Mimulopsis

Perennial herbs to shrubs. Leaves long-petioled, +/-ovate, irregularly dentate. Inflorescence paniculate, usually composed of dichasia, lax or dense; bract usually remote from calyx; bracteoles 2, linear or ligulate, persistent, shorter than calyx. Calyx divided nearly to base into 5 subequal, linear or narrowly ligulate sepals. Corolla almost regular; tube widely campanulate; petals 5, subequal, ovate, contorted in bud. Androecium : stamens 4, subsimilar; filaments nearly glabrous; anthers of 2 anterior stamens with 1 theca long-spurred. Disc low, thick. Gynoecium : ovary with 3 or 4 ovules per locule. Capsule lanceolate, seed-bearing from base, usually with 6 or 8 seeds. Seeds compressed, nearly glabrous on faces but with many hygroscopic hairs on margin, borne on long retinacula.