. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. 346 Scrophtdarinccc—Aliinubis. are considered by some botanists as varieties of M. liiteus, and by others as distinct species, and the fact that hybrids between these forms and liiteus are fre- quent seems to strengthen the former supposition. M. variega- tus is a Chilian form, having much larger richly coloured flowers irregularly blotched with crimson
. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. 346 Scrophtdarinccc—Aliinubis. are considered by some botanists as varieties of M. liiteus, and by others as distinct species, and the fact that hybrids between these forms and liiteus are fre- quent seems to strengthen the former supposition. M. variega- tus is a Chilian form, having much larger richly coloured flowers irregularly blotched with crimson, maroon, or pm-ple on a yellow or white gronnd, sometimes uniformly yellow or reddisli. M. guttatus is a Cali- fornian form very near the last in which the iiowers are spotted with purple-brown on a yellow ground. The intermediate varieties of these three forms are numerous and beautiful. 2. 31. chpreus. — This is a dwarfer species with ovate-lance- olate toothed 3-nerved glabrous leaves often tinged with red. Flowers almost regular, copper- Pig. 191. Mimulus varlegatus. (i nut. size.) coloured, purplish brOWn Or crimson; limb of the corolla velvety and spotted. It is a native of Chili, and has produced many beautiful freckled and sjDotted varieties. M. quinquevulnerus, a closely allied species or variety, is also very variable in the colouring of its flowers. There are varieties with lemon and orange-yellow and white grounds blotched with purple, rose or crimson. It is found in the same country. 3. M. cardinalis, syn. Diplacus cardlnaUs.—A perennial from 2 to 3 feet high clothed with glutinous hairs. Leaves ovate, stem-clasping. Flowers scarlet or rose, with or without dots in the throat. The lateral reflexed segments of the corolla are lobed. A native of California, flowering in Summer. 4. M. moschatas. Musk Plant.—This favourite little tufted trailer is perfectly hardy. It is readily known from its con- geners not only by its agreeable musk scent, but also from its
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