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fummer feafon; (Lifting them into larger pots as they in- 
create in growth. And, although moft of the forts will 
live in the open air in the heat of fummer, it is the bell 
practice to expofe them but fparingly. 
' The fourth and fifth iorts are held in high eftimation on 
account of the fingular fenfibility lodged in their leaves; 
wiiich, in confequence of being touched or fiiaken, either 
by the hand, a ftick, or the lead wind blowdng upon them, 
the wdngs of the leaves fuddenly clofe, and the footftalks 
fall down. The period of time which the leaves, &c. re¬ 
quire to recover themlelves, after falling from any irrita¬ 
tion, is according to the vigour of the plant, the hour 
of the day, the ferenenefs of the atmofphere, and the tem¬ 
perature of the heat of the ftove, &c. being often from 
ten or fifteen minutes to an hour or more. The plants 
alfo, every evening, naturally contraft themlelves, and 
expand again in the morning. They are all ornamental 
and curious in their nature; and we have therefore been 
induced to illuftrate the genus with five engravings. 
• MIM'ULUS, f. [a name borrowed from Pliny, whofe 
plant however could not be the fame with Linnams’s 
American genus. The word is derived from wiinus, a 
inalked aftor among the Romans, and alludes to the form 
of the corolla.] Monkey-flower ; in botany, a genus 
of the clals didynamia, order angiofpermia, natural order 
perfonatse, (lcrophulariae, Juff.) Generic characters—Ca¬ 
lyx : perianthium one-leafed, oblong, prifmatic, five-cor¬ 
nered, five-folded, five-toothed, equal, permanent. Co¬ 
rolla : one-petalled, ringent;-tube the length of the ca¬ 
lyx ; border two-lipped ; upper lip upright, bifid, rounded, 
bent back at the fides ; lower lip wider, trifid, with the 
fegments rounded ; the middle one (mailer; palate con¬ 
vex, bifid, protruded from the bale of the lip. Stamina : 
filaments four, filiform, within the throat; two fliorter; 
antherse bifid-kidney-form. Piftillum: germ conical; 
ftyle filiform, the length of the ftamens; iligma ovate, 
bifid, comprelfed. Pericarpium : capfule oval, two-celled, 
opening tranfverfely at top; partition membranaceous, 
contrary to the valves. Seeds : very many, fmall; recep¬ 
tacle oblong, fattened on each fide to the partition.— 
j Effential Char utter. Calyx four-toothed, prifmatical; co¬ 
rolla ringent; the upper lip folded back at the fides ; 
capfule two-celled, many-feeded. There are now feven 
fpecies, for the three laft of which we are indebted to Mr. 
Brown’s Prod. Nov. Holl. p. 439. 
1. Mimulus ringens, or oblong-leaved monkey-flower: 
creft; leaves oblong, linear, feflile. Root perennial. 
Stalk annual, fquare, a foot and a half high ; with two 
oblong fmooth leaves at each joint, broadeft at their bate, 
where they join round the ftalk, but ending in acute 
points. The lower-part of the ftalk tends out two or 
three ftiort branches ; and the upper-part is adorned with 
two flowers at each joint, from the bofom of the leaves 
on each fide ; they are of a violet colour, and have no 
fcent. Seeds ovate-oblong, fmooth, pale ftraw-colour, 
tipped at each end with a fmall prominent rufefcent point. 
Native of Virginia and Canada. It flowers in July and 
Auguft. 
2. Mimulus luteus, or ovate-leaved yellow monkey- 
flower: creeping; leaves ovate, on fhort ftalks embracing 
the ftem. Stems creeping in the lower-part, angular, 
thick at the bate, the flowering branches afcending. 
Flowers on folitary ftalks, two at each join, of a bright 
yellow colour, their throat lpotted with red. The whole 
plant is mafly and magnificent, being thickly fet with fo¬ 
liage and flowers. Found originally at Chili by Feuillee ; 
and lately in California, and at Nootka, by Mr. Archibald 
Menzies. Dr. Langfdorff alfo, one of the Ruflian embafly 
to China, found it at Unalafhka, one of the Fox Iftands, 
and tranfmitted it to this country as perfe&ly new, under 
the name of M. Langfdorfii. We obferve that tiie fame 
fpecies is probably recorded in a catalogue printed in the 
year 1816, at Mofcow, under the name of M. guttatus. 
This plant probably has the merit of being perfectly hardy 
and of eafy propagation, fo that it will no doubt be Icon 
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common, and prove a valuable addition to the flower- 
garden, as it is the moft beautiful ipecies of the genus yet 
known. 
