1924] 
GRANT—A MONOGRAPH OF THE GENUS MIMULUS 149 
M. Smithii Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 20: pl. 1674. 1835, not Paxton. 
Stems ascending or decumbent; calyx oval, more or less spotted 
with red; corolla deep yellow, throat dotted with red and each 
lobe with a large broad reddish spot near the margin. 
Distribution: known only from Chile and from specimens cul- 
tivated in European gardens. 
10d. Var. nummularis C. Gay, Hist. Chile 5: 140. 1849; 
Reiche, Fl. Chile 6: 60. 1911. 
M. nummularis C. Gay, Hist. Chile Atl. 1: pl. 57. 1854. 
Stems glabrous, 1-2 dm. long, fistulous, decumbent or ascend- 
ing, rooting freely from the nodes; leaves ovate or elliptical, 
1.5-2.5 em. long, 1-2 em. wide, acute, coarsely serrate, sessile 
and clasping or tapering to a short broad petiole, 3-5-nerved; 
flowers few in а terminal raceme, rarely solitary, pedicels longer 
or shorter than the subtending leaves, stout, somewhat quad- 
rangular; calyx campanulate, 1.5-2 cm. long, more’or less spotted 
or tinged with red, teeth broadly triangular-acute, the upper 
larger; corolla 3.5-4.5 cm. long, yellow, tube slender, throat wide 
open, lobes unequal, upper lip erect, middle lobes of the spreading 
lower lip with a single large spherical reddish spot near the center 
and numerous small dots down the throat; capsule stipitate; 
seeds longitudinally striate. 
Distribution: along streams and in swampy places in Chile. 
Specimens examined: 
Chile: swampy places and brooks near Rio Colorado, in the 
vicinity of Santiago, 15 Feb., 1902, Hastings 523 (Cornell and 
U. S. no. 530408). 
10e. Var. alpinus Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 12: under pl. 1050. 
1826; Hook. in Curtis, Bot. Mag. II. 8: under рі. 3836. 1834. 
_A coarse, short-stemmed, puberulent perennial; stems 9-15 cm. 
high, erect; leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-3 cm. long, 
8-1,5 em. broad, coarsely and irregularly toothed, 5-nerved, 
generally short-petioled with a broad base, upper leaves sometimes 
sessile; flowers few, mostly solitary, terminal, pedicels 2 or more 
times as long as the subtending leaves, usually 4 3 
calyx frequently spotted with red, teeth broadly ovate, the upper 
