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MONKEY-FLOWER (Mimulus ringens). Figwort family. 

 Max. ht. 2 ft.; stem square; flowers (i in. or 

 longer) on long stalks; corolla violet, 2-lipped; 

 stamens 4; leaves lance-shaped, pointed, clasping 

 at base, toothed. Wet places. Common. Summer, 

 autumn. 



6. Same as 5, but flowers terminal. 



WILD GERANIUM. CRANE'S-BILL (Geranium macula- 

 turn). Geranium family. 



Ht. 1-2 ft.; hairy; petals (5) light purplish pink 

 (i in.); flower-stalks branching, with 1-3 flowers; 

 leaves deeply cleft into lobes which are deeply 

 toothed and cut. Open places and woods. Early 

 spring, summer. 



See also BLUE CURLS (5). 



Fig. 69. 



Fig. 70. 



Blue curls (Trichostema dichotomum.) 



Crane's-bill (Geranium maculatum) . 



CORN-COCKLE (Lychnis Githago) . Pink family. 



Ht. 1-3 ft.; with long, soft hairs; flowers large, red- 

 purple, solitary, terminal, long-stalked; petals 5, 

 pink-purple, broad; leaves long and pointed. 

 Wheat fields. Early summer. 



