MIM'ULUS LU'TEUS. 
Variety: riviilaris. 
SPOTTED YELLOW MONKEY-FLOWER. 
Class. Order. 
DIDYNAMIA. ANGIOSPERM lA . 
Natural Order. 
SCROPHUI.ARIN*. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Columbia. 
1 foot. 
June, Aug. 
Perennial. 
in 1826. 
No. 308. 
The word Mimulus may be fairly imagined to con- 
vey some allusion to a monkey, or mimic ; and was 
probably suggested by the shape of the flower. This 
variety has been called rivularis, in consequence of 
its delighting in a watery situation. 
Though this plant is hut a variety of the one given 
imder No. 116, still it is so distinct, and in general, 
so peculiarly marked, that we imagine it will prove 
a desirable acquisition to those who already possess 
the original variety. The rich brown spot, on the 
lip of the flower, is inconstant in seedlings ; but when 
large, it is thereby rendered particularly handsome, 
and very gay. 
It spreads and increases fast, by its creeping stems ; 
particularly when kept in a moist situation. It suc- 
ceeds admirably when planted by the side of a pond ; 
or when kept in pots, standing in pans of water. 
Under such treatment, the stems and leaves assume 
a browner colour, and the character of the plant al- 
together, becomes more distinct from the old variety, 
than when growing in the borders. It seeds freely, 
and spring-sown plants will blossom in the latter 
end of summer. 
Bot. Reg. 10.30. 
