MIMULUS 



MIMUSOPS 



2055 



fls. violet; peduncle shorter than calyx; calyx-teeth 

 short and broad, abruptly sharp-pointed. Wet places, 

 W. New England to Kans., south to Texas. L.B.C. 

 5:410. 



AA. Fls. yellow, brown or brick-red, often spotted. 

 B. Plant annual. 



3. brevipes, Benth. Viscid-pubescent, 1-2 ft.: Ivs. 

 bright green, to 4 in. long, lanceolate to linear: fls. large 

 (to \Y<i in. long) clear canary-yellow, the limb broad 

 and with rounded lobes; calyx-teeth acuminate, very 

 unequal. Calif. Seeds are now offered. 



BB. Plant perennial, herbaceous, 

 c. Foliage not sticky or clammy. 



4. cupreus, Regel (M. luteus var. cupreus, Hook. By 

 Gray included in his var. alpinus of M. luteus). A 

 Chilean species, differing from M. luteus in its tufted 

 habit and the fls. yellow at first, finally becoming cop- 

 per-colored, and the lobes possibly rounder and more 

 nearly equal, the throat yellow, spotted brown. B.M. 

 5478. Gn. 24, p. 177. R.H. 1883, p. 284. Perhaps not 

 specifically distinct from the next. 



5. luteus, Linn. MONKEY-FLOWER. Fig. 2376. 

 Glabrous, the larger forms 2-4 ft. high: Ivs. parallel- 

 veined, ovate to roundish to subcordate, sharply 



2376. Forms of Mimulus luteus. ( X 1 A) 



toothed, upper ones smaller, the lower sometimes 

 laciniate: fls. deep yellow and commonly with dark 

 spots within, the corolla 1-2 in. long; calyx J^in. or less 

 long, somewhat ventricose. Alaska to Chile. B.M. 

 1501. Monkey - flowers nearly always have yellow 

 throats with brown dots. The lobes are sometimes 

 clear yellow. In var. rivularis, Lindl., only 1 lobe has a 

 large brown patch. B.R. 1030. L.B.C. 16:1575. Invar. 

 Youngeana, Hook., every lobe has such a patch. B.M. 

 3363. B.R. 1674 (asM. Smithii). In the common strains 

 these patches are more or less broken up and the fls. 

 mottled and dotted. F. 1863:73 (as M. moculosus). 

 V. 10:289 (as M. hybridus). A very distinct set of 

 colors is represented by var. variegatus, Hook., the 

 throat chiefly white, but with 2 yellow longitudinal 

 lines dotted with brown on the middle lobe of the lower 

 lip; all the lobes bright crimson-purple, with a violet 

 reverse. B.R. 1796. B.M. 3336. L.B.C. 19:1872. 

 G. 29:335. Modified as described under var. Young- 

 eana. R.H. 1851:261. F. 1850:137. The pictures 



cited above bear various legends. The varietal names 

 given above do not appear in the trade, the leading 

 current names being duplex (hose-in-hose), gloriosus, 

 hybridus, hybridus tigrinus, hybridus tigrinus grandi- 

 florus, quinquevulnerus maximus, pardinus, tigridioides 

 and tigrinus. Some of these names are advertised as 

 varieties, but all of them frequently appear as if they 

 were species. For M. hybridus cupreus, Hort., see M. 

 cupreus, No. 4. M. Burnetii, Hort., is a garden hybrid 

 between M . luteus and M. cupreus. G.C. III. 30 : 107. 



Var. alpinus, Gray (M. Roezlii, Hort.). About 2-12 

 in. high, leafy to top: st. 1-4-fld. : corolla %-l % in. long. 



cc. Foliage sticky or viscous. 



6. cardinalis, Douglas. Villous, 2-4 ft. high: Ivs. 

 sharply toothed: fls. red and yellow, the upper lobes 

 much grown together and reflexed, the whole limb 

 remarkably oblique. Water-courses, Ore. and Calif, to 

 Ariz. B.M. 3560. R.H. 1857, p. 137 (as Diplacus). 

 Mn. 8:161. F. 1843 : 193. Hardy in Mass., with slight 

 winter covering. Blooms first year from seed. 



7. Lewisii, Pursh. A more slender plant than No. 6, 

 greener, and merely pubescent: Ivs. minutely toothed: 

 fls. rose-red or paler, the lobes all spreading. Shady, 

 moist ground. Brit. Col. to Calif, and Utah. B.M. 

 3353 and B.R. 1591 (both as M. roseus). 



8. moschatus, Douglas. MUSK-PLANT. Perennial, by 

 creeping sts. 1-3 ft. long, villous and sticky, with a musky 

 odor: Ivs. oblong-ovate: fls. pale yellow, lightly Jotted 

 and splashed with brown, the corolla about %in. long. 

 Brit. Col. to Calif, and Utah. B.R. 1118. This and 

 M. luteus have a broad throat. The fls. are normally 

 about %in. across, but in F.M. 1877:248 (var. Har- 

 risonii) they are 1}^ in. across. Hardy, evergreen 

 trailer for damp shady spots; good for planting under 

 cool greenhouse benches. 



BBB. Plant perennial, woody or shrubby (at least 

 at base). 



9. glutindsus, Wendl. (Diplacus glutinosus, Nutt.). 

 Shrubby, 2-6 ft. high, nearly glabrous but sticky: 

 Ivs. narrow-oblong to linear, entire or denticulate, to 

 4 in. long, the margins at length re volute: fls. to 2 

 in. long, short-pedicelled, orange or salmon to pale 

 buff, rather obscurely 2-lipped, the lobes toothed or 

 notched. Rocky banks; common from San Francisco 

 south. B.M. 354 (M. aurantiacus) . G.W. 15, p. 649. 

 A.G. 12:737. A.F. 12:1107. A very variable species. 



M. capensis, Hort., is listed abroad as fit for cool greenhouse or 

 pot-plant, or for warm border: 3-4 in. high: fls. bright orange, 

 Apr.-July. Said to resemble M. cardinalis in habit and infl. M. 

 radicans of the lists is probably Mazus radicans (Mimulus radicans, 



Hook - L) - WILHELM MILLER. 



L. H. B.f 



MIMUSOPS (Greek, ape-like, but application not 

 obvious). Including Imbricaria. Sapotacese. Tropical 

 trees, with milky juice, some of them producing edible 

 fruit, planted far South mostly for ornament. 



Leaves thick and shining, simple and entire, alter- 

 nate, with inconspicuous transverse veins: fls. perfect, 

 gamopetalous, the corolla of 6 or more lobes, but bear- 

 ing twice as many appendages in the sinuses, the calyx 

 of 6 or 8 sepals in 2 rows; stamens usually 6-8, inserted 

 on the base of the corolla; staminodia present: fr. a 

 globose or ovoid, 1-6-seeded berry, sometimes edible. 

 Probably 60 species in the tropics of both hemispheres. 

 The species are confused and the names in the trade 

 may not represent the species as now accepted by 

 botanists. For a recent account of the W. Indian 

 species, consult Pierre & Urban in Symbols; Antil- 

 lanse, V (1904). The mimusops are fine evergreen trees, 

 good for ornament in frostless countries, and yielding 

 perfumery, oil, rubber and other products. The fls. 

 are small, white, and usually borne in axillary fas- 

 cicles. Some of the species become more than 100 ft. 



