FIGWORT FAMILY. Scrophulariaceae. 



There are many kinds of Mimulus, or Monkey-flowerJ 

 usually growing in moist places, with erect or slanting^ 

 juicy stems; leaves opposite, usually toothed; flowers 

 generally handsome, on flower-stalks from the axils of thei 

 leaves; calyx covering the tube of the corolla, bell-shaped,) 

 five-angled and five-toothed, upper tooth usually larger;! 

 corolla two-lipped, the upper lip with two lobes, erect on 

 turned back, the lower with three, rounded, spreading 

 lobes, the tube not swollen at base and with a pair ofl 

 ridges within on the lower side; stamens four, in pairs, not} 

 inclosed in the upper lip, their two anther-cells spreading 

 apart, no rudiment of a fifth stamen; style threadlike, 

 stigma with two, flat, spreading tips. When an insect 

 alights it touches the stigma, which immediately folds itsj 

 tips together, thus exposing the anthers, so that the insect: 

 becomes dusted with pollen. This can be observed byj 

 touching the stigma with a pencil. The odd little grinning 

 face of these flowers suggested both the common name andi 

 the Greek, derived from "ape." 



A very handsome plant, from one toi 

 Monkey-flower J . 



Mimulus brevipes two feet hl S h rather hairy and sticky alii 

 Yellow over, with dark green leaves, usually 



Spring toothless, and large, clear bright yellow 



California flowers, an inch and a half long, with a< 



pair of ridges in the throat and a pale green stigma. This 

 grows on hillsides, the rich green foliage and bronze- 

 colored buds contrasting finely with the bright flowers.. 

 The leaves are quite unlike those of the Common Yellow 

 Monkey-flower. 



Pink M k ^ S race ^ u l mountain perennial, growing ; 



fl ower near streams, from two to three feet tall, , 



Mimulus Lewisii with bright green, toothed leaves, thin in 

 pink texture, more or less hairy, without leaf- 



wett g et s c ummer stalks; the stems and buds sli g htl y stick y-i 



The lovely flowers are nearly two inches 

 long, the corolla varying from pale pink to rose-red, with . 

 two, hairy, yellow ridges in the throat, the stamens not 

 protruding from the tube. This pink kind takes the place 

 in the high mountains of the Scarlet Monkey-flower of 

 lower altitudes and is found as far east as Colorado. 



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