310 YELLOW TO ORANGE 



YELLOW MONKEY-FLOWER 



Mimulus Langsdorjii. Figwort Family 



Stems: erect. Leaves: ovate, sessile, denticulate. Flowers: terminal; 

 calyx ventricose-campanulate; corolla-tube cylindric, its limb bilabiate, 

 the upper lip erect, two-lobed, the lower lip spreading, three-lobed. 



A small plant bearing abnormally large quaint flowers, 

 bright yellow in colour and usually spotted with brownish- 

 red inside the corolla. The lower three-cleft lip is heavily 

 bearded within by soft fine hairs, and so tiny are the little 

 roundish leaves, and so slim the short stems, that the big 

 bright blossoms appear rather top-heavy for so small a plant. 

 Not actually growing in the water, but rather on those low 

 marshy islands so frequently set in the middle of the alpine 

 streams, you will find myriads of these Yellow Monkey-flowers 

 nestling amid the mosses and reeds which spring up so luxu- 

 riantly between the stones by the river's brink. 



YELLOW ORTHOCARPUS 



Orthocarpus luteus. Figwort Family 



Stems : strict, erect, branched above, densely leafy. Leaves : ascending, 

 linear, entire or sometimes three-cleft, sessile, long-acuminate: bracts of 

 the dense spike lanceolate. Flowers : in dense spikes, yellow ; calyx 

 tubular, with acute teeth; corolla-tube slender, the limb two-lipped, the 

 upper lip ovate, obtuse, the lower lip saccate, three-toothed. 



An uninteresting member of the numerous Figwort Family. 

 It has very dense, slender, erect spikes, covered with tiny 

 leaves and bracts and numerous bright yellow flowers. These 

 flowers have a single upper lip and a three-toothed lower lip. 

 The Yellow Orthocarpus usually grows in dry soil. 



