

MIMULUS 



5. cardinals, Dougl. Villous: Ivs. sharply toothed: 



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s. red and yellow, the upper lobes much grown to- 1405. Minnesota has an area of 84,287 square 'milel 

 I ether and reflexed, the whole limb remarkably oblique. The surface is gently undulating, excent inth *t.r* m * 

 fVater-courses, Ore. and Calif, to Ariz. S.B.F.G. II. 



MINNESOTA, HORTICULTURAL STATUS OF Fi- 

 OS. AfinnAoota has an area of 84,287 square miles, 

 gently undulating, except in the extreme 



|t58. B.M. 3560. R.H. 1857, p. 137. Mn. 8:161. 



843:193. Hardy in Mass., with slight winter covering. 



Blooms first year from seed. 

 I 6. glutindsus, Wendl. Two to 6 ft. high, nearly gla- 



jrous but sticky: fls. orange or salmon to pale buff, 



ather obscurely 2-lipped, the lobes toothed or notched. 



Socky banks; common from San Francisco south. B.M. 

 IB54 (M. aurantiacus). A.G. 12:737. A.F. 12:1107. 



7. Cleveland!, T. S. Brandegee. Subshrubby, glandu- 

 lar pubescent: fls. golden yellow. G.F. 8:135. Cult, 

 only in S. Calif., where it is native. Not advertised. 

 j 8. parvifldrus (Diplacus parviflbrus, E. L. Greene). 

 Rigidly shrubby, but flowering at from 3 in. to 2 ft. 

 Glabrous and glutinous : Ivs. narrowly ovate, coarsely 

 serrate: carolla 1 in. long, nearly tubular; lobes quad- 

 rate, very little spreading. Santa Cruz Island, Calif. 



9. ringensj Linn. Stem square : calyx teeth long and 

 awl-shaped: fls. violet. Wet places, Canada to Iowa and 

 Tex. B.M. 283. D. 251. 



10. alatus, Soland. Stem somewhat winged or angled: 

 calyx teeth short and broad. Wet places, western New 

 En'g. to 111., south to Tex. L.B.C. 5:410. W- M- 



MlMUSOPS (Greek, ape-like, but application not ob- 

 vious). Sapotacece. Tropical trees, with milky juice, of 

 both hemispheres, of about 30 species. Lvs. thick and 

 shining, simple and entire, alternate: fls. perfect, gamo- 

 petalous, the corolla of 6 or more lobes, but bearing 

 twice as many appendages in the sinuses, the calyx of 

 <> or 8 sepals in two rows ; stamens usually 6-8, inserted 

 on the base of the corolla; staminodia present: fr. 

 a globose, 1-6-seeded berry, sometimes edible. The 

 Mimusops are fine evergreen trees, good for orna- 

 ment in frostless countries, and yielding perfumery, 

 rubber and other products. The fls. are small, white, 

 and usually borne in axillary fascicles. Some of the 

 species become more than 100 ft. high, and several of 

 them yield hard and durable timber. A few species 

 have been somewhat advertised in S. Calif, and S. 

 Fla., but their culture in this country is of small ac- 

 count. The Sapodillo is a closely allied tree. 



A. Staminodia (or interior appendages) ^-toothed 



at the apex. 



globdsa, Gsertn. A large tree, yielding Balata 

 rubber: Ivs. obovate or oblong, 2-6 in. long, retuse 

 or apiculate, grayish: calyx of 6 parts, canescent; 

 corolla segments as long as the appendages in the 

 sinuses: fr. often 2 in. in diam., globose. West 

 Indies and Venezuela. 



AA. Staminodia entire or only subserrate. 



Sieberi, A. DC. Becoming 30 ft. tall : Ivs. elliptic 

 to obovate, retuse, green, 2-4 in. long, slender- 

 petioled : corolla segments 6, oblong and exceeding f 

 the narrow appendages; fertile stamens 6; stami- 

 nodia short-triangular, nearly entire: fr. nearly 1 

 in. in diam., brownish or yellowish, said to be edi- 

 ble. Key West to Trinidad. 



Ele"ngi, Linn. Tall tree (becoming 50 ft.): Ivs. 

 elliptic and short-acuminate (3-3% in. long), rhom- 

 boid at the base, petiole % in. long: corolla lobes 

 about 6, narrow-lanceolate; fertile stamens 8; stam- 

 inodia pilose, acute, entire or nearly so: fr. 1 in. 

 or less, ovoid, 1- or 2-seeded, yellow, edible. E. Ind. 

 * dispar, N. E. Brown. Smaller tree than M. 

 Elengi: Ivs. small, cuneate-oblanceolate, obtuse, 

 rusty -tomentose when young, but become glabrous- 

 green, the petiole % in. or less long, and the blade %- 

 in. long : fls. 12-16, in umbels on the tips of the branches 



northwestern portion, where, in the Red River valley 

 F. are large, fertile, level prairies. Its roughest agricul- 



tural land is found in the eastern portion, along the 

 Mississippi river, and in many places the bluffs reach a 

 height of 400 feet above the valley. About one-half 

 the state, embracing the northeastern and eastern parts, 

 was originally heavily timbered, and much timber 

 still remains in the northeastern portion, while many 

 scattered groves of timber will be found elsewhere, 

 especially along the rivers. 



There are many lakes, the number of which has been 

 estimated at 10,000. They are especially numerous in 

 the central and northern portions, where they greatly 

 modify the climate of lands in their vicinity. There 

 are great variations of climate between the extreme 

 northern half, where the summers are very short, and 

 the southern half, where killing frosts seldom occur be- 

 fore the 1st of October. The winters are generally 

 pleasant, but occasionally severe, and 40 below zero is 

 sometimes experienced. 



The soil is generally rich and well adapted to a variety 

 of crops, but it is very variable, and there are some very 

 extended areas in the northern part where there is 

 much sandy land that should never be used for agricul- 

 ture. The undulating surface, variety of good soil and 

 vegetation, and abundance of lakes, afford many very 

 picturesque and beautiful locations for successful horti- 

 culture. 



Rainfall and Its Distribution. The annual precipi- 

 tation averages about 25 inches, and is well distributed 

 during the growing season. The snowfall is light, and 

 what falls remains usually during the winter. The 

 spring is generally open early, and the transition from 



1405. Minnesota. 

 Horticultural areas, shown by degrees of shading 



winter to spring is very rapid. The soil at St. Paul and 

 southward can generally be worked by April 15, and fre- 



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sepals 6-8, in two series: petals 18-24, in three series, quently earlier The summers and autumns re bright 



linear -lanceolate, yellow: stamens 6-8: staminodia 

 lanceolate-acuminate, channelled: fr. size of an olive, 

 yellow. Natal. -Int. by Franceschi. L . H. B. 



and sunny, and vegetation grows with great rapidity 



Currants, gooseberries, raspberries, blackl 

 strawberries, junebernes, Americana Plums, and ttie 

 native fruits that are l( 



