FIGWORT FAMILY 727 



100. Mimulus tricolor Hartw. Tricolor Monkey-flower. Fig. 4620. 



Mimulus tricolor Hartw. ex Lindl. Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. 4: 222. (June) 1849. 

 Eunanus Coulteri Harv. & Gray ex Benth. PI. Hartw. 329. (August) 1849. 

 Eunanus tricolor Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 1: 99. 1885. 



Annual glandular-pubescent herb, the stems ascending, 1-12 cm. tall, branched at base. 

 Leaf-blades oblanceolate, obtuse, obscurely denticulate to entire, pinnately and longitudmally 

 veined, cuneately narrowed to sessile or scarcely petioled bases (basal exceeded by cauline leaves) ; 

 pedicels 2-3 mm. long; calyx becoming 12-14 mm. long, pale glabrescent intervenmg surface as 

 wide as the green pubescent ridges, its lobes oblong-ovate, the uppermost longest, 3 mm. long, 

 the postero-lateral pair 2 mm. long, the lowest pair 1 mm. long but commencmg about 1.5 

 mm. proximad to other lobes ; corolla 30-40 mm. long, purple, its tube about twice as long as 

 the calyx, its throat decurved and funnelform-campanulate, dorsally dark purple, ventrally 

 white (distally yellow) with 2 sharp puberulent ridges, on and between \yhich are many 

 small dark purple spots, its lobes purple and each with a large dark purple median spot ; anthers 

 finely pubescent; stigmas nearly equal, truncate; capsule 7-8 mm. long, straight, apparently 

 indehiscent. 



Wet clay soil, especially desiccated pools. Lower Sonoran Zone to Transition Zones; Willamette Valley, 

 western Oregon, south to San Joaquin Valley, central California. Type locality: presumably Yuba County, Cali- 

 fornia. April-June. 



101. Mimulus pulchellus (Drew) Grant. Pansy Monkey-flower. Fig. 4621. 



Eunanus pulchellus Drew ex Greene, Pittonia 2: 104. 1890. 

 Mimulus pulchellus Grant, Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 11: 316. 1925. 



Annual herb, hirsute especially on calyx-tubes, the stem erect or ascending, 1.5-2 cm. tall. 

 Leaf-blades narrowlv oblanceolate, obtuse, entire, longitudinally veined, attenuate to sessile 

 or scarcely petioled bases; pedicels 1-2 mm. long; calyx 8-10 mm. long, straight, plicate-ridged, 

 pale glabrescent intervening surface much wider than the hirsute ridges, its lobes enlarged, 

 obtuse, the uppermost longest and united most of length to the postero-lateral pair, the lowest 

 pair much shorter and with deep anterior sinus; corolla 15-45 mm. long, externally somevvhat 

 pilose; its tube two and one-half to four times the length of the calyx, yellow or yellowish; 

 its throat decurved, narrowly campanulate, dorsally and laterally dark purple, ventrally yellow, 

 finely maroon-dotted, hirsute to basal half of lowest lobe, and with 2 sharp lower ridges; its 

 lobes rounded, the dorsal pair purple and arched, the lateral pair purple or yellow, and the 

 lowermost one yellow; anthers hirsute; stigmas nearly equal, truncate, ciliate; capsule at least 

 4-5 mm. long. 



Moist meadows, Transition Zones; Sierra Nevada of Tuolumne and Mariposa Counties, California. Type 

 locality: Lake Eleanor, California. May-July. 



102. Mimulus angustatus A. Gray. Narrow-leaved Pansy Monkey-flower. 



Fig. 4622. 



Eunanus Coulteri var. angustatus A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 7: 381. 1868. 

 Eunanus angustatus Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 1 : 99. 1885. 

 Mimulus angustatus A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. ed. 2. 2i: 443. 1886. 



Annual hirsute-pilose herb, the stems only about 0.5 cm. tall, much-branched. Leaf -blades 

 linear-oblanceolate, obtuse, entire, nearly veinless, attenuate to sessile bases; pedicels 0.5-2 mm. 

 long; calyx 10 mm. long, straight, its narrow tube somewhat plicate-ridged, its lobes enlarged, 

 ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or obtusish, the uppermost but little exceeding the others ; corolla 35^5 

 mm. long, externally glabrous, its tube 3 to 6 times the length of the calyx, yellow or yellowish, 

 its throat decurved, funnelform-campanulate, dorsally and laterally dark purple, ventrally 

 glabrous, pale with dark purple dots and with the 2 ridges narrow and sharp, its lobes all 

 purple, each with a median round dark purple spot; anthers hairy; stigmas nearly equal, 

 rounded ; capsule at least 3 mm. long, presumably tardily dehiscent. 



Desiccated pools and like depressions, Upper Sonoran Zone; foothills of the Sierra Nevada from Plumas 

 County to Fresno County, California. Type locality: Long Valley, Plumas County, California. April-June. 



103. Mimulus Kelloggii Curran. Kellogg's Monkey-flower. Fig. 4623. 



Eunanus Kelloggii Curran ex Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 1: 100. 1885. 

 Mimulus Kelloggii Curran ex A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. ed. 2. 2^: 443. 1886. 



Annual herb, pubescent with spreading or recurved hairs some of which are gland-tipped, 

 the stem erect, 0.2-3 dm. tall. Leaf-blades oblanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, obscurely 

 denticulate to entire, cuneately narrowed to sessile or slightly petioled bases ; pedicels 3-5 mm. 

 long; calyx 12-14 mm. long, somewhat decurved, the tube plicately ridged, pale glabrescent 

 intervening surface as wide as the green glandular-pubescent ridges, its lobes blunt or rounded, 

 the uppermost longest, 3 mm. long, and joined far to the postero-lateral pair, the lowest pair 

 free 1 mm. ; corolla 30-45 mm. long, purple, glabrous throughout, its tube twice to two and a 

 half times the length of the calyx, proximally white, distally dorsally dull purple and ventrally 

 yellow, its throat short, funnelform-campanulate, dorsally arched and dark purple, laterally 

 and distally only slightly paler, ventrally with 2 yellow ridges, its lobes circular-rounded, the 

 two upper 7 mm. long, about twice the length of the three lower lobes ; anthers pilose-ciliolate ; 

 stigmas fimbriate-ciliolate, the upper short and triangular-acute, exceeded by the lower plate- 



