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and the plant generally of robust growth. Most of the kinds of Mimulus do best in loam ; but this species has 
the finest flowers when it is grown in a pot filled with coarse gravel, and placed in a saucer full of water. It 
requires a slight protection during winter. It is a native of Chili, whence it was introduced in 1812. Some of 
the most beautiful varieties are, M. luteus Youngiana and M. 1. Smithii (see fig. 3, in PI. 77). 
7.— MIMULUS MOSCHATUS. Soitg. THE MUSK PLANT. 
EHoaATiNG. — Bot. Reg., t. 1118. | glandulouslyhairj*; peduncles twin, shorter than the leaves; limb of the 
Specific CHiRiCTEa. — Stem creeping ; leaves ovate, dentate, I corolla divided into five nearly equal lol)e8 ; lower segment pubescent. 
Description, &c. — The whole of this little plant is entirely covered with glandular hairs, which emit a very 
strong, but an agreeable fragrance of musk, which, in very hot weather, is spread to a considerable distance, and 
is particularly powerful when the plant is trodden upon. The blossoms are of a clear bright yellow, and 
are produced in great profusion all the summer. The plant grows best in a damp, shady border, in peat soil. It 
is tolerably hardy, and does not require any protection, unless the winter happens to be uncommonly severe. It 
is easily propagated either by seeds or division ; and, indeed, it spreads so rapidly from its creeping stems, which 
throw out roots at every node, as soon to become troublesome in small gardens, unless care be taken to keep it 
within bounds. Few plants are more suitable for rock-work. 
OTHER SPECIES OF MIMULUS. 
M. GUTTATUS, Dec. 
This appears to be only a variety of luteus. 
M. PROPINQUUS, Liru 
This species was introduced from North America in 1827, and appears nearly allied to M. moschatus, but is 
of more upright growth. 
M. PERFOLIATUS, Kunth. 
Is a curious little plant, with a winged stem, and small yellow flowers, but it is now removed to another 
genus, on account of its white, fleshy fruit, which resembles that of the Snowberry tree. 
GENUS IV. 
VERONICA, Lin. THE SPEEDWELL. 
Lin. Si/St. DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
without any vestige of the lower ones. Anthers two^celled ; cells 
confluent at top. Stigma hardly thicltened. Valves of capsule septi- 
ferous in the middle, or bipartible. Seeds naked. — (G. Don.) 
Grneric CHAHACTER.'^Caiyx four, rarely five-parted, campanulate 
or compressed. Corolla rotate, with a very short tube, and a four-parted 
spreading limb ; segments all entire ; upper one the broadest. Stamens 
two, situated at the sides of the upper segment of the corolla, diverging 
Description, &c. — The plants belonging to this genus are, generally speaking, too much like British weeds, 
and too small in their flowers, to be worth cultivating as ornamental plants in a flower-garden. They all bear so 
strong a family likeness to the common Speedwell (which is common in every wood), that I have not thought it 
worth while to figure any of them ; and I have only described a few of the species, the flowers of which may be 
