Vol. III.] 



FIGWORT FAMILY. 



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Mimulus 



moschatus Dougl. Musk-flower. Musk-plant. (Fig. 3269.) 



Mimulus mosclialus Dougl.; Lindl. Bot. Reg. />/. iiiS. 

 1827. 



Perennial, villous-pubescent, viscid, musk -scented; 



stems creeping and ascending, branched, slender, 6'- 



12' long. Leaves ovate or oblong, short-petioled, acute 



or obtuse at the apex, denticulate, rounded or subcor- 



date at the base, I'-a' long, 5"-i2" wide; peduncles 



slender, longer than the calyx; flowers i' long or less; 



calyx-teeth lanceolate, acuminate; corolla yellow, 2-3 



times as long as the calyx. 



In wet places, Locust Valley, Long Island; Middle 

 Grove, Saratoga Co., N. Y.; Alma, N. B, (according to 

 Macoun). Adventive from the Pacific Coast. June-Sept. 



12. CONOBEA Alibi. PI. Guian. 2: 639. 

 //. 25s . 1775. 



Heibs, with opposite pinnately parted pinnatifid 

 incised or serrate leaves, and small blue or white 

 peduncled flowers, solitary or two together in the axils. Calyx 5-parted, the segments 

 narrow, equal. Corolla irregular, the tube cylindric, the limb 2-lipped; upper lip emar- 

 ginate or 2-lobed; lower lip 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, ascending, included; filaments 

 filiform; anther-facs p.irallel, not confluent. Style incurved at the summit; stigma 2-lamel- 

 late. Capsule globose, oblong or linear, seplicidally dehiscent, the valves entire or 2-clcft. 

 Seeds numerous, oblong, striate. [Guiana name.] 



.\bout S species, natives of .\merica. Besides the following, another occurs in the southwestern 

 United Stales. 



I. Conobea multifida (Michx.) Benth. 

 Conobea. (Fig. 3270.) 



Caf>raria miillifida Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 22. />/. jj. 



1803. 

 Conobea multifida Benth. in DC. Prodr. lO: 391. 1846. 



Annual, finely viscid-pubescent; stem at length 

 diffusely branched, 4'-S' high, very leafy. Leaves 

 petiolcd, yi'-i' long, pinnately parted into 3-7 

 linear or linear-oblong obtuse entire or incised seg- 

 ments; flowers greenish-white, 2"-2yi" long, 

 mostly solitary in the opposite axils, about as long 

 as their filiform peduncles; caly.x -segments linear- 

 subulate, slightly shorter than the corolla; capsule 

 narrowly ovoid, glabrous, about equalling the 

 calyx; seeds longitudinally striate. 



Along streams and rivers, Ohio to Iowa and Kansas, 

 south to Kentucky and Texas. Introduced along the 

 Delaware below Philadelphia. June-Sept. 



13. MONNIERA P. Br. Civ. & Nat. Hi.st. Jam. 269. //. 28. f. 3. 1755. 

 [HKRi'RSTrs Gaertn. Fruct. & Sem. 3: i85. //. 2/4. 1805.] 



Erect diffuse or prostrate herbs, with opposite entire serrate, or, in some aquatic species, 

 dissected leaves, and small yellow blue white or variegated peduncled flowers, mostly soli- 

 tary in the axils. Calyx 5-parted, the upper segment the broadest. Corolla irregular or 

 nearly regular, the tube cylindric, the limb more or less 2-lipped; upper lip 2-lobed; lower 

 lip 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, included; anther-sacs parallel or divergent. Style 

 slender; stigma capitate, or 2-lobcd. Capsule globose or ovoid, seplicidally or loculicidally 

 dehiscent. Seeds numerous. [Named for Louis Guillaume le Monnier, 1713-1799, professor 

 of botany in the Jardin du Roi, Paris.] 



.\bout 60 species, natives of warm and tropical regions. In addition to the following, 2 others 

 occur in the southern United States. 



Corolla almost regular, 5-lobed; leaves spatulate. i. M. Monniera. 



Corolla manifestly 2-lipped. 



Stem erect; leaves serrate, not clasping, black in drying. 2. M. acuminata. 



Stem creeping or ascending; leaves entire or crenulate, clasping. 



Leaves ovate, punctate. 3. M. Caroliniana. 



Leaves obovale or orbicular, not punctate. 4. M. rolundifolia. 



