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MIMULUS 



MlMULUS (Latin, a Ultle mimic, from the grinning 

 fls.). Scrophiilaridceie. This genus includes the Monkey 

 Flower, M. litteus, and the Musk Plant, M. moschutiis. 

 Monkey Flowers are something like snapdragons, though 

 they do not have a closed throat. They are 2-lipped fls.. 

 witli 2 iipiii-r .'uiil .T lipwcr I.pIh's. wliich are all rounded 

 aii'i ii-uiiH- irr^ L'lil.irl-, .i'I:i-!Mrl imd dotted with brown 



Tl !i tinial, they are com- 



M I ' i I.. i.iisiderably used for 



<lo..i.,. rill Jlu.^k riiuii ia Mi"»" l"r its scented foliage 

 and pale yellow tls. It is soiuutinies used in hanging 

 baskets, but the foliage is so sticky that it gathers a 

 great deal of dust. 



Mimulus is a cenus of al)out 40 spci-ii'S, niostlv Ameri- 



ctli ; 



at the throat; stamens 4, didynaniuu- : rji.- 

 or linear, loculicidally dehiscent. 



The kinds described below are all |.. i.uiii 

 by underground parts, and most of tbim ai<- 

 wet and shady places in northwestern Anicric 

 monograph by A. Gray in Syn. Flo. N. Amp 

 part 1, pp. 273, 442. They mostly grow 2-4 fl 

 bloom all summer. Mimulus CiiUfnriiirii is : 

 Diplacus is generally referred to Minuilu^. 



The seed has great vitality, and will 

 y years in the place where once seeds 



MIMULUS 



sharply toothed, upper ones smaller: corolla 1-2 in. 

 long. Alaska to Chile. B. M. 1501.- iMonkey Fluwers 

 nearly always have yellow throats with brown dots. The 

 lobes are sometimes clear yellow. In var. rivuliris, 

 Lindl., onlv one lobe has a large brown patch. B.R. 

 12:10.30. L.B.C. 16:1575. In var. YoungeAna, Hook., 

 every lobe has such a patch. B.M.3363. B.R. 20:1(174. 

 In the common strains these patches are more or less 



ol Mimulus luteus (X 34). 



broken up and the fls. irregularly mottled and dotted. 

 F. 1863:73 (as jtf. maculosus). V. 10:289 (as M. liy- 

 hritlu.H). A very distinct set of colors is represented by 

 v:ir. variegitus.Hook., the throat chiefly white, but with 

 _' yrll.iw lunt^itudinat lines dotted with brown on the 

 nil. Mil- lol,e of the lower lip: all the lobes bright crim- 

 snii-pui-jik-, with a violet revers... B.K. 21 :17!K1. B.M. 

 3:i3(;. L.B.C. 19:1872. Modifit.l ;.- ^l.-rriiM,; ,,n,l..rvar. 

 roungeana. R.H. 1851: 261. r : : : [ . li.tures 

 cited above bear various lej;. m n.it here 



repeated. The variet.nl names -; "i iippear 



1. liiteus, Linn. Monkey Flower. Fig. 1404. Gla- 

 brous, the larger forms 2-4 ft. high : lvs. parallel-veined, 



2. cupreus, Regel {3f. U'lte^ts, var. ciiprea, Hook.). 

 A riiiUaii si)ecies, differing from M. luteus in its tufted 

 habit and the Hs. yellow at first, finally becoming copper- 

 colored, and the lobes possiblv rounder and more nearly 

 fcinal, the throat vellow, spotted brown. B.M. 5478. 

 Gil. 24, p. 177. K.H. 1883, p. 284. 



3. moschitus, Dou^d. JlrsK Plant. Perennial, by 

 creeping stems 1-:; ft. Imii.': fls. pale yellow, lightly 

 dotted and s|.l:ixli.-.l wiili hi-own. B.C. to Calif, and 

 Utah. B.R. i:i: 1 1 is. -This and M. luteus have a broad 

 throat. Till' tls. .n-.- iK.riiiallv about % in. across, but in 

 F.M. 1S77:24.S i var. Hnrrisonii) they are IK in. across. 

 H.-mly. cvii-irrirn trailer for damp, shady .spots. Fine 

 for iiiantiiii; iiiiili-r cool greenhouse benches. 



4. Lewisii, Pnrsh. A more slender plant than the 

 next, greener, and merely pubescent: lvs. minutely 

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

 Shady, moist ground, B. 0. to Calif, and Utah. B.M. 

 3353 and B.B. 19:1591 (both as M. roseus). 



