74 California Trees and Flowers. 



MIMULUS. 



M. cakdinalis Dougl. A showy perennial species, with bril- 

 liant large scarlet flowers. 



M. guutinosus Wendl. A low shrub, with bright evergreen 

 foliage and a profusion of buff or salmon colored showy flowers. 



M. moschatus Dougl. Musk. A low, musk-scented plant, bear- 

 ing large lemon yellow flowers. 



MONAEDELLA. 



A genus of many beautiful flowers, well worth extended cultiva- 

 tion, showy, often sweet scented, either perennial or annual. 



M. mackantha Gray. An evergreen species with dark glossy 

 foliage, a span high, producing showy heads of orange-red flowers. 



M. nana Gray. Almost identical in habit and general aspect 

 with the last, the flowers pure white, sometimes suffused with rose. 

 Very beautiful but less showy than the last. 



M. LANCEOLATA Gray. A showy annual, producing masses of 

 bright phlox purple flowers, six to eight inches or a foot high, branch- 

 ing, with a strong but pleasant pennyroyal perfume, similar in aspect 

 with numerous, related forms, like M. Pringlei and many others, all 

 of which are well worthy of a place in any garden. 



NEMOPHILA. 



Very pretty annuals, mostly Californian, with tender herbage 

 and lovely flowers of delicate blue, violet or white colors. 



N. aukita Lindl. Large violet flowers, one of the finest species 

 introduced into cultivation. 



N. aukita alba Dougl. A beautiful white form. 



N. insigknts Dougl. Bright blue flowers an inch in diameter. 



N. MACULATA Benth. White, with a strong violet blotch at the 

 top of each lobe of the corolla. 'Love Grove.' 



NICOTIANA. 



N. glauca Graham. A slender shrub, a native of South Amer- 

 ica, very light green foliage and yellow flowers, considered very 

 striking and ornamental among the sub-tropical foliage plants. 

 Naturalized in Southern California. 



NOLINA. 



Perennial liliaceous plants, with a thick woody trunk, in aspect 

 somewhat resembling the Yucca. The stout flowering stem bears a 

 panicle of numerous small creamy white flowers. 



N. Bigelovii Watson. The flowering stem six to ten feet high, 

 bearing a dense panicle. The plant sometimes grows ten or more 

 feet high. 



N. Palmeri Watson. A cluster of these plants will cover a con- 

 siderable area, and with the coarse, grass-like foliage may well be 

 mistaken for a patch of some coarse species of grass at a distance. 

 Less ornamental than the preceding. 





