FIGWORT 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 swoilen 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-fi : i 
Dns ee tee eae high, rather hairy and sticky all 
Mimulus brévipes 
Yellow over, with dark green leaves, usually 
Spring toothless, and large, clear bright yellow 
California 
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. 
Pink Monkey- A graceful mountain perennial, growing 
we near streams, from two to three feet tall, 
Mimulus Lewisii With bright green, toothed leaves, thin in 
Pink texture, more or less hairy, without leaf- 
Spring, summer —talks; the stems and buds slightly sticky. 
West, etc. : 
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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