Leucocarpus
(from leukos, white, and karpos, a fruit; alluding to the colour of the berries). ORD. Scrophularineae. A monotypic genus, the species being a tall, puberulous or glabrous, greenhouse herb, very ornamental when laden with its white fruits. For culture, see Mimulus.
L. alatus (winged). fl., corolla yellow, bilabiate, with an elongated tube; stamens included; filaments glabrous, yellow; peduncles axillary, opposite. September. l. 10in. long, 2in. broad, opposite, spreading horizontally, acutely serrulate, lanceolate, attenuated and entire towards the base, at their origin dilated and stem-clasping, much veined and reticulated. Branches decussate, widely spreading. Stem 2ft. to 2 1/2ft. high, erect, four-sided and four-winged. Mexico. SYN. Mimulus perfoliatus (under which name it is figured in B. M. 3067).