FIQWORT FAMILY. Scrophulariaceae. 



There are many kinds of Mimulus, or Monkey-flower, 

 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 the 

 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 or 

 turned back, the lower with three, rounded, spreading 

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

 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 its 

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

 becomes dusted with pollen. This can be observed by 

 touching the stigma with a pencil. The odd little grinning 

 face of these flowers suggested both the common name and 

 the Greek, derived from "ape." 



_, , A very handsome plant, from one to 



Monkey-flower . . 



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

 Yellow over, with dark green leaves, usually 



Spring ^ toothless, and large, clear bright yellow 



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. 



A graceful mountain perennial, growing 

 flower near streams, from two to three feet tall, 



Mimulus Lewisii with bright green, toothed leaves, thin in 

 P ink texture, more or less hairy, without leaf- 



stalks; the stems and buds slightly sticky. 

 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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