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SCROPHULARlNEjfc. XLIX. MIMULUS. L. LEUCOCARPUS. 



lower ones petiolate : superior ones sessile ; calyx ovate, in- 

 flately campanulate in the fructiferous state ; teeth of calyx 

 broad, short : upper tooth large ; corolla one half longer, or hardly 

 twice as long as the calyx. If.. H. Native of Mexico, near 

 Moran, at the altitude of 1338 hexapods, and near Jalapa, and 

 at the foot of Mount Orizaba. M. propinquus, Lindl. bot. 

 reg. 1330. Corolla yellow. Surculi creeping. 



Smooth Monkey-flower. Fl. April, Oct. Clt. 1827. PL f foot. 



17 M. ANDI'COIUS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) quite glabrous; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, toothed, subcordate or cuneated 

 at the base ; calyx campanulate, 5-toothed : upper tooth the 

 largest ; corolla longer than the calyx. ^ . F. Native on the 

 declivities of the burning Mount Pichincha, near Chorro de 

 Cantuna, at the altitude of 1730 hexapods. Stems creeping, 

 branched, 2-3 inches. Peduncles longer than the leaves. Co- 

 rolla yellow ? 



Andicolous Monkey-flower. PI. creeping. 



18 M. PILOSIU'SCULUS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) rather pilose; 

 leaves petiolate, roundish-ovate, obtuse, subcordate at the base, 

 toothed ; peduncles shorter than the leaves ; calyx sub-campa- 

 nulate, 5-toothed, the upper tooth the largest ; corolla twice as 

 long as the calyx. I/. F. Native of Peru, near Patibilca, in 

 shady places. Stems creeping. Leaves 3-5-nerved. Corolla 

 yellow. 



Rather-hairy Monkey-flower. PI. creeping. 



19 M. MOSCHA'TUS (Dougl. in bot. reg. t. 1118.) stems dif- 

 fuse, clothed with woolly villi ; leaves petiolate, ovate, or ovate- 

 lanceolate, a little toothed, rounded at the base, rather pilose, 

 and somewhat clammy ; calyx tubular, but oblong in the fruit- 

 bearing state, with lanceolate, unequal teeth. If.. H. Native 

 about the Columbia river, on the north-west coast of America. 

 The plant exhales a strong scent of musk. Flowers small, 

 yellow. Plant diffuse, rooting at the base. 



Musk-scented Monkey-flower. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1826. 

 PL diffuse. 



M. FI.ORIBU'NDUS (Dougl. in bot. reg. 1125.) diffuse, 

 loosely pilose, clammy ; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, a little 

 toothed, truncate at the base, or rounded ; calyx small, ovate- 

 tubular, almost equally truncate, with very short, acute teeth. 

 0. H. Native of California, and the north-west coast of 

 America, at the Columbia river. Corollas yellow. 



Bundle-fowered Monkey-flower. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1826. PL 

 | foot. 



21 M. ALSINOIDES (Doug. mss. ex Benth. scroph. ind. p. 29.) 

 glabrous, diffuse ; leaves on long petioles, ovate, a little toothed, 

 cuneated or rounded at the base ; calyx small, tubularly-ovate, 

 obliquely truncate, with short teeth. Q.? H. Native of the 

 north-west coast of America, Douglas ; and California, Men- 

 zies. Corollas yellow. ? 



Far. a, paniculatus (Benth. 1. c.) 



Var. (j, minimus (Benth. 1. c.) peduncles 1-3-flovvered. Na- 

 tive at the Columbia river, Douglas and Scouler. 

 Chickrvecd-like Monkey-flower. PL diffuse. 



22 M. PRIMULOIDES (Benth. scroph. ind. p. 29.) glabrous, 

 stoloniferous ; floriferous branches short ; leaves nearly sessile, 

 obovate, obscurely toothed, and quite entire ; peduncles elon- 

 gated, solitary, terminal ; calyx tubular, with short teeth. Q. ? 

 H. Native of the north-west coast of America, Douglas. 



Primrose-like Monkey-flower. PL creeping. 



23 M. PEDUNCULA'RIS (Dougl. mss. ex Benth. scroph. ind. p. 

 29.) plant downy, humble ; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, a 

 little toothed, cuneated or rounded at the base ; calyx small, 

 tubularly ovate, with short, acute, nearly equal teeth. Q. ? H. 

