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Monkey Flower. Mimulus ringens. 



Found in the wet grounds of waysides and meadows, from July to 

 September. 



The branching and leafy stalk, from 1 to 2 feet in height, is square, 

 slightly grooved, flne-fibred, and smooth. In color green. 



The leaf is a narrow, oblong shape, tapering to the tip, with obscure 

 notches, fine texture, and smooth surface ; color, green. The leaves 

 grow opposite to each other, partly clasping the stalk. 



The corolla is 2-lipped, the upper lip being erect and 2-lobed, the 

 lower 3-lobed, with 2 small swellings near the tightly -closed throat; 

 the color is a clear light violet, with 2 yellowish patches near the 

 throat. The pistil, and 4 stamens, which are divided into a long and 

 a short pair, are all whitish. The 5-angled, and 5-pointed, green calyx 

 is tinged with dull violet color. The flowers are set on short stems 

 that spring singly from the angles of the upper leaves. 



Only a few flowers open at one time, and the plants themselves 

 grow sparsely, by twos and threes, among the sedgy grasses of damp 

 hollows, where its clear color and neat leafage render it attractive to 

 the sauntering observer. 



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