ee 
a a ei oe een — — | aie hating dint 
of ton development, it certainly will Teopen, ome such a portion of 
. a iP 
gee 
g influence. Itis 
ut any peculiar quality of the péliea that excites hes stigma to action, 
for the like effect is produced by the contact of any other substance. 
If it be touched with the finger only, it immediately closes, but as such 
ve any matter resting on the stigma, it would soon» 
recover from this’ effect. Although there exists a great difference be- 
tween the interior and exterior surfaces of the plates of the stigma, their 
capability of excitement seems to be nearly equal. The outer surface is 
entirely smooth, whilst the inner one is wholly clothed with transparent 
glandular little spines, in the manner of the palate of some animals, 
which may bid defiance to the escape of a captured insect in the one, 
as would be the case with a grain of pollen in the other. 
INTRODUCTION; WHERE GRowN; CuLTurE. The Mimulus cardina- 
lis was introduced from California, by the late Mr. Douglas, into the 
garden of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick. It may be propaga- 
ted by seeds or roots, and very readily from cuttings. Cultivated, dur- 
ing summer, in the open ground, it will flower from June to September; 
and if planted in moist rich soil, it will not suffer from a powerful sun. 
it has frequently been \ nursed i in the greenhouse, under which treatment 
i its b eauty, not only by growing to a loose and strag- 
gling plant, but also by the inferiority of the colour of its flowers. Still 
~ we are not confident that it will bear full exposure during winter. We 
were kindly favoured, amongst other beauties, with a small plant of the 
Mimulus cardinalis, by Mr. Widnall, nurseryman of Granchester, in 
April last, the splendour of which, ultimately, far exceeded that of any. 
plant of the sate —— we e have seen. We repotted it, several times, 
i sing in size, using a rich compost, princi- 
pally of leaf woul t had the night protection of an almost exhaust- 
ed hotbed, ' till the —" of May, after which time it was fully expo- 
sed, and the pot in whi 
ot in. whi ch it Lefer was kept continually standing in wa- 
ter, about an inch i in depth. Here i it developed its character in perfec- 
fection, and although it may be reproached with reflexing its petals 
unduly, still they emit a splendour that would at once abl atees the 
taunts of the most illnatured antiflorist of the dark ag: 
Derivation or Names, 
Mimulus, from pry, a monkey, the seeds resem the face of this animal: 
Cardinalis, to signify its scarlet colour, like a apilinatis cae robe. 
: SYNONYMES. . 
TMULUS CARDINALIS. Lindley, in new series of Transactions of Horticultu. 
ral Society, Vol. TI,p.70. The blished by Linneus; see Sprengel 
Linnei Systema Vegetabilium, Vol. Il, p- 681, Genus 2168, 
