Mimnlus. SCROPHULARIACE/I'l 569 



with calyx-tenth as long in proportion as those of M. hirohir. In tlie rlehisccncc of the nieni- 

 branaceous capsule the placenta sometimes splits into two ptirtions adiiate to the valves, but as 

 commonly is barely 2-cleft at the summit. The whole plant is often purj)lisli. 



-(- -(- Leafystemmed, viscidly villous or pilose : leaves all petioled, thin and broad, 

 toothed, more or less pinnately veined : corolla yellow : calyx slightly if at all 

 oblique. 



20. M. floribundus, I)ou<fl. Animal, ornct or wiMi iniinornus ascondiiig 

 limiic.linH, II Hi)iiii or two lii^li, llowdriiig from tll(^ \i\m\ : l(>iiv(w oviild (half to a full 

 inch long), tlio lower slightly cordate : \\\)\\{\v pndiinclds longer iliaii llio hwvm : 

 calyx sliort-campaiiulato, becoming ovato in fruit -{liarely a (juarlor of an inch 

 long) ; tlio toetli short, equal, broadly triangular : corolla barely half an inch long : 

 capsule globose-ovate, obtu.se. — Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1125. 



Moist ground, throughout the Sierra Nevada region (Bigelow, Lemvwn, Rothrock) ; thence to 

 Oregon and tlie Rocky Mountains. 



21. M. moschatUS, Dougl. Annual, or perennial by the creeping stems, diffuse 

 and decumbent, beset with very soft long hairs, strongly niusk-scented : leaves ovate 

 or oblong, short-pctioled (an inch or two long), mostly exceeding the peduncles : 

 calyx short-prismatic, oblong-campanulato in fruit (a tliird of an inch long) ; the 

 teeth somewhat unequal, rather long, acuminate : corolla two thirds to a full inch 

 long : capsule ovate, acute. — Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1118. 



Wet and nnuldy ground ; common in the mountains, especially northward, extending to 

 British Columbia, and eastward to Utah. The Californian specimens of this, the Mxisk-plnnl of 

 the gardens, incline to have a longer corolla, fully thrice the length of the calyx, and twice the 

 size of that of the plant in conunon cultivation. 



4- ■+- -i- Scapose. 



22. M. primuloides, Benth. Perennial by stolons, <lwarf : loaves sessile, from 

 broadly obovato to linear-oblong, entire or toothed, 3-5-nerved, obtuse (a quarter 

 to a full inch long), all crowded \\\ a radical tuft at the base of the iiliform (1 to 3 

 inches long) scape, or, in large and vigorous plants, in several approximate ])airs 

 on a stem which is as long as the one or two peduncles (1 to 4 inches) : calyx 

 narrow (in fruit oblong and at most 3 linos long), with short and equal teeth, less 

 than half the length of tlio fuimolform golden yellow corolla. — l^ogol, (Jm'tonfi. 

 1872, t. 739. 



Wet meadows in the Sierra Nevada, from Mount Wliitney northward to Oregon, and in 

 Nevada ; only at considerable elevations. Leaves at first villous with long and soft jointed 

 hairs : peduncles and calyx glabrous. Corolla varying from 3 to 8 lines in length. 



§ 5. Corolla, dec, of Mimulus proper : calyx short and ^-cleft, not prismatic nor toith 

 carinate angles or lobes : capsule and divided placenta; as of the section 

 Eunamis : lotv animal. — Mimuloides, Benth. under Ilerpestis. 



23. M. pilosus, Watson. Annual, a span or more high, much branched from 

 the base, leafy, villous throughout with long and soft white and somewhat viscid 

 hairs, flowering from almost all the axils : leaves lanceolate or almost oblong, entire, 

 sessile, the later ones about the length of the peduncles : calyx oblique, the upper 

 tooth longest and about the length of the tube, all oblong or ovate : corolla yellow, 

 3 or 4 lines long, little exceeding the calyx ; the lips short and Avitli equal lobes, a 

 pair of brown-purple spots on the lower : capsule oblong-ovate, acute. — Bot. King 

 liXp. 225. Ilerpestis {Mimuloides) pilosa, Benth. in ('omp. l?o|,. T\Iag. ii. 57, ^ 

 ])C. 1. c. 394. Mimulus exilis, Durand, in l»acif. !{. Hep. v. 12, t. 12. 



Gravelly banks of streams ; very common, extending into the borders of Ncvndn. bobes of 

 the calyx plane and nearly nerveless; the tube without rilis, a slight inflexion corresponding 

 with the sinuses. The anther-cells are oblong, not "linear." The stigma is lulanieliate, as in 

 the genus, not "entire." 



