828 FLORA. 



short, broad, abruptly mucronulate; seeds smooth. In swamps, Ont. to Conn., 111. 

 Ga., Kans. and Tex. June-Sept. 



3. Mimulus guttatus DC. Yellow Monkey-flower. (I. F. f. 3267.) 

 Perennial by stolons, glabrous or puberulent. Leaves ovate to obovate, dentate or 

 denticulate, obtuse, 2-8 cm. long, the lower short-petioled, the upper smaller, ses- 

 sile or clasping; calyx oblique; corolla 2.5-5 cm - l° n g> tne lower lip bearded at the 

 base, often blotched with red or purple; fruiting calyx about 12 mm. long; seeds 

 longitudinally striate. In wet meadows, Norfolk, Conn, and southern N. Y. 

 Introduced from Cal. Summer. 



4. Mimulus Jamesii T. & G. James' Mimulus. (I. F. f. 3268.) Perennial 

 by stolons, glabrous or nearly so; stems slender, creeping, rooting at the nodes, 

 1.5-5 dm. l° n g- 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, 6-25 mm. in diameter; 

 peduncles slender, longer than the calyx in fruit; calyx oblique, scarcely toothed, 

 6-8 mm. long at maturity; corolla 8-12 mm. long, the lower lip bearded at the base 

 within, the throat broad; seeds nearly smooth. In brooks and swamps, Ont. to 

 Neb., Mex., Mont, and Ariz. June-Sept. 



5. Mimulus moschatus Dougl. Musk-flower. Musk-plant. (I. F. 

 3269.) Perennial, viscid; stems creeping and ascending, 1.5-3 dm. long. Leaves 

 ovate or oblong, short-petioled, denticulate, rounded or subcordate at the base, 

 2-5 cm. long; peduncles slender, longer than the calyx; flowers 2.5 cm. long or 

 less; calyx-teeth lanceolate, acuminate; corolla 2-3 limes as long as the calyx. 

 In wet places, N. S. and Ont. to N. Y. Adventive from the Pacific Coast. June- 

 Sept. 



12. CONOBEA Aubl. 



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 segments narrow, equal. Corolla irregular, the tube cylindric, 

 the limb 2-lipped; upper lip emarginate or 2-lobed; lower lip '3-lobed. Stamens 

 4, didynamous, ascending, included ; filaments filiform ; anther-sacs parallel. 

 Style incurved at the summit; stigma 2-lamellate. Capsule septicidaliy dehiscent, 

 the valves entire or 2-cleft. Seeds numerous, oblong, striate. [Guiana name.] 

 About 8 species, natives of America. Besides the following, another occurs in the 

 southwestern U. S. 



1. Conobea multifida (Michx.) Benth. Conobea. (I. F. f. 3270.) Annual, 

 finely viscid-pubescent, 1-2 dm. high, very leafy. Leaves petioled, 1-2.5 cm - 

 long, pinnately parted into 3-7 linear or linear-oblong obtuse segments; flowers 

 greenish white, 4-5 mm. long, 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, Ohio to Iowa, 

 Kans., Ky. and Tex. Introduced along the Delaware below Phila. June-Sept. 



13. MONNIERA P. Br. [HERPESTIS Gaertn.] 



Herbs, with opposite leaves, and small peduncled flowers, mostly solitary in the 

 axils. Calyx 5-parted, the upper segment the broadest. Corolla irregular 01 

 nearly regular, the tube cylindric or campanulate, the limb 2-lipped or 5-Iobrd: 

 upper lip 2-lobed; lower lip 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, included. Sivk 

 slender; stigma capitate, or 2-lobed. Seeds numerous. [Named lor Louis Guif 

 laume le Monnier, 1713-1799, professor of botany in the Jardin du Roi, Paris. 

 About Co species, of warm and tropical regions. In addition to the following, : 

 others occur in the southern U. S. 



Corolla almost regular, 5-lobed; leaves spatulate. 1. M. Monniera. 



Corolla manifestly 2-lipped ; leaves oblong: to lanceolate or ovate. 



Stem erect; leaves serrate, not clasping, black in drying. 2. M. acuminata. 



Stem creeping or ascending ; leaves ovate, punctate, entire or crenulate, clasping. 



3. M. Carolinian* 

 Corolla almost regular; leaves obovate or orbicular. 4. Af. rotundifolia 



1. Monniera Monniera (L. ) Britton. Monnier's Hedge- hyssop. (I. F. f 

 3271.) Perennial, glabrous, fleshy; stem creeping, rooting at the nodes, r. 5-5. dm 



