MIMULUS 



MIMUSOPS 



2055 



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

 short and broad, abruptly shari)-pointed. Wet places, 

 \V. New England "to Kans., south to Texas. L.B.C. 

 5:410. 



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

 D. Plant annual. 



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

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

 (to 13-2 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. c&preus, Rcgel (.1/. liiteus var. chpreus, Hook. By 

 (Jray included in his var. alpinu.i of M. luteu.<<). A 

 Chilean species, differing from M. luleus 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. 1SS3, p. 284.— Perhaps not 

 specifically distinct from the next. 



5. liiteus, Linn. Monkey-Flower. Fig. 2376. 

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

 veined, ovate to rnundish to .subcordate, sharply 



2376. Forms of Mimulus luteus. (XH) 



toothed, upper ones smaller, the lower sometimes 

 laciniate: fls. deep yellow and commonly with dark 

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

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

 l.')01. — Monkey-flowers nearly always have yellow 

 throats with brown dots. The lobes are sometimes 

 clear vf-llow. In var. rivularis, Lindl., only 1 lobe has a 

 large brown patch. BR. 1030. L.B.C. lti:l. '57.5. In var. 

 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. maculosxis). 

 V. 10:289 (as M. hybrulus). 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. 33:i6. L.B.C;. 19:1872. 

 G. 29:33.5. 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, 

 hyhridus, hybrid us tigrinus, hybridus tigrinus grandi- 

 Jlorus, quinquevuinerus maxiinu.'i, pardinus, ligridioidcs 

 antl tigrinus. Some of these names are advertised as 

 varieties, b>it all of them frcf|ucntly appear as if they 

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

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

 between M. luleus 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 Ji'-IM ™. long. 



cc. Foliage sticky or mscous. 



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

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

 mucii gro\TO together and reflexed, the whole limb 

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

 Ariz. B.M. 3.560. R.H. 1857, p. i:37 (as Diplacu.s). 

 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 jialer, the lobes all spreading. Shady, 

 moist ground. Brit. Col. to Cahf. and Utah. B.M. 

 3353 and B.R. 1.591 (both as M. roseus). 



8. moschatus, Douglas. Mdsk-Plant. Perennial, by 

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

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

 and splashed with brown, the corolla about J'sin. long. 

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

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

 about Jiin. 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. glutinSsus, Wendl. (Diplacus glutinosus, Nutt.). 

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

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

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

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

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

 notched. Rockv banks; common from San Francisco 

 south. B.M. 3.54 {A[. aurantiacus) . G.W. 15, p. 649. 

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



M. cap&nsis, 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, 

 radicaJis of the lists ia probably Mazus radicans (Miiiivilu.s radicana, 

 Hook. f.). WiLHELM MiLI.EK. 



L. H. B.f 

 MIMUSOPS (Greek, ape-like, but application not 

 obvious). Including Imbriearia. Sapolacea-. Tropical 

 trees, with milky juice, some of them jjroducing edible 

 fruit, planted far South mostly for ornament. 



Leaves thick and shining, simjilc 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 cah-x 

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

 on the bii.se of the corolla; staminodia present: fr. a 

 globo.se 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 Symbola- Antil- 

 hvna', V (1904). The minmsops are fine evergreen trees, 

 good for ornament in frostless <'ountri('S, .and yielding 

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

 are small, white, anil usually home in axillary fas- 

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



