GENUS Io, FIGWORT FAMILY. 
4. Mimulus Géyeri Torr. Geyer’s Yellow 
Monkey-flower. Fig. 3778. 
M. Geyeri Torr. in Nicollet, Rep. Up. Miss. 157. 1843. 
Mimulus Jamesii T. & G.; Benth. in DC. Prodr. 10: 
37%. 1846, 
M. glabratus var. Jamesii A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. Ed. 
2, 27: 447. 1886. 
Perennial by stolons, glabrous or nearly so; 
stems slender, creeping, diffusely branched, root- 
ing at the nodes, 6-18’ long. Leaves broadly 
ovate, orbicular or broader, very obtuse, denticu- 
late or entire, membranous, truncate, subcordate, 
or rarely narrowed at the base, palmately veined, 
short-petioled or the upper sessile, }’-1’ in diam- 
eter; peduncles slender, longer than the oblique 
calyx in fruit, about as long as the leaves; calyx 
scarcely toothed, 3-4” long at maturity; corolla 
‘yellow, 4’-6” long, the lower lip bearded at the 
base within, the throat broad; seeds nearly smooth. 
In brooks and swamps, Ontario to Illinois, Ne- 
braska, Wyoming and Colorado. June-—Sept. 
5. Mimulus moschatus Dougl. Musk-flower. 
Musk-plant. Fig. 3770. 
M. moschatus Dougl.; Lindl. Bot. Reg. pl. rrré. 1827. 
Perennial, villous-pubescent, viscid, musk-scented ; 
stems creeping and ascending, branched, slender, 6-12’ 
long. Leaves ovate or oblong, short-petioled, acute or 
obtuse at the apex, denticulate, rounded or subcordate 
at the base, 1’-2’ long, 5’-12” wide; peduncles slender, 
longer than the calyx; flowers 1’ long or less; calyx- 
teeth lanceolate, acuminate, nearly equal; corolla yel- 
low, 2-3 times as long as the calyx. : 
In_wet places, Newfoundland to Pennsylvania, Ontario 
and Michigan; apparently introduced from western North 
America, where it is widely distributed. June-Sept. 
Mazus japénicus (Thunb.) Kuntze, a low herb with 
mostly basal, slender-petioled obovate repand leaves and 
racemose violet flowers, the campanulate calyx not angled, 
has been found at Washington, D. C., and abundantly 
about New Orleans, La. It is native of eastern Asia. 
13. CONOBEA Aubl. Pl. Guian. 2: 639. pl. 258. 1778. 
Herbs, with opposite pinnately parted pinnatifid incised or serrate leaves, and small blue 
or white peduncled flowers, solitary or two together in the axils. Calyx 5-parted, the seg- 
ments narrow, equal. Corolla irregular, the tube cylindric, the limb 2-lipped ; upper lip emargi- 
nate or 2-lobed; lower lip 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, ascending, included; filaments 
filiform; anther-sacs parallel, not confluent. Style incurved at the summit; stigma 2-lamel- 
late. Capsule globose, oblong or linear, septicidally dehiscent, the valves entire or 2-cleft. 
Seeds numerous, oblong, striate. [Guiana name.] ( 
About 8 species, natives of America. Besides the fol- 
lowing, another occurs_in the southwestern United 
States. Type species: Conobea aquatica Aubl. 
1. Conobea multifida (Michx.) Benth. 
Conobea. Fig. 3780. 
Capratia multifida Michx. Fl. Bor. Am, 2: 22. pl. 35. 
1803. 
Conobea multifida.Benth. in DC. Prodr. 10: 391. 1846. 
Annual, finely viscid-pubescent; stem at length 
diffusely branched, 4’-8’ high, very leafy. Leaves 
petioled, 4-1’ long, pinnately parted into 3-7 linear 
or linear-oblong obtuse entire or incised segments; 
flowers greenish-white, 2-23” long, mostly solitary 
in the opposite axils, about as long as their filiform 
peduncles; calyx-segments linear-subulate, slightly 
shorter than the corolla; capsule narrowly ovoid, 
glabrous, about equalling the calyx. 
Along streams and rivers, Ontario to Ohio, Iowa, 
Kansas, Kentucky, Alabama and Texas. Introduced 
along the Delaware below Philadelphia. June—Sept. 
