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BIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA, 



bidentata ; calycibiis 

 deorsiim truncatis. 



with 2 setaceous teeth 

 calyx obJiquely trun 

 cated. 



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Sp. pi. 3. p. 211. Walt. p. in. Mich, 2. p. 18. Pursh2. p. 425. 



i?oof perennial, creeping. Stem 6 — 12 inches high, terete, succulent 



Radicctl leaves crov/ded, stem leaves alternate, all 



lanceolate in their outline, pinnatitid, with the segments notched and tooth- 

 ed, somewhat reticulate underneath, when young very pubescent, when 

 old glabrous. Petioles conipressed and slightly fringed. Flowers 

 in crowded leafy spikes. Bracteas resembling the leaves. Calyx slight- 

 ly angled, 2-cleft at the summit, obliquely truncated backwards so as to 

 have no under lip. Corolla twice as long as the calyx, yellowish, tinged 

 "ivith purple, the lower lip 34obed, the intermediate lobe the smallest. 

 Stamens ^ \\iile shorter than the corolla, the 2 longer fdaments bearded 

 near the summit. Style longer than the corolla. Stigma slightly capi- 

 tate. Capsule compressed and opening at the summit. Seeds few in each 

 cell, slightly angled. 



Grows in rich shaded soils, rare along the sea coasts. 

 Flowers March — April. ■' , 



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MIMULUS. 



Calyx prismaticus, 

 5-dentatus. Corolla 

 ringens, labio superi- 

 ore lateribus replicato. 

 Stig77ia ' crassum. 

 Capsula 2-locularis» 



polysperma, 



1. RlNGENS^ 



M. erectus, glaber; 



G 



EN. 



P 



L. 



1049. 



Calyx 



tootned. 



prismatic, 



Corolla 



ringent, the upper 



with the sides folded 



back. 



Stigma 



thick. 



Capsule 2-celled, ma 

 ny seeded. 



Erect 



glabrous ; 



foliis sessiIibus,lanceo- leaves sessile^ lanceo 



latis, acuminatis, ser- late^ acuminate, ser- 



ratis ; pedunculis ax- rate 5 peduncles axil- 



^ oppositis, I lary, opposite, longer 



illaribus 



flore longioribus ; den 



than 



the 



flowers^ 



