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DIDYNAMIA, GYMNOSPERMIA. 
288 . MIMULUS. Gen. pl. 1049. (Scrophularie.) 
Calix prismatic, 5-toothed. Corolla ringent: 
upper lip reflected at the sides; palate of 
the lower lip prominent. Stigma thick and 
bifid. Capsule 2-celled, many-seeded. 
Seeds minute.—Vutt. 
i. M. erect, glabrous; leaves sessile, lanceolate, 
acuminate-serrate, peduncles axillary, opposite, 
longer than the flowers, calicine teeth oblong- 
acuminate. —Filld. and Pursh. 
Icon. Bot. Mag. 285. Pluk. amalth. t. 393. f. 3. 
Gaping Monkey lower. 
A fine plant, about fifteen inches high, with large blue flow- 
ers. In boggy meadows and low grounds, every where com- 
mon. Perennial. July, August. 
2. M. erect, glabrous ; leaves petiolate, ovate-acu- 
minate, serrate, peduncles axillary, opposite, 
shorter than the flower ; teeth of the calix round, 
mucronate, stem four-angled, winged.—/Filld. 
Wing-stemmed Monkey-flower. 
Resembles No. 1, so closely as to be easily mistaken for it. 
It is a taller plant. Flowers the size and colour of No. 1. In si- 
milar places. On the bank walk fromthe Navy Yard to Glou- 
cester point; frequent. Perennial. July, August. 
289. CHELONE. Gen. pl. 1005 (Bignonie.) 
Calix 5-parted, tribracteate. Corolla rin- 
gent, ventricose. Sterile filament shorter 
than the rest; anthers lanuginous. Cap- 
sule 2-celled, 2-valved. Seeds membrana- 
ceously margined.—.Vutt. 
i. C. leaves opposite, lanceolate-oblong, acumi- 
nate, serrate; spikes terminal, close-flowered. 
—Willd. 
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