STICKY MONKEY FLOWER (Mimulus glutinosus, Wendl.). 

 Flowers showy, usually buff or salmon-color, sometimes reddish 

 or even crimson, funnel-form with spreading lobes ragged 

 edged, and somewhat suggesting azaleas, borne on short foot- 

 stalks in the leaf axils. Leaves narrow, opposite, 1 to 4 inches 

 long, evergreen and glutinous. A shrub 2 to 6 feet high. 

 Common throughout California from San Francisco southward 

 on hills and rocky banks, blooming from April till July and 

 sparingly at other seasons. 



The shrubby character of this Mimulus puts it in a class to 

 itself as other species of this large and interesting genus are 

 herbaceous. On this account, mainly, it has been given gen- 

 eric distinction by some botanists as Diplacus glutinosus. It 

 runs into many varieties, one of which, var. linearis, is marked 

 by exceedingly narrow, rather stiff leaves, and flowers of a 

 rich crimson, though oddly enough one may find sometimes 

 on the same plant the buff blossoms of the type. The Sticky 

 Monkey Flower is very ornamental and is one of several species 

 that have been introduced into cultivation. It has a place in 

 some conservatories. 



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