 Native of the north-west coast of America, Douglas. 



Peduncular Monkey-flower. PL dwarf. 



24 M. JAVA'NICUS (Blum, bijdr. p. 755.) stem creeping ; leaves 



petiolate, ovate, toothed, rather scabrous ; peduncles axillary, 

 solitary, or terminal, subfastigiate. I/ . S. Native of Java, in 

 grassy places in the western provinces, where it is called Dinkut- 

 matta-Kujup. Plant downy. There is also a var. /3, pusilla, 

 Blum, bijdr. 756. 



Java Monkey-flower. PL creeping. 



| 3. Stems diffuse. Leaves feather-nerved, thin, toothed. Calyx 

 tubularly ovate. 



25 M. NEPALE'NSIS (Benth. in Wall. cat. no. 3917.) glabrous, 

 diffuse ; leaves petiolate, ovate, serrated, cuneated at the base, 

 or rounded ; calyx ovate-tubular, with short, acute teeth : the 

 upper tooth a little larger than the rest. Native of Nipaul. 



Nipaul Monkey-flower. PL diffuse. 



4. Stems creeping. Leaves thickish, quite entire, and quite 

 glabrous. 



26 M. ORBICULA'RIS (Wall. cat. no. 3919.) Benth. scroph. 

 ind. p. 29.) glabrous, creeping ; leaves petiolate, orbicular, quite 

 entire, thickish ; calyx ovate-tubular, truncate, with very short 

 teeth. Native of the Birmann Empire, at Rangoon and Tavoy, 

 Wall. 



Orbicular-leaved Monkey-flower. PL creeping. 



27 M. RE'PENS (R. Br. prod. p. 439.) glabrous, creeping ; 

 leaves ovate, obtuse, quite entire, half stem-clasping, thickish ; 

 calyx ovate-tubular, truncate, with very short teeth. 1J-. F. 

 Native of Van Diemen's Land, Gunn. ; and New South Wales. 

 Habit of Herpestis Monniera. 



Creeping Monkey-flower. PL creeping. 



28 M. GRA'CILIS (R. Br. 1. c.) quite glabrous, erect; leaves 

 linear-oblong, or oblong, obtuse, entire ; peduncles elongated. 

 %. G. Native of New Soutli Wales, about Port Jackson. 



Slender Monkey-flower. PL erect. 



Cult. Most of the species are showy, and worth cultivating 

 for ornament. The shrubby kinds grow well in a light rich 

 soil ; and cuttings of them strike root readily under a hand- 

 glass in the same kind of soil. The perennial herbaceous kinds 

 are well adapted for decorating flower-borders, thrive in any 

 common garden soil, and all prefer a moist shady situation. All 

 of them require some protection in severe weather : they are 

 readily increased by division and seeds. The seeds of annual 

 species may either be sown where the plants are intended to 

 remain, or they may be reared on a hot-bed, and afterwards 

 planted out into the open ground. 



L. LEUCOCA'RPUS (from XIVKOQ, leucos, white ; and 

 Kapiroe, karpos, a fruit ; in reference to the white baccate fruit.) 

 D. Don, in Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. t. 124. Conobea species, 

 Graham. Mimulus species, Kunth. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx campanulate, 

 5-toothed, 5-angled, or 5-ribbed; teeth nearly equal. Corolla 

 tubular, ringent ; throat furnished with 2 elevated bearded 

 plicae ; limb bilabiate ; lobes roundish, with revolute edges. 

 Stamens 4, didynamous : the 2 superior ones the shortest ; lobes 

 of anthers divaricate, inserted into a hemispherical connective. 

 Stigma bilamellate ; lobes or lamellae ovate, acuminated, papil- 

 lose above. Berry roundish, succulent, spongy, 2-celled, inde- 

 hiscent, many-seeded ; placentas 2, large, succulent, fixed to 

 the dissepiment, which is contrary, with revolute edges. Seeds 

 disposed in a single series, not cumulated, reticulately wrinkled, 

 hardly scrobiculate. An erect, branched, green, annual ? herb. 

 Angles of the stem and branches winged, acute. Leaves oppo- 

 site, stem-clasping, perfoliate, lanceolate, acuminated, sharply 

 serrated, membranous, varicose and paler beneath, a hand to a 

 span long. Flowers axillary, cymose. Cymes usually twice 

 trifid, many-flowered, rarely 3-flowered : the middle flower 



