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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. 83). 
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! , 7.— MIMULUS MOSCHATUS. Doug. THE MUSK PLANT. 
I ii Engraving. — Bot. Reg., t. 1118. | glandulously hairy; peduncles twin, shorter than the leaves; limb of the 
! Specific Character. — Stem creeping ; leaves ovate, dentate, j corolla divided into five nearly equal lobes ; lower segment pubescent. 
Description, &c. — The whole of this little plant is entirely covered with glandular hairs, which emit a very 
i strong, but an agreeable fragrance of musk, which, in very hot weather, is spread to a considerable distance, and 
j 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 
I is easily propagated either by seeds or division ; and, indeed, it spreads so rapidly from its creeping stems, which 
I throw out roots at every node, as soon to become troublesome in small gardens, unless care be taken to keep it 
I within bounds. Few plants are more suitable for rock-work. 
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J . OTHER SPECIES OF MIMULUS. 
j M. GUTTATUS, Dec. 
I This appears to be only a variety of luteus. 
I M. PROPINQUUS, Lm. 
I This species was introduced from North America in 1827, and appears nearly allied to M. moschatus, but is 
1 of more upright growth. 
I M. PERFOLIATUS, Kunth. 
I Is a curious little plant, with a winged stem, and small yellow flowers, but it is now removed to another 
I genus, on account of its white, fleshy fruit, which resembles that of the Snowberry tree. 
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GENUS IV. 
VERONICA, Lin. THE SPEEDWELL. 
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Lin. Syst. 
Generic Character.— Calyx 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 
without any vestige of the lower ones. Anthers two-celled ; cells 
confluent at top. Stigma hardly thickened. Valves of capsule septi- 
ferous in the middle, or bipartible. Seeds naked. — {G. Don.) 
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 
