SCARLET MONKEY FLOWER (Mimulus cardindlis, Dougl.). 

 Flowers scarlet, about 2 inches long, corolla 2-lipped, upper 

 lip erect, its lobe and the lower lip turned back; stamens (4) 

 long exserted; flowers borne on upright peduncles about 3 inches 

 long, from the axils of the upper leaves. Leaves ovate or 

 lanceolate, opposite, without footstalks. A stout, branching 

 perennial herb, hairy and sticky, 2 to 4 feet high, blooming 

 from June to October, in swampy ground or along watercourses 

 throughout California and Oregon, and eastward to Arizona. 



The Scarlet Monkey Flower was one of the discoveries of 

 David Douglas, who in the 1830's sent the seeds to England 

 from the Pacific Coast. The splendid flowers proved a note- 

 worthy novelty to florists, as no Mimulus of just this color 

 had been known until that time. It has continued to be a 

 favorite in cultivation. In its native haunts, it is one of the 

 most striking of wild flowers, and visitors to the Yosemite 

 Valley, as well as the Grand Canon of Arizona, are pretty 

 sure to be greeted with a sight of it its unrivaled flowers glow- 

 ing brightly against the green background of the stream- 

 banks and denagas where it delights to dwell. 



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