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MIMULUS

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 500 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MIMULUS , in See also:

botany, a genus (nat. See also:order See also:Scrophulariaceae), of showy, See also:hardy or See also:half-hardy, herbaceous, rarely shrubby See also:plants, natives of the extra-tropical or mountainous parts of both old and new worlds excepting See also:Europe, but chiefly See also:American. The plants have opposite, undivided leaves, and axillary, generally solitary See also:flowers with a two-lipped, gaping corolla. The herbaceous See also:species thrive best in See also:damp situations; the shrubby species, of which M. glutinosus (formerly called Diplacus) is best known, are adapted for pot culture in the greenhouse. M. luteus, the See also:monkey-See also:flower of gardens, has yellow flowers with two dark marks in the mouth of the corolla; M. Langsdorfii, an American species, has become naturalized by See also:river-sides in many parts of See also:Britain. M. moschatus, See also:musk, a native of See also:north-western See also:America, with small, nearly See also:regular, yellow flowers, diffuse hairy See also:stem and hairy scented leaves, is a well known and favourite perennial for pot culture and outside See also:borders.

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