Mimraus. ~ SCROPHULARTACE.E. 569 



w,-th ralvx-teeth as Ion- in proportion as those of 31. Ucolor. In the dehiscence of the mem - 

 braLelscapsnlet^^^^^ splits into two portions adnate to the valves, but as 



commonly is barely 2-cleft at the summit. The whole plant is often purplish. 

 ^^Leafustemmed, viscidly villous or pilose : leaves all petioled, thin and broad 



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



oblique. 



20. M. floribundus, Dougl. Annual, erect or with ^"'^f ^^ ,f .^f;^;;;{5 

 bnnches a .,)an or two high, flowering from the base : leaves ovate (half to a full 

 nch long he lower sli^.tly cordate: upper peduncles longer than the leaves : 

 X sho t-canapanulate, becoming ovate in fruit (barely a quarter of an ^ 

 lon^- the teeth short, equal, broadly triangular : corol a barely half an inch long . 

 caplule globose-ovate, obtuse. — Lmdl. Bot. Reg. t. 1125. „,,,,, 



Moist ground, throughout the Sierra Nevada region {Bigelow, Lcmmon, Eothrock) ; thence to 

 Oregon and the Rocky Mountains. 



teeth somewhat unequal, rather long, acuminate : coroUa two thuds to a lull men 

 loner- capsule ovate, acute.— Lindl. Bot. Keg. t. 11 i». , ,- , 



Wet and n,..iay g,-ou„a ; „„,„„„„ i,> ^^^^ ^^SS ^'Zt ^XS>^ 



size oi that of the plant in common cultivation. 



4- -i- -i- Scaiwse. 

 00 M primuloides, Benth. Perennial by stolons, dwarf : leaves sessile, from 

 broTdly ol^'L to lineai'oblong, entire or toothed, 3-5-nerved obtuse (a quarter 

 to a full inch lono), all crowded in a radical tuft at the base of the hhf. rm (1 to_ 3 

 LLs ong cVe%r,in large and vigorous plants, in severa approximate pairs 

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



hairs : peduncles and calyx glabrous. Corolla varying from 3 to 8 hue. m Imgtli. 

 S 5 Corolla &c., of Mirmdus proper : calyx short and 5-cleft, not prismailc nor ,mth 

 ^ aZafecJgles or lobes : capsule and divided placentae as oj the section 



Ennan.us: low animal. — Mimuloides, Benth. under Herpestis. 



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

 the basrieafy villous throughout with long and soft - "^e ami ^mew^^^^^ --d 

 hairs, flowering from almost all the axds : leaves lanceolate or f ^" ^^^^^^^ 

 sessile, the lat^r ones about the length of the P^dunces : calyx obbq^^^^^^^^^ 

 tooth longest and about the length of the tube all «^l«"g «^;7^;. '^^^ fZl, a 

 3 or 4 lines long, little exceeding the calyx ; the hps short and ^^^ ^//^^'^j^J^^''^^;,, 

 pair of brown-purple spots on the lower : capsu e o^^^^^-^jf %7\\^,, ^f%7 ,^ 

 Exp. 225. Herpestis (Mimuloides) pdosa, Benth inComp Bot. Mag. u. o,, 

 DC 1. c. 394. Mimidus exilis, Durand, m Pacif. R. Eep. v. 12, t 1^. 



Gravellybanks of streams; very^mm.1^^^ 

 eSl^SfS^s"^ Wl^r-::it^^^^^^ not "linear." Th^stigma is bilan.ellate, as in 



the genus, not "entire." 



