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which is tubularly campanulate. y. H. Native of North 
America, on the mountains, and on the banks of rivulets ; 
North-west coast, Canada, near New York, Pennsylvania; also 
of China, Sir G. Staunton. 
Var. a, villósa (Benth. lab. p. 181.) plant densely hairy. 2%. 
H. M. Canadénsis of authors. 
Var. B, glabrata (Benth. lab. p. 181.) plant nearly glabrous. 
?L. H. M. borealis, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 2. 
Canadian Mint. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. PI. 1 foot. 
16 M. LaPróxicA (Wahl. fl. lapp. p. 161. t. 10.) stem beset 
with retrograde asperities ; leaves petiolate, oblong, serrated, 
narrowed at the base, glabrous: floral ones similar to the 
others; whorls all remote, few-flowered; pedicels glabrous ; 
calyxes rough, with obtuse teeth. 2t. H. Native of Lapland, 
in humid sandy places at the river Kemen; also of Kamtschatka. 
Very nearly allied to M. Canadénsis, B, glabrata. Corollas 
rose-coloured. Stamens exserted. 
Lapland Mint. PI. 1 to 14 foot. 
17 M. rascrora' ra (Benth. lab. p. 181.) stem clothed with 
adpressed, reflexed hairs; leaves lanceolate, acute, serrated, 
narrowed at the base into the petioles, roughish above and gla- 
brous beneath: floral ones similar to the rest: upper ones 
twice as long as the whorls ; whorls all remote, many-flower- 
ed; calyx tubular, clothed with adpressed villi, with acute 
teeth. 2. S. Native of Ceylon, Macrae. Stem a little 
branched, tetragonal. Nearly allied to M. Canadénsis. 
Lanceolate-leaved Mint. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 
18 M. Danv'nicA (Fisch. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 181.) stem 
erect, nearly simple; leaves on short petioles, ovate-lanceolate, 
quite glabrous: floral ones similar to the others ; whorls few, 
remote, loosely globose; calyx tubular, nearly glabrous, with 
obtuse teeth. 7. H. Native of Dahuria. Lepechinia clino- 
podifólia, Willd. hort. berol. under no. 21. Horminum clino- 
podifolia, Pers. ench. 2. p. 132. Stem tetragonal. Leaves 
quite entire, or remotely serrated. Calyx villous inside. This 
differs from all the European tubular-calyxed species, in the 
calyeine teeth being obtuse. 
Dahurian Mint, Fl. July. Aug. Clt. 1818. Pl. 3 to 1 foot.? 
* * Throat of calyx villous inside. 
19 M. wórris (Benth. lab. p. 182.) stem much branched, 
twining? pilosely woolly; leaves petiolate, ovate-roundish, 
acute, somewhat serrated, pubescent above, and clothed with 
white tomentum beneath: floral ones similar; whorls all re- 
mote, globose, many-flowered; calyx clothed with white hairs ; 
throat villous inside. 2%. S. Native of tropical America; fre- 
quent on elevated plains near Quito, Riobamba, Nuevo, and 
Cuenca; Peru, and near Santa Fe de Bogota. Bysteropdgon 
mólle, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 317. Leaves 
about an inch long. Corolla scarcely longer than the calyx. 
Stamens inclosed. Style exserted. 
Soft Mint. Pl. twining.? 
20 M. Purz'ciuw (Lin. spec. p. 807.) stem much branched, 
prostrate ; leaves petiolate, ovate; whorls all remote, globose, 
many-flowered ; calyx hispid, bilabiate: throat villous inside. 
4. H. Native throughout Europe, in ditches and bogs, and 
other humid places; as in England, Sweden, France, Germany, 
Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece; also of Caucasus, near Lenko- 
ran, and about Valparaiso; also of North America. Sole, menth. 
brit. t. 23. Smith, engl. bot. t. 1026. Nees, pl. med. with a 
figure. Woodv. med. bot. t. 171. M. exígua, Lin. spec. 806. 
Smith, icon. ined. t. 38.  Pulégium latifólium, Bauh. pin. 222. 
Pulégium eréctum, Mill. dict. no. 2. Pulégium vulgàre, Mill. 
dict. no. 1.—Sabb. hort. rom. 3. t. 49.—Riv. mon. t. 23. f. 1. 
