FIQWORT FAMILY. Scrophulariaceae. 



An exceeding!}' handsome kind, some 

 flower* nkey " 



* M nkey " tim es nearly five feet high, much like the 



Mimulus ^ ast b ut w ith vivid scarlet corollas, 



cardinalis decidedly two-lipped, the upper lip erect 



Red and the lower lobes turned back, the 



Or e e r g stamens Protruding from the tube. I 

 first saw these gorgeous flowers glowing 

 like bits of flame among the ferns and grasses that bordered 

 a beautiful spring in a cave in the Grand Canyon, where 

 icy water fell on them drop by drop through a crevice in 

 the rocky roof far above them and kept them glistening 

 with moisture. This is often cultivated in gardens. 



A charming little plant, from three tc 



ii" 1 ! Yel i ow six inches tall, with pretty delicate flowers. 



Monkey-flower 



Mimulus from half an inch to an inch long, the 



primulotdes corolla-lobes all alike, bright yellow, often 



Yellow dotted with crimson, growing singly on 



Summer the ti of s l en der flower-stalks, 



Cal., Oreg. 



springing from a cluster of bright yellow- 



ish-green leaves, usually toothed, smooth, or sometimes 

 hairy. This grows in moist mountain meadows. 

 L'ttle P'nk ^ Delicate h'ttle plant, from three inches 



Monkey-flower to a ^ oot high* rather hairy and sticky, 

 Mimulus Tdrreyi with very slender branching stems, 

 pink yellowish-green, toothless leaves, and 



bright flowers, about three-quarters of an 

 California 



inch long, with almost no flower-stalks; 



the corolla-lobes pink, veined with purple, the tube 

 crimson, with two yellow ridges in the throat. A patch ot 

 these little flowers scattered over a sandy slope in Yosemite, 

 sometimes growing with a tiny blue and white Lupine 

 that likes the same sort of place, is an exceedingly pretty 

 sight. It grows in the mountains, preferring moderate 

 altitudes, becoming lower and deeper in color in higher 

 places. 



A charming little plant, something 

 floTe? M nkey " like the la *t but prettier, three or four 

 Mimulus inches tall, with very slender, stiff, pur- 



Fremontii plish, branching stems and smooth, thickish, 



p i Qk light green leaves, purplish on the under 



p f?? g . side. The flowers are nearly an inch 



California 



across, with a hairy calyx and bright 



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