3. Mimulus alatus, or wing-ftalked monkey-flower: 
ereft; leaves ovate, petioled ; ftem fquare, winged. This 
has the appearance of the firft fpecies. Stem winged, with 
four membranes running down from the bate of the pe¬ 
tioles ; Ample, fmooth, with a branchlet or two at top. 
Leaves two inches long, veined, unequally ferrate. Na¬ 
tive of North America; introduced in 1783, by Mr. Wil¬ 
liam Malcolm : flowers in July and Auguft. 
4. Mimulus aurantiacus, or orange monkey-flower: 
ftem ereft, Ihrubby, round; leaves ovate-lanceolate, 
bluntilh. Stalk about three feet high, much branched ; 
Ihrubby, round ; the young wood green, with a tinge of 
purple towards the lower-part of each joint, flightly vif- 
cid; as it becomes older, changing to a light-brown co¬ 
lour, and difcovering maaifeft fiftures ; branches alter¬ 
nately oppofite, flower-bearing quite to the bate. Leaves 
oppolite, feflile, flightly connate; the bluntnefs at the 
end particularly apparent when contrafted with a leaf of 
the firft fpecies. Flowers inodorous, large, nearly twice 
the fize of thofe of M. ringens, uniformly pale orange. 
Germ oblong, with a gland at the bate of confiderable 
fize, which tecretes much honey. It flowers during moft 
of the fummer. Cultivated by Mr. Colvill, nurlery-man 
in the King’s Road near Chelfea, in 1796. 
5. Mimulus gracilis, or (lender monkey-flower: very 
fmooth, ereft; leaves oblong, fomewhat linear, obtufe, 
nearly entire ; flower-ftalks elongated. Found by Mr. R. 
Brown near Port Jackfon, as well as in the tropical part 
of New Holland. 
6. Mimulus repens, orcreeping monkey-flower: fmooth, 
creeping; branches afcending; leaves oval,obtufe; flower- 
ftalks fliorter than the calyx. Native of New South Wales 
and Van Diemen’s Land. 
7. Mimulus pumilio, or dwarf monkey-flower: ftalks 
bearing from one to four flowers ; fmooth, as well as the 
calyx. This is a fmall herb. Leaves cluftered at the root; 
flower-ftalks radical, either Ample or racemole. 
Propagation and Culture. This plant is very hardy in 
refpedt to cold, but (hould have a loamy foft foil, rather 
moift than dry, and not too much expofed to the fun. It 
maybe increafed by parting the roots in autumn; but 
they (hould nqt be divided too fmall. It may alfo be pro¬ 
pagated by feeds fown in autumn, loon after they are ripe; 
for thofe which are fown in the fpring leldom grow the 
fame year ; they fhould be fown on a border expofed to 
the morning fun. The third fort may be increafed in the 
fame way; and the fourth by cuttings. See Rhinanthus 
MI'MUS. See Mime, p. 408. 
MIMU'SOPS, f. [fo called by Linnaeus, who feems to 
have taken the idea of the name from Hermann’s Mufeum 
Zeylanicum, p. 23. This tree is there called munanutl, 
mum being laid to fignify the human face in the Cingalefe 
language, becaufe the flowers have fomewhat of the re- 
femblance of the human face, of which however we leek 
in vain for any trace. As this author fays the highly- 
fragrant flowers are worn by young women to adorn the 
neck and head, may not the above appellation allude to 
their being ufed as an ornament for the face ?] In botany; 
a genus of the clafs oftandria, order monogynia, natural 
order of holoraceae, (fapotas, Juff.) Generic characters— 
Calyx : perianthium eight-leaved, coriaceous; leaflets in 
a double row, ovate, acute, permanent. Corolla: petals 
eig-ht, (fixteen, Maut.) lanceolate, lpreading, the length 
of the calyx. (Calyx four-leaved, petals four. Gartner.) 
Stamina: filaments eight, awl-(haped, hairy, very lhort ; 
anthers: oblong, ereCI, the length of the calyx. Piftillum: 
germ fuperior, round, hilpid ; ftyle cylindric, the length of 
the corolla; ftigma Ample. Pericarpium: drupe oval, acu¬ 
minate. (Berry one-celled. Gartner.) Seed : fmgle (or 
two ?) oval; hard, (hining.— Effential Character. Calyx 
four-leaved, (eight-parted, G.) 'petals four, (eight, Linn. 
many, G.) neCtary fixteen leaved; drupe acuminate; 
3 . (berry 