Stems and leaves glabrous, or finely pubescent. Corollas pale 
LABIATZE. XXVI. Menta. 
XXVII. Lvcorvus. 
purple. The name is derived from pulex, a flea, because the 
plant is supposed to drive away fleas by its smell. 
Var. (9, tomentósa ; stem and leaves densely villous. Y. H, 
Native of Portugal, Spain, about Montpelier, Sicily, Naples, 
Algiers, South of Tauria, Teneriffe. M. tomentòsa, Smith, 
in Rees’ cycl. M. tomentélla, Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. 1. 
p.73. M. Gibraltárica, Willd. enum. 611. M. pulegioides, 
Rchb. Pulégium tomentéllum, Presl. fl. sic. 36. Pennyroyal 
is indigenous to places subject to inundations. It is used in 
different branches of cookery, also for distilling Pennyroyal- 
water. In its sensible qualities it is warm, pungent, and aro- 
matic, somewhat similar to Spearmint, but less agreeable, and is 
seldom used. The plant is said to thrive best in a strong clayey 
moist soil. 
Flea Mint, or Pennyroyal. 
prostrate. 
91 M. Reauie'nt (Benth. lab. p. 182.) small, creeping, quite 
glabrous; branches filiform, ascending; leaves petiolate, orbi- 
cular; whorls loosely few-flowered ; calyx globosely campanu- 
late, quite glabrous, somewhat bilabiate : throat villous inside. 
X. H. Native of Corsica, Requien. Thymus parviflórus, 
Req. in ann. sc. nat. Audibértia, Benth. Stem diffuse at the 
base, much branched. Leaves almost quite entire. Flowers 
2-6 in each whorl; pedicels longer than the calyx. Corollas 
and odour that of M. Pulégium. 
Requien's Pennyroyal. Pl. creeping. 
Fl. Aug. Sept. Britain. Pl. 
T Species hardly known. 
22 M. crave'otens (Presl, fl. sic. p. 36.) spikes panicled, 
cylindrical ; flowers sessile; calyx pubescent; bracteas linear- 
setaceous, twice as long as the calyxes; stem erect, branched, 
tomentose; leaves cordate-oblong, mucronate, remotely ser- 
rated, pubescent, clothed with greyish tomentum beneath. MX. 
H. Native of Sicily. Perhaps referrible to M. pyramidalis. 
Strong-scented Mint. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. ? 
23 M. AwcusrIFOLIA (Host, fl. austr. 2. p. 148.) whorls of 
flowers approximate; leaves linear-lanceolate, flat, hairy ; pedi- 
cels hispid ; stamens shorter than the corolla. %.H. Native 
of Austria, about Vienna, in humid parts of woods. Stem hum- 
ble, purplish, roughish from bristles, simple or branched. Leaves 
denticulated above the middle. Bracteas ciliated. Pedicels 
hispid. Calyx campanulate, hairy. Corolla purplish, hairy 
outside. 
Narrow-leaved Mint. Pl. humble. 
24 M. Nuur' pica (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 662.) leaves lanceolate, 
somewhat serrated, glabrous, nerved, dotted beneath; stem 
erect, much branched; whorls pedunculate, subcorymbose. 
X.H. Native of the north of Africa, near the ruins of the 
town of Tabrarca. Plant glabrous. Leaves petiolate. Corolla 
rather hairy. Stamens exserted. Perhaps a species of Micro- 
méria. 
Numidian Mint. Pl. ; 
25 M. Java'nica (Blum. bijdr. p.:826.) flowers capitate; 
leaves lanceolate, distantly serrated from the middle to the apex, 
puberulous on both surfaces; stem obversely hairy ; stamens 
exserted. 2%. S. Native of Java, in humid places about 
Buitenzorg, and in bogs near Tugu. Said by Blume to be 
nearly allied to M. acutif)lia. Perhaps the same as M. lanceo- 
làta, or a var. of M. arvénsis. 
Java Mint. Pl. 
„Cult. Most of the species delight in a moist soil ; but they 
will also grow in a dry soil. Being all creeping rooted plants, 
they are readily increased by slips of the roots. 
XXVII. LYCO'PUS (from Avcoc, lukos, a wolf; and rovs, 
pous, a foot ; so called probably from the form of the leaves.) 
