CATALOGUE. 223 
stems numerous from a slirulj1>y base, ascending, 4-8' liigli; leaves oblanceo- 
late, mostly acute, entire, sessile with a narrowed base, the lowermost some- 
what spatulate and short-petioled, 1-2' long by 2-4" wide; the secund 
racemes short and rather leafy at base, with 1-4-flowered peduncles ; sepals 
ovate or oblong-lanceolate, more or less acuminate, sometimes shghtly scari- 
ous and erose upon the margin; corolla 8" in lengtli, purple, dilated upward, 
somewhat bilabiate ; anther with confluent lobes, dehiscent to the middle, 
glabrous but hirsute-ciliate upon the margins ; sterile hlament flattened toward 
the apex, glabrous. — From the West Humboldt Mountains to Moniloi- XnWcy, 
Nevada, and in the Wahsatch and Uintas; G-7,000 feet altitude; June, 
July. (788.) 
MiMULUS Lewisii, Pursh DC. Prod/: 10. 370. Pubcriih'iii and some- 
what viscid-pubescent, erect ; leaves amplexicaul, o))]()iig or i-anAy ovate, 
acute, subdentate or denticulate, 5-7-nerved ; pednncles longer llian t he 
leaves ; teeth of the dilated tubular calyx sliort, acuminate ; corolla large, 
l-ll' in length, deep rose-color, the throat spotted with ycllo\\', lobes not 
reflexed; anthers included, glabrous. — Stems 1-3° high, with leaves 2-3' 
long; musky; growing on the banks of mountain sti-eams. Distinct fVom 
31. cardinalis, which is a Californian species, villous, with ovate erose-denlale 
leaves, reflexed corolla-limb and subexserted villous anthers. The latter 
probably occurs in the Sierras of Western Nevada, but 28 Anderson from 
near Carson City has glabrous anthers and is a doubtful specimen. Rocky 
Mountains of British America (latitnde 56°) and Southern Molilalia: Wind 
River Mountains, Wyoming ; Casca<le ^lountains, Oregon. East llumlxddt 
Mountains, Nevada, and in the AVahsatch and Uintas ; 7-8,000 feet altitude ; 
July, August. (789.) 
MiMULUs LUTEUS, L. DC. Prodf. 10. 370. Glabrous or viscid-j)iil>fr- 
ulent; stem ascending or erect; leaves mostly erose-dentate, orbicular, ovalf, 
or somewhat oblong, the lower long-petioled and nftrii suhlyraf c, tli*' iipjirr 
sessile or cordate-amplexica id, about 7-iit'i v( (l, slioiicr ihan the pc<inn(h's : 
calyx ovate, becoming inflated, with ovate tcclh, the u])|)er one lariro) : luhe 
of the dilated yellow corolla twiee loiiL^er than the caly.x. the lower hp 
bearded. — Very variable; stem 3'-4° hii.di, ><)ine\vhat stoloiiifennis at hase ; 
corolla G-18" in lenjrth. On the v.olei'n eesisi from Unahoka to ( ';.li!onjia ; 
Utah and Colorado. Frequent on the banks of niouiitain si reams tliroiigli 
Nevada and Utah ; 5-G,000 feet altitude : :\Iay-July. ( 7!»0.) 
