M I M 



M I R 



Anglo^permia, and ranks in ihc natural order 

 of Pcrsofiatfe. 



Thccliaractersare: thatthccalyxisaone-lcafcd 

 periantliiuni, oblong, prismatic, five-cornered, 

 iive-foldcd, live-toothed, equal, permanent : ttie 

 corolla is one-pctalkd, ringent: tube the length 

 ofthecalvx: border two-lipped: upper lip up- 

 right, bifid, rounded, bent back at the sides : 

 lower lip wider, trifid, w'ah the segments round- 

 ed; the middle one smaller: palateconvcx, bitid, 

 protruded from the base of the lip : the stamina 

 have four filaments, filiform, within the throat; 

 two shorter: anthers bifid-kidney-form: the 

 pistilluni is a conical germ : style filitbrm, the 

 length of the stamens : stigma ovate, bifid, com- 

 pressed: the periearpium is an oval, two-celled 

 capsule, opening transversely at top : partition 

 membranaceous, contrary to the valves: the 

 seeds very many, and small : the receptacle ob- 

 long, fastened on each side to the partition. 



The species cultivated are : ] . M. ringeiis, 

 Oblong-leaved Monkey-flower; 2. M. afaliis, 

 Wing-stalked Mimulus ; 3. M. mirantiacus, 

 Orange Monkey-flower. 



The first has a perennial root : the stalk is 

 annual, square, a foot and half high, with two 

 oblong smooth leaves at each joint, broadest at 

 their base, where they join round the stalk, but 

 ending in acute points : the lower part of the 

 stalk sends out two or three short branches, and 

 tlie upper part is adorned with two flowers at 

 each point, from the bosom of the leaves on each 

 side ; they are of a violet colour, and have no 

 scent. It is a native of Virginia and Canada, 

 flowering in .Inly and August. 



The second species has (he appearance of the 

 first sort : the stem is winged with four mem- 

 branes running down from tiie base of the peti- 

 oles, simple, smooth, with a branchlet or two at 

 top : the leaves are two inches long, veined, un- 

 equally serrate: the piduncles axillarv, solitary, 

 opposite, four-cornered, thickened ut top. It 

 is a native of North America, flo\\cring in July 

 and August. 



The third has the stalk about ihree feet hioh, 

 much branched, shrubby, round, the \oung 

 wood grten, with a tinge of purple towards the 

 lower part of each joint, slightly viscid, as it 

 becomes older changing to alight-brown colour, 

 and discovering manifest fissures : the braitchcs 

 alternately opposite, ilowcr-bearing quite to the 

 base : the leaves are opposite, sessile, slightly 

 connate, the bliintness at the end jnrticularly 

 apparent when contrasted w ith a leaf o\' the first 

 sort, toothed or sliglitly serrate, smooth, veinv : 

 the flowt;rs inodorous, large, nearlv twice the 

 size of those of the .first sort, uniformly pale 

 orange, growing in pairs from the axils of the 



leaves, on peduncles that are about half the length 

 of the calyx. It flowers during must of ilie 

 summer. 



Culture. — This plant is very hardy in respect 

 to cold, but should have a loamy soft sod, 

 rather moist than dry, and not too much exposed 

 to the sun. 



The first sort may be increased by parting the 

 roots not too small, and planting them in ati- 

 tumn, or the early spring, but the former is the 

 better season. It may also be raised by seeds, 

 which should be sown in aulnnm, soon after 

 thev become perfectly ripe, on a border exposed 

 to tl'.e morning sun. 



The third sort may likewise be increased In 

 the same manner. 



The fourth kind is best propagated by plant- 

 ing cuttings of the young shoots or branches in 

 the early "spring in pots of fresh mould, plun- 

 ging them in a mild hot-bed, being afterwards 

 managed as the other sorts. 



The first is capable of bearing cold when 

 planted in a loamy, soft, rather moist soil, not 

 too much exposed to the sun. 



This and the second sort may be introduced 

 in the borders and clumps, and the third among 

 other potted plants of the less tender kinds. 

 MINT. See Mentha. 



MIKABILI8, a genus furnishing plants of 

 the flowery perennial kind. 



It belongs to the class and order PentanJria 

 Monogynia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Nyclagines. 



The characters are: that the calyx has the outer 

 perianthium one-leafed, erect-ventricose, infe- 

 rior, five-parted : segments ovate-lairceolate, 

 sharp, miequal, permanent : mnerijlobular placed 

 under the petal, with a contracted entire mouth, 

 and permanent : the corolla is one-petalied, fun- 

 nel-form : the tube slender, \o\vz, thicker at top, 

 placed on the inner calyx : border from upright 

 spreading, entire, bluntly five-clelt, plaited; nec- 

 tarv spherical, fleshy, surrounding the germ, 

 with a i^ve-toothed moulh : teeth very sni.-.H, 

 triangular, coiiverging : the stamina have five li la- 

 ments inserted into theorilice of the ncctarv.aud 

 alternate with its teeth, within the inner calvx 

 free, more slender, fasiened at bottom to the 

 tube of the corolla, filiform, the length oi' the 

 corolla, inclining, unequal : i^nthers twin, round- 

 ish, rising : the iiistilhun is a turbinate germ, 

 within the nectary : style filiform, the length and 

 situation of the fctamcns : stigma globulnr, dot- 

 ted, rising: there is no periearpium : the inner 

 calyx incrusfs the seed and falls with it: I he seed 

 single, ovate -five-cornered. 



The species, cultivated are: 1. M. jahipri, 

 Common Marvel of Peru ; i.'. M. dkholonu^ 



