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1 to 3 in. long, Vz to \% in. wide. Flowers showy, on long 

 pedicels much exceeding the leaves. Corolla pink, plainly 

 2-lipped, but the lips similar (\ l / 2 to 2 in. long, throat y 2 to Y\ 

 in. wide). Stamens shorter than corolla-tube. 



Along streams and in wet places of our high mountains 

 this pink Mimulus replaces the scarlet species of the foothills 

 and low valleys. It is a robust perennial, sometimes 3 ft. high 

 and covered throughout with short hairs. It grows on the 

 slopes of Clouds Rest, at Snow Flat, at Glacier Point, etc. 



11. M. palmed Gray. Slender annual, 3 to 12 in. high, 

 minutely pubescent and glandular throughout. Leaves lance- 

 olate to oblanceolate, sometimes toothed, ^ to 1 in. long, 

 usually less than ^ in. wide. Lower pedicels long, spreading 

 or even deflexed. Corolla nearly % in. long, scarcely 2-lipped, 

 lobes spreading, red, with yellow marks near the throat. 



The delicate, bright-red flowers, each on a slender pedicel, 

 best mark this species, which has been found from Hetch 

 Hetchy to Crockers and Moss Creek. Our form, differing 

 from typical specimens in its lanceolate, acute calyx-teeth, 

 is sometimes known as M. biolettii Eastw. Another form, 

 which has been described as M. Ulicaulis Wats., is very much 

 dwarfed, being only 1 to 4 in. high. Its calyx-teeth are very 

 acute and the corolla is marked with purple as well as yellow 

 in the throat and tube. It was described from specimens 

 collected on Snow Creek by J. W. Congdon, and has not since 

 been found. 



12. M. acutidens Greene. Slender branching annual. 

 Leaves* ovate, mostly toothed, ^ to ^ in. long. Pedicels 

 erect, the lower becoming longer than the calyx. Corolla Yz 

 in. long, rose-color (or yellow). — Alder Creek trail, 5500 ft. 

 alt., to the foothills. Known by its smooth, glabrous herbage 

 and broad calyx appearing as though cut off at the top. 



13. M. breweri Coville. A delicate annual, seldom 6 in. 

 high, with usually simple stem, decidedly glandular. Leaves 

 linear or lanceolate, entire or nearly so, % to ^ in- long. 

 Pedicels ascending. Calyx truncate at summit, with short 

 sharp teeth. Corolla rose-color, slightly exserted, J4 in. long. 

 Capsule with seed-bearing walls (placentae) united below the 

 middle. — Rather common throughout the Sierra Nevada. M. 

 rubellus Gray, may be distinguished, if found, by its scarcely 

 glandular herbage, blunt calyx-teeth, and placentae separate 

 to base. 



14. M. mephiticus Greene. Plant 2 to 6 in. high, annual, 

 with nearly sessile flowers in most of the leaf-axils and in 



