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1. Gratiola L. 



Calyx o-parted, with two bractlets. Corolla 

 2-labiate. Filaments 4; two of them fertile, 

 two sterile (sometimes 0). Ovary oo-ovulate. 

 Capsule loculicidal, at length septifragal. 



1. G. EBRACTEATA Benth. Corolla pale. 

 O. — Marin County. Spring. 



2. Mimetanthe Greene. 



Calyx campanulate, not angulate. Capsule 

 dehiscent only by the dorsal suture. 



1. M. PILOSA Greene. Corolla yellow. — 0. 

 Dry river beds. Summer. The whole plant 

 has a nauseous smell, resembling that of Datura 

 stramonium. 



3. Mimulus L. Monkey-flower. 



Calyx angular; angles carinate. Placentae of 

 the capsule remain united and only separate at 

 last near the apex. Valves of the capsule mem- 

 branaceous. 



1. M. iNCONSPicuus Gray. Glabrous; leaves 

 ovate, entire, 3-5nerv'ed; all cauline leaves ses- 

 sile ; calyx ventricose, its teeth about equal and 

 very short; corolla yellow. — 0. Livermore. 

 Summer. 



2. M. NASUTUS Greene. Glabrous; stem 4- 

 angular; leaves dentate, 3-5 nerved, mostly 

 petioled; calyx ventricose, in fruit conspicu- 

 ously pointed by the projecting upper tooth; 



