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h. M. Lewis'ii Pursh. Perennial, with erect, rather slender stems, 

 1-2 ft. high, or more. Leaves lanceolate-ovate, with the margin 

 finely toothed. Corolla rose-red, 2 in. long, the border of roundish, 

 spreading lobes. Stamens included within the corolla. This is one 

 of the handsomest species. It grows in shady, moist places from 

 British Columbia through California, in the mountains. 



c. M. brev'ipes Benth. Annual, 1-2 ft. high, viscid-pubescent. 

 Leaves lanceolate to linear, 1-4 in. long. Calyx teeth unequal, 

 pointed. Corolla yellotv, 1^ in. long, the border campanulate, an inch 

 across, ivith rounded lobes. From Monterey southward. 



d. M. Bolan'deri Gray. A nnual, with stems about a foot high, viscid- 

 pubescent. Leaves oblong, 1-2 in. long. Corolla crimson, an inch 

 long, tubidar, with the border slightly spreading. ' This is common in 

 the foothill region of the Sierra Nevada through California. 



e. M. moscha'tus Dougl. Musk-plant. Perennial, with low, 

 spreading stems, soft-hairy, musk-scented. Corolla light yelloiv, h in. 

 long. This grows in wet place and roots at the joints of the 

 stem. Widely distributed. 



/. M. Langsdor'ffii Don. Annual or perennial, the former slen- 

 der, the latter stout, growing in wet places and rooting at the 

 joints of the lower parts of the stem. Stem leaves round, clasp- 

 ing ; root leaves on petioles, with a roundish blade at the top and 

 a few small leaflets below. Corolla yellow, with brown or red spots, 

 decidedly 2-lipped, large, from 1 to Ih in. long. Widely distributed 

 and extremely variable. 



g. M. tri'color Lindl. (Euna'nus Benth.). Low, with spreading, 

 leafy branches. Corolla 2 in. long, with a short, slender tube and wide 

 border of almost equal lobes, rose-purple, marked icith deep crimson, and 

 with yellow throat. This is a very beautiful plant, and grows in low, 

 damp places. From middle California northward. 



h. M. Douglas'ii Gray (Euna'nus Benth.). Erect, with stems 

 beginning to flower when an inch or so high. Corolla crimson, 

 decidedly 2-lipped, the lower lip wanting, or much shorter than the 

 upper lip ; tube from 1 to 1 ^ in. long ; throat funnel-form, dilated. 

 Throughout California, in bloom usually very early. 



i. M. glutino'sus Wendland (Dip^lacus Nutt.). Shrubby, 3-6 ft. 

 high, with glutinous, evergreen foliage. Leaves opposite, serrate, 

 veiny. Flowers yellow or reddish, large and showy, solitary, on pedicels 

 in the leaf axils. This is common throughout California, and has 

 many forms regarded as species by good botanists. 



j. M. exi'lis Dur. Annual, erect, with branched stems about a 

 foot high, leafy and soft-hairy, somewhat viscid, flowering from the 

 first. Leaves lanceolate, sessile, entire, the lower longer than the 

 upper and shorter than the pedicels. Calyx 5-cleft, bell-shaped, 

 the tube without angles and almost without nerves. Corolla a little 



