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MIMULUS floribundus. 
Manyflowered Mimulus. 
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DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA, 
~ Nat. ord. ScRoPHULARINER. 
MIMULUS. Supra, vol. 11. fol. 874. 
M. florzbundus ; caule ramoso piloso, foliis cordatis petiolatis dentatis, 
floribus inferioribus solitariis foliis brevioribus, calycibus rubriveniis. 
Annuus. Caulis diffusus, ramosus, cespitosus, pilosus. Folia opposita, 
cordato-ovata, dentata, breviter petiolata, subpubescentia ; superioribus’ 
versus ramorum fastigium minoribus. Flores awillares, solitart, inferiori- 
bus folits brevioribus, supertoribus longioribus. Pedunculi pubescentes. 
Calyx pilosus, angulis rubris, demim inflatus. Corolla lutea, fauce pau- 
lulum maculosé, laciniis subequalibus, obtusis. 
A neat hardy annual, found by Mr. Douglas on 
moist rocks in the interior of the districts of the river 
Columbia. It begins to blossom in August, and remains 
in beauty till the middle of October: the flowers expand 
in the morning, and close by about mid-day. 
Raised with facility from seeds sown in April upon a 
warm damp peat border. The young plants should be 
thinned out well, or they are apt to choke each other. In 
consequence of the smallness of the seeds, it is best to mix 
them with pit-sand or wood-ashes before they are com- 
mitted to the earth. 
Stem diffuse, branched, cespitose, pilose. Leaves oppo- 
site, cordate-ovate, dentate, on short stalks, somewhat 
pubescent; the upper ones towards the extremity of the 
branches smaller. lowers axillary, solitary; the lower 
shorter than the leaves, the upper longer. Peduncles pu- 
bescent. Calyx pilose, with red angles, in seed inflated.. 
Corolla yellow, with a somewhat spotty faux, and nearly 
equal, obtuse segments. 
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