668 SCROPIIULARIACE.E. Mimulus. 



leaf: flowers very small : calyx short, ovate in fruit, the upper tooth prominently 

 largest : corolla yellow, barely 2 lines long. — Proc. Am. Acail. xi. 98. 



Mariposa Co., oa the south fork ol" the Morced, at Clark's Ranch, Oraij. A peculiar littlo 

 species. 



++ ++ C<ili/x nut (iUi(/iic or scared i/ so, the teeth all equal : erect and small auuitahi. 

 = Leaves all distinctly petioled. 



IG. M. Pulsiferae, Gray. Puberulent-glamlular throughout and viscid, branclied 

 from the base, baiuly a span high : leaves ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, or the 

 radicfd roundish, sparingly denticulate or entire, 3-nerved at the acute or cuiieato 

 base, about half an inch long (on petioles of 2 to 4 lines), about the length of tlu) 

 peduncles : calyx with very short ovuto-triangular teeth, the tube oblong in fruit 

 (3 or i lines long) : corolla yellow (5 lines long), barely twice the length of the 

 calyx. — Proc. Am. Acatl. 1. c. 



Sierra ami Indian Valleys in the Sienu Nevada, Bolander, Mrs. Puhifcr Ames. 

 = = Leaves all but the loiuest sessile. 



17. M. inconspicuus, Gmy. Glabrous throughout, 2 inches to a span high, 

 simple or branched from the base : leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, entire, more or less 

 3-5-nerved, all but the lowest closely sessile by a broad base (a quarter to half an 

 inch long), e(iualling or shorter than the peduncles : calyx with minute teeth, in 

 fruit oval and ai)pearing truncate (4 or 5 lines long) : corolla about 5 lines long, 

 yellow or rose-color. — Pacif. R. Pep. iv. 120. 



Damp hillsides, iVom Los Angeles to the Sacramento River, Bigelow, Bridges, Rattan. An 

 ambiguous Ibrni with more evident calyx-teeth. Contra Costa Mountains, southwest of Monte 

 Diablo, Brewer. 



18. M. bicolor, Benth. Viscid-pubescent, from 2 inches to a span or more 

 high, simple or branched from the base : leaves linear-oblong or lanceolate with 

 tapering base, denticulate or toothed, very obscurely 3-nerved at base, seldom an 

 inch long ; the lower ta])ering into somewhat of a margined petiole ; the upper 

 shorter than the ixuluncles : teeth of the calyx cons})icuou.s, triangular (about a lino 

 long) ; the tube oblong, 4 lines long in fruit : corolla more than twice the length of 

 the calyx ; the limb comparatively am})le, yellow, or the lower lip usually white. 

 — PI. liartw. 328. M. Frattenii, Durand in Jour. Acad. Philad. n. ser. ii. 98 

 (1855). 



Moist banks, not uncommon in the foot-hilla of the Siena Nevada, and through the centml 

 part of the State. Calyx commonly dotted with puri)le. Corolla two thirds to three fourths of 

 an inch long. 



19. M. rubellus, ( Jruy. Viscid-puberulent or even pubescent, varying to glabrous 

 with some viscidity, 1 to G inches high, branched from the base : leaves from spatu- 

 late-oblong to linear, narrowed at base, entire (rarely with one or two denticulations, 

 a quarter to two tliirds of an inch long) ; the lowest often obovate or roundish, and 

 tapering into somewhat of a p<;tiole ; the nerves obscure and the texture rather 

 fleshy : peduncles about the length of tlie flower : calyx oblong (mostly 3 lines long 

 in fruit) ; the teeth short and usually roundish : corolla either little or else double 

 the length of the calyx, yellow, red or crimson-purple. — Bot. Mex. Bound. UG; 

 Watson, Bot. King Exp. 225. M. montioides, Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. vii. 380, in 

 l)art. 



Var. latiflorus, Watson, 1. c. A low and large-flowered form, blossoming almost 

 from the ground, nearly glabrous : corolla much surpassing the calyx, often half an 

 inch long, with narrow exserted tube rather abruptly exi)anded into an ample lind), 

 deep yellow with jturple spots. — M. montioides, Gray, 1. c, mainly. 



Conmion through the Sierra Nevada and its foot-hills, and through the dry interior to the 

 Roi'ky MounluihH luid Nc^w Mi-\ifo. Tlio vuricty nour t 'iirMon, and in the hi«h Noulhurn Siorin.s. 

 A i»olymorphouh littlo spocios, the size of the Howor varying wonderfully. There is also a form 



