326 FIGWOET FAMILY. 



M. semperflbrens, Ortega. Has lanceolate, smooth calyx divisions, and 

 smaller rose-purple or violet corolla. 



* * Corolla very obscurely 2-lipped, and with 2 bearded lines. (LOPHO- 



SPERMUM.) 



M. erubescens, Gray. Somewhat soft-pubescent, with irregularly 

 toothed leaves, rose-colored flowers 3' long, and ovate-oblong, rather 

 leaf-like sepals. 



M. scdndens. Gray. Less common and not so showy, is less pubes- 

 cent, and has smaller, less-inflated, deeper purple corolla, and lance- 

 oblong sepals. 



12. DIGITALIS, FOXGLOVE. (Latin name, from shape of the 

 corolla, likened to the finger of a glove, in the common species.) 



D. purpdrea, Linn. Corolla ranging from purple to white, and more or 

 less strongly spotted, 2' long, the lobes rather obscure ; leaves rugose, 

 somewhat downy. Strong plants 2-3, and declined flowers. Cult, from 

 Eu.; flowers summer. 2Z 



13. MIMULTTS, MONKEY FLOWER. (From Greek for an ape, or 

 buffoon, from the grinning corolla.) Flowers all summer. 



* Wild in wet places, with erect (except in the third} square stem l-2 



high, oblong or roundish feather-veined serrate leaves. 1J. 



t- Flowers violet or purple. 



M. ringens, Linn. Leaves clasping; peduncles longer than the 

 flower ; calyx teeth taper-pointed. Wet places, common. 



M. alatus, Ait. Leaves tapering into a petiole ; peduncle shorter 

 than the calyx and short-toothed, and sharp wing-like angles to stem. 



N. Eng. to 111., and S. 



t- H- Flowers yellow. 



M. Jam&sii, Torr. & Gray. Diffuse, nearly or quite smooth, some- 

 what creeping plant, in springy places in Mich, and Minn., and S. W.; 

 stem leaves nearly sessile, and roundish or kidney-form. 



* * Cult, for ornament, chiefly in conservatories, from W. N. Amer. 

 H- Plant not glutinous, smooth. 



M. /titeus, Linn. Erect; leaves ovate or cordate- clasping, several- 

 nerved ; flowers showy, yellow, often spotted with rose or brown ; of 

 many varieties, and common in cultivation. 



t- H- Plant glutinous or clammy. 



M. moschatus, Dougl. MUSK PLANT. Weak and diffuse, rooting, 

 clammy-villous, smelling strongly of musk ; leaves ovate or oblong ; 

 flower small, pale yellow. Jl 



M. card in alls, Dougl. Erect, clammy-pubescent ; leaves wedge-oblong, 

 partly clasping, several-nerved ; flowers large, brick-red. H 



M. glutinosus. Wendl. Shrubby conservatory plant from Cal., gluti- 

 nous-pubescent, with oblong or lanceolate leaves, and large yellow, orange, 

 or brick-red flower. 



14. TORENIA. (Olef Toren, a Swedish botanist.) 



* Calyx wing-angled. 



T. Asidtica, Linn. Cult, from India ; a handsome hothouse plant, with 

 flowers in sub-umbellate clusters, and lance-ovate, serrate leaves, and 



