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Mimulus—continued. Mimulus—continued. 
1835. An erect, villous, hardy perennial. See Fig. 576. (B. M. having much larger richly coloured flowers, i ly 
3660; S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 358.) with crimson, maroon, at purge: on a 5 
M. Fremontii (Fremont's). fl. crimson, with spreading limb. sometimes uniformly yellow or reddish. M. guttatus is a Cali- 
l. spathulate or oblong. Stems ein. to Jin. high. California, 1882. fornian form near the last, in which the flowers are spotted with 
Half-hardy or greenhouse perennial, suitable for pot culture. edn on a yellow ground. 1 varieties of 
M. glutinosus (glutinous).* „., corolla usually buff or salmon- 3505; B . utiful.“ (B. M. 3336, 
F tino 3 65; B. R. 1030, 1796; S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 406.) M. l. Neubertt 
: colour, obscurely bilabiate. Flowers nearly all the year round. (Fig. 578) is a fos with double flowers. M. ) nobilis (Fig. 579 
J. linear-lanceolate, sub-connate, serrulate, acute. h. öft. 
California. A very elegant, erect, branching, greenhouse 
‘ shrub. Syn. Diplacus glutinosus. (B. M. 354, under name of 
; M. aurantiacus.) 
i M. g. puniceus (scarlet).* fl. varying from orange-red to scarlet ; 
3 corolla lobes commonly obcordate. Western California. (B. M. 
3 5055, under name of Diplacus puniceus.) 
M. guttatus (speckled). A synonym of M. luteus guttatus. 
M. Lewisii (Lewis’).* fl. rose-coloured ; corolla lobes spreading; 
peduncles longer than the leaves. August. J. amplexicaul, 
oblong, or rarely ovate, acute, somewhat toothed, many-nerved. 
h. 1ft. California, &c., 1831. Hardy, herbaceous, erect. SYN, 
M. roseus (under which name it is figured in B. M. 3353, B. R. 
1591, L. B. C. 1976, and S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 210). 
M. luteus (yellow).* Common Monkey Flower. A. yellow, with 
two dark marks in the mouth of the corolla, Summer. l. ovate 
or oblong, coarsely toothed. Stems ascending, stout, hollow, 
glabrous or glandular. >. gin. to 12in. Chili, 1826. Though 
generally treated as a half-hardy or hardy annual, this species 
is, under favourable conditions, of perennial duration. (A. B. R. 
661; B. M. 1501.) Mr. Hemsley remarks, in his Handbook of 
Hardy Trees, Shrubs, and Herbaceous Plants“: M. variegatus 
Fic. 579. MIMULUS LUTEUS NOBILIS, showing Habit and 
detached Flower. 
is a dwarf floriferous garden strain with “hose-in-hose” flowers 
varying in colour. 
M. I. cupreus (coppery).* fl. copper-coloured, purplish-brown, or 
crimson, almost 8 when the limb of the corolla velvety and 
spotted. Summer. J. ovate-lanceolate, toothed ; upper ones 
sessile. h. Sin. to 12in. Chili, 1861. (B. M. 5478; R. G. 3 
This species is the origin of a great number of very beau 
hybrids, known as M. maculosus. : iit 
M. moschatus (musk).* Musk. fl. yellow, small, nearly regular. 
June to 3 5 tiolate, ovate, or 1 
little toothed, rounded at the base, rather pilose, and somew t 
clammy. Stems diffuse, clothed with woolly villi. North-western 
America, 1826. A well-known and favourite little hardy peren- 
nial. (B. R. 1118.) 
M. primuloides (Primula-like).* fl. yellow, ringen 
axillary, scape-like, filiform peduncles, zin. to Ain. 
obversely lanceolate or obovate, many-nerved. C ; 
Hardy tufted perennial. (R. G. 1009.) rer en 
M. radicans (rooting). „. white, with a viole ; up 
small, bifid, “ower lange u 3 L mai, densely 
packed, obovate, obtuse, or 1 
creeping, with short leafy branc! New Zealand, A very 
pretty and attractive hardy perennial bog plant. 
M. repens preemies fl. lilac, ocr a yellow-spotted throat, 
comparatively large. J. 0 
1864. A dwarf greenhouse or hal -hardy perennial. GB. M. 5425. 
M. rivularis (river-bank). A synon: ym of N. luteus variegatus. 
M. roseus (rosy). A synonym of M. e e D : 
es A as A 
Fic, 577. FLOWERING BRANCH OF MIMULUS LUTEUS M. variegatus (variegated). A synonym of M. luteus var 5 : 
VARIEGATUS. MIMUSOPS (from mimo, an ape, and opsis, a face; 
YN. M. rivularis, see Fig. 577) and M. guttatus are considered | so named on account of the form of the corolla). Syn. 
y Some botanists as varieties of M. luteus, and by others as Synarrhena. ORD. Sapotacee. A genus comprising 
t, solitary. on 
gin, long. l 
t species; and the fact that hybrids between these : : ilky-jui trees, or 
forms and M. luteus are frequent, seems to strengthen the former | @bout thirty species of milky * es gam Fii 
supposition. M. variegatus (L. B. C. 1872) is a Chilian form, | rarely shrubs, broadly dispersed Gror. p gi h 
ie of the globe. Flowers fasciculate, in the axils, at the 
nodes, or at the apices of the branches; calyx segments 
six or eight; corolla lobes eighteen to twenty-four. 
Berry globose, edible. Leaves coriaceous. The two 
species here described are probably the only ones yet 
introduced. For culture, see Chrysophyllum. 
M. dissecta (divided). A synonym of M. Kauki. 
M. Elengi (Elengi fl. white, drooping, fragrant ; petals lanceo- 
late, a little torn at the tips; pedicels many together. fr. ovate, 
— slight e on one side, dotted, yellow when ripe. 
J. oval-lanceolate or oblong, acuminated. A. 50ft. Deccan and 
_ Malay Peninsulas, 1796. (B. F. S. 40.) 5 
: uki (Kauki white, fascicled. fr. oval, drooping. 
* moe ots bisai fiv or hoary beneath, crowded at the 
RA ; $ ranches. h. 0ft. Birma, Malaya, and tropical 
= peste ee a (B. M. 3157, under name of M. dissecta.) 
Fic. 578 FLOWER or MIMULUS LUTEUS NEUBERTI. a 
