1796 



* MfMULUS luteus ; var. variegatus. 

 Variegated Monkey -flower. 



DID YN AMI A ANGIOSFER'SIIA. 



Nat. ord. Scrophularine^e, Juss. (Introduction to the Natural Sijstem 

 of Botany, p. 228.) 



MIMULUS.— Supra, vol U.fol. 874. 



§. Caule basi saepius procumbente vel repente, rarius erecto ; foliis 3-5-nerviis 

 dentatis ; calycibus ovatis tubulosisve ssepiils inflatis. Bentham Scroph. 

 hid. p. 28. 



M. luteus ; glaber, foliis eroso-dentatis inferioribiis longe petiolatis ovatis sub- 

 lyratisve siiperioribus rotundatis cordato-amplexicaulibus, calycibus ovatis 

 fructiferis campanulatis dentibus ovatis acutis supremo maximo. Benth. I c. 



M. luteus. Limi. Sp.pl. 884. aliorumque. 



Var. variegatus ; corollae tubo stramineo intus maculato, limbo purpureo. 



M. variegatus. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1872. 



M. luteus variegatus. Hooker in Bot. Mag. 3336. 



The first plants of this species which appeared in this 

 country were reared from seeds received from Paris ; but we 

 believe without any intimation of its native country. Since 

 that time Chile has been stated to be the origin of the species, 

 but we know not upon what certain authority ; not a spe- 

 cimen have we ever seen of it from that country. We should 

 almost be inclined to suspect it to be some garden production, 

 if it did not remain true from seed ; at all events we agree 

 with Dr. Hooker in referring it to M. luteus as a variety. 



It is the prettiest of the genus, and is raised with the 

 greatest facility, provided its seed is sown in a damp place 

 under the shade of a wall, or where it is not fully exposed to 



See folio 1330. 



