3-lobo jntus nudo, filamento sterili folvo-barbato.—Nutt. Gen. v. 2. p. 522. Hook. Bot.
Mag. t. 2945. (excl. descr. et syn. P . glauci.)
Hab. Red River and the Saskatchewan. Dr Richardson. Drummond. Douglas.—Flowers long, purplish
blue. slightly tinged with green beneath.
18. P . speciosus; glancus, glaber, foliis integerrimis; radicalibus spathulatis; cau-
linis lanceolatis subundulatis sessilibus, floribas verticillatim paniculatis, corolla: lobis
subaequalibus rotundatis, rudimento glaberrimo. (Lindl.)—Dougl. in Bot. Beg. t. 1210.
Hab. On the high sandy banks of the Columbia, near Oakanagan, and on Spokan River. Douglas.—A
splendid species, with very brilliant blue dowers slightly tinged with blush.
19. P. Tolmiei; humilis herbaceus caespitosus glaberrimus, foliis lanceolatis acutis, sub-
coriaceis integerrimis marginatis sessilibus sub lente impresso-punctatis inferiortbus
petiolatis, verticillis florum racemosis densis, pedicellis plurifloris brevibus, corollis parvis,
limbi laciniis acutis subaequalibus, capsulis fuscis calycem mquantibus.
Hab. Mt. Rainier, N. of the Columbia. Mr Tolmie.—A very distinct species, scarcely a span high, with
woody horizontal roots, sending out copious fibres below, and above numerous tufted stems. The specimens
are all in fruit: one withered corolla alone remaining, which is scarcely half-an-inch long, with acute
segments to the limb. Inflorescence almost spicate.
20. P . fr-utescens; caule fruticoso, ramis angulatis superne pubescentibus, foliis lanceolatis
obsolete denticulatis sessilibus glabriusculis, racemis terminalibus subcorym-
bosis, filamento sterili longitudinaliter barbato. (PA.)—Lamb, in Linn. Trans, v. 1.
p. 259. ph. Am. v. 2. p. 428. Digitalis dasyantba. Pal. MS. (fide Lamb.)
Hab Unalaschka. Pallas. North-west coaBt. Lewis. {Jide Pursh.)—A. most beautiful shrubby plant,
with leaves 3-4 inches long and.l inch broad. I know not in what' particular part of the- N.W coast
Lewis gathered it. Pallas is reported to have found it also in Kamstchatka; but notwithstanding I have
received several collections from these three stations, I have never been so fortunate as to obtain a speci-
men; nor have I ever seen one.
21. P. Menziesii; fruticosus humilis vage ramosus,: foliis glabris obovato-cuneatis
obtusis coriaceis. apicem versus serratis brevi-petiolatis, racemis terminalibus, floribus
speciosis oppositis tubuloso-campanulatis— Gerardia fruticosa. PA. Am. v. 2. p. 423.
i is.
Hab Nutka. A. Menzies, Esq. In great abundance in the Pine forests of-the Rocky Mountains,
Lewis, res. Pursh.) I am not sura how fhr Mr Lewis’ stations for plants, as given in Pursh, are to be
denended upon. Mr Douglas does not appear to have found this in any of the numerous Pine forests of the
Rocky Mountains which he traversed ; and my only specimens are from Nutka, where the fine species was
gathered by Mr Menzies so long ago as 1788—Plowers as large as in the preceding species.
22. P . Douglasiis fruticosus humilis, ramis subfastigiatis erectis, foliis glaberrimis
obovato-lanceolatis acutis. coriaceis integerrimis sessilibus, racemis terminalibus, pedicellis
oppositis, capsulis nigrescentibus calyce paululum longioribus.
Hab Blue Mountains of N.W. America. Douglas.—Allied to the last, but quite distinct. Leaves i to
. of an inch long, almost black in drying, the old withered ones pale yellow-brown. Calycine segments
ovato-lanceolate, slightly serrated, much paler than the dark-coloured capsules. There are no flowers on
any of my specimens.
23. P . Gairdneri; fruticosus humilis minute puber ulus, ramis subfastigiatis erectis
strictis, foliis alternis lineari-spathulatis (supremis linearibus) coriaceis integerrimis
sessilibus, racemis elongatis, pedicellis alternis (!) bracteatis, capsulis rufo-fuscis calyce
concolori paululum longioribus.
Hab. Blue Mountains of N.W. America, where it was gathered by Mr Douglas, but communicated to
me by Dr Gairdner.—The above four well-marked species constitute a very natural groupe of Pentstemon,
or probably a distinct genus, of humble growth and with decidedly fruticose stems; the lower part quite
woody. The present individual differs remarkably from the rest, in the leaves and pedicels being alternate ;
but the capsule is altogether that of Pentstemon, and the mode of growth similar to the preceding species.
I have named it in compliment to Dr Meredith Gairdner, an accomplished naturalist and surgeon in the
H. B, C. possessions on the Columbia, whence he has lately been obliged to visit the Sandwich Islands
for the recovery of his health.
T rib. G r a t io l e 2e . Benth. 1. c.
7. MIMULUS. L.
1. M. guttatus, De Cand.—Hook, et Am. in Bot. of Beech. Voy. p. 152.— M. luteus.
Ph. 1. p. 426. (excl. syn.) Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 1501.
Hab. Moist woods, N.W.C. from California to Unalaschka; and from the sea to the mountains.—This is
readily known from the Chilian M. luteus, now common in our gardens, by the more copious flowers, of
which thé floral leaves are so small that they constitute a bracteated raceme, by the'shorter peduncles and
broader and more inflated calyx when in fruit.
2. M. moschatus (D ougl.); caule diflfuso foliisque pétiolatis ovatis dentatis glariduloso-
villosis, pedunculis geminis foliis brevioribus, calycibus tubulosis fructiferis oblongis den-
tibus lanceolatis inaequalibus, corollas limbo subeequaliter 5-lobo laeinia inferiore pube-
scente.—Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1118.
H ab. Moist springs about Fort Vancouver. Douglas.
3. M. propinquus (Lindl.); annuus, undique glanduloso-pubescens, caule decumbente
tereti, foliis ovatis dentatis supremis sessilibus, pedunculis axillaribus folio brevioribus
pubescentibus, corollae lobis obtusis : fauce pubescente; tubo calyci aequali.—Lindl. Bot.
Reg. t. 1330.
Hab. N.W. America, according to Dr Lindley, who considers it to have sprung from seeds sent by Mr
Douglas ; but there is no such plant in his Herbarium, nor among his notes, and it has so striking a resemblance
with M. parviflorus from Chili (Bot. Reg. t. 874), that I cannot but suspect that there is some mistake
as to its origin. Mr Bentham quotes the figure doubtfully under M. glabratus, H. B. K., a native of
Mexico.
4. M. floribundus (Lindl.); patenti-pilosus diffusus viscosus gracilis basi praecipue
ramosus, foliis cordatis petiolatis dentatis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis ex omnibus fere
foliis iisque longioribus, calycibus ovatis 5-carinatis dentibus brevibus subaequalibus.;—
Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1125.—<3 minor. M. peduncularis.* Dougl. Mst.
* I may remark, that Mr Bentham, whose opinion is so important in this family, .considers the M. pedimcularxs
of Dougl. a good species, to which, in a note in his “ Scroph. Ind.” he gives the following character“ pnhescens
humilis, foliis petiolatis ovatis acutis subdentatis basi acutis rotundatisve, calycibus (parvis) ovato-tubulosis, dentibus
brevibus acutis suhsequalibus.”