mountains, California. June-July. 



