.'Srann/us ajuatus „
MIMULUS ALATUS.
WING-STEMMED MONKEY FLOWER.
D id yn am ia Gymnospermia, Linn. Scrophularise, Juss.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
Calix prismatic, 5-toothed. Corolla ringent; upper lip reflected at the side ; palate
of the lower lip prominent. S tigm a thick and bilid. Capsule 2-celled, many-
seeded. Seeds minute. N u tt.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
M. erect, glabrous; leaves petiolate, ovate-acuminate, serrate, peduncles axillary,
opposite, shorter than the flower; teeth of the calix round, mucronate, stem
four-angled, winged. Willd.
Root perennial; every part of the plant glabrous; stem erect,
branched, from one to three feet high, smooth, four-sided, winged
by a membranaceous margin. Leaves opposite, larger on the main
stem, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, petiolate; petioles slightly
winged, costa and veins beneath very conspicuous, both sides smooth.
Calix about three-fourths of an inch long, teeth rounded, acuminate,
