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Collinsonia anisata Sims, Bot. Mag. 29: t. 1213. 1809. CITRONELLA. 
El, Sk. 1:37. Chap. Fl. 316. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 351. 
Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Metamorphichills. Coast Pine belt. Coast plain, Shaded banks. Lee 
County, Auburn (F. 8. Earle), Clarke County, Suggsville (Dr. Denny). Mobile and 
Baldwin counties. Flowers yellow; September, October. Frequent. Perennial. 
From a Jigneous root; 14 to 2 feet high. 
Economic uses: The anise-scented leaves yield ‘ citronella tea,” used medicinally. 
Type locality: “A native of South Carolina,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
PERILLA Ard.; L. Gen. Pl. ed. 6, Add. 578. 1764, East INpiA Bastv. 
One or 2 species, Eastern Asia, India, China. 
Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5:277. 1894. 
Ocimum frutescens L. Sp. Pl. 2:597. 1753, 
Perilla ocymoides L. Gen. Pl. ed. 6, add. 578. 1764. 
INDIA, CHINA. 
Introduced and naturalized, District of Columbia and southward, 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. In low shaded or exposed waste places. Flowers purple; 
October. A coarse annual, escaped from cultivation, becoming a common wayside 
weed. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in India.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
MENTHA L. Sp. Pl. 2:576. 1753. MINT. 
Thirty to 40 species, chiefly in temperate regions, Northern Hemisphere. Europe, 
northern Asia. North America, endemic, 1. About 1 dozen species, naturalized from 
Europe. 
Mentha piperita L. Sp. Pl. 1:576, 1753. PEPPERMINT. 
EUROPE, 
Escaped from cultivation to low damp places. Flowers pink; July. Infrequent. 
Perennial. 
Economie uses: The herb forms the ‘‘peppermint” or ‘Mentha piperita” of the 
United States Pharmacopria. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab, in Anglia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Mentha spicata L. Sp. Pl. 1:576. 1753. SPEARMINT, APPLEMINT. 
Mentha viridis L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 2: 804. 1763. 
EUROPE, 
Escaped from cultivation and naturalized; low damp places; ditches; more fre- 
quent than the last. July, August. Perennial. 
Economic uses: The herb is the “Spearmint,” ‘Mentha viridis” of the United 
States Pharmacopuia, 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Dania, Germania, Anglia, Gallia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Mentha rotundifolia (l..) Huds. Fl. Angl. 221. 1762. APPLEMINT, FALSE CATNIP. 
Mentha spicata var, rotundifolia L. Sp, Pl. 12576, 1753. 
SOUTHERN EUROPE. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Naturalized on the Atlantic coast from south- 
ern New England to Florida and on the Gulf coast, 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low damp places, ditches, Mobile County. Flowers, 
June to September. Common, An aromatic perennial, 14 to 2 feet high. 
Economic uses: The herb is used as a substitute for catnip. 
Type locality: Same as of last. 
Herb. Geol. Sury. Herb, Mohr. 
LYCOPUS L. Sp. P1.1:21. 1753. Warrer HoOARHOUND. 
Ten species, temperate regions of the Old World. Australia. North America, 6. 
Lycopus virginicus L. Sp. P]l.1:21. 1753. BUGLEWEED. 
Ell. Sk. 1:25. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 408. Chap. F1.313. Gray, Syn. FI.N. A. 2, pt. 1: 353. 
Boreal zone to Louisianian area, Labrador across the continent to British Co- 
lumbia and Oregon; New England to Nebraska, south to Florida and Louisiana. 
