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Tourn-InH-. R, H. 202. Swalkr common Cat- 



4nguJlifoIia) fioribus fpicatis, verticillisfub- 

 tbliis cordato-oblongis icrratis leflilibus. 



Cataria anguitiioiia mrjor. Tourn. Inll. 



feflilibus. 



Catmint "J^itb fpikedflo'vjers^ whofe whorls grow abnoji 



ckfe to the ftiilks^ and oblongs fc 



. fitting clofe^ 

 R. H- 202. Greater narrozv leaved Catmint, 



jL Nep-E'TA {Paniculata) floribus paniculatis, foliis ob- 

 lonao cordatis acutis ferratis Icffilibus. Catmint with 

 panickdflcwcrs^ and ohlcng^ heart-JJjaped^ acute ^ fawned 



leaves^ Jit ling clofe to the JLtlks. Ca:aria qu^e neper-a 

 .minor, folio meliffe Turcica!. Boerh. Ind. alt. 1. 174. 

 Smaller Catmint with a 'Turkey Balm leaf, 

 5. Nep£Ta {Italica) floribus fcfTilibus verticillato-fpica- 

 tis, brafteislanccolatis longitudine calycis, foliis pe- 



whcfe fl{ 

 ftalk 



^^tiolati?.^. Lin. Sp. Plant. 798. 

 ■grew in tobcrled fpikes^ fitt 



fpear-Jhaped brahe^ the length of the empalement^ with 

 leaves growing upon the foot-ftalks. Cataria minor 



Tourn. Inft. R. H. 202. Smaller Alpine 



Alpina 



Catmint, . 



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_>fis, foliiSi,pctiolati3 (;oxdato-oblongis dentatis." Lin. 



^ Sp» Plant. 797. Catmint with roundijh whorls ftanding 



m foot JialkSy and oblongs heart-fiaped^ indented leaves, 



ataria Hifpanica, betonic^ folio anguftiore flore cse- 



-Vtifleo.^Xp."^^' Inft- R- H- 202. Spanifh Catmint with 

 0n^^ojp Sftony leaf and a blue flower, .> ■ ■■ \ 



7. J^EPETA {Tuberofa) fpic'is feflilibus, bra£teis ovatis 



.^coloratis, loliis fummis feflilibus, Hoft. Clifif. 311. 

 .^Catmint vjith fpiked flowers fitting clofe to thejialks^ oval 

 . ,^olgured hra^ea^^and the upper leaves fitting clofe to the 

 ^fialks.^^ Cataria Hifpanica, fupina,,"'-l>ctonicse folio, 

 . tutcrofa radicc* Tourri.Tnfl:. R. H. 202. Spanifh Cat- 



ftalK^ aBetom leaf 



rous rooLfn,^^^.^ 



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^y«/ij) floribus feflilibus verticillato-fpi- 



f / catis, verticillis tomento obvokuis. Hort. Cliff. 311. 



)i,^atminl with flowers growing in whorkd fpikes fitting 



Itkfeto the ftalky and the whorls covered with down. 



Horminum fpicatum lavendulse flore & odore. Bocc. 



t Plant. Sic. 48. tab. 25. Spiked Clary with a Lavender 



' -'fmell and flower. ■ 



9, ^'^^^^{Virginica) foHis lanceolatis, capitulis ter- 



'.^ minaubus, ftaminibus flore longioribus. Lin. Sp. 



(Plant, ^"j I . Catmint with fpcar-fhaped leaves"^^ ftalhter- 

 . j^mhatedbyflcwmgrP^ing in heads^ andjiamina longer 



Jhan the flower, ' Clinopodium aniarac| folio, floribus 



• albis. Pluk. Aim. 110. Fieh 



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Bafil 

 ify and awhite flyower. ^^:_<,^^ -kk'\* >t4. ' 



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ip. 'N^P^TA {Orientalis) floribus fpicatis, verticillis craf- 

 .^fioribus, foliis cprdatis.pi^tuseden^^tis petiQlauSi Cat- 

 ' ^i/nint with fpiked ficwers^ whofe whorls are very thick, 



-- and hear t-fbaped leaves ^which are cBtufely indented, and 



^ftMd upon foot 'ft. 



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imij^^TftVrn. 



^avendqls odorp, verticillis florum cra.^.^ ,^, ,_. _ ^ . 

 |Cor. Infl:. 13. Eaflern^Q^Jmint wnth ^ ^ree Germander 

 ' leaf fmellin^ like Lavender^ ana very thick whorls to the 



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Ji.,N^PETA {Prbcumhens) floribus vcrticillatis, brafteis V \ jflowers.'^i'f ^i- 



ovatis birfutis, foliis cqrdato-ovatis crenatis,'caule ' ""' 

 :r,;J>rocumbente, Catmint with whorled flozvers, having 

 {C^al hairy l/raile<e, oval heart-fhapet 

 ^^crenated^ and' alrailing ftalk. -^i'^^^SS^^^I^^ 

 The firft fort is the common Nep, pj Cattmint» which 



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The whole plant hasailrong fccnc between Mint and 

 Penny Royal , it is called Carm^nt, becaufc the cats 

 are very fond of it, efpcciaUy when it is witliered, for 

 then t\icy will roll thcnifclvcs on it, and tear it to 

 pieces, chewing it in their moutlis v/ith great pi 

 fure. Mr. Ray mentions his having tranfplanted 

 fo:ne of the plants of this fort from the fields, into 

 his garden, which v/erc foon dcilroyed by the cats, 

 but the plants v/hichcamc up from feeds in his war- 

 den efcaped, which verifies the old proverb, viz. " If 

 " you fet it the cats will eat it, if you fow it the cats 

 " will not know it." I have frequently made trial of 

 this, and have always found it true ; for I havetranf- 

 planted one of the plants from another part of the 

 garden, within two feet of fome plants which came 

 up from feeds, the latter ha^ remained unhurt, when 

 the former has been torn to pieces and deftroyed by 

 the cats •, but I have always obfervcd, where there is 

 a large quantity of the herb growing together, they 

 •will not meddle with it. This.flov/ers in June and 

 July, and the feeds ripen in autumn. It is ufed in 

 medicine. 



The fecond fort grows naturally in Italy, and the 

 fouth of France ; the fl:alks of this are flendere , their 

 joints farther afunder, the leaves are narrower, and 

 the whole plant whiter than the firfl:. The fpikes of 

 flowers are divided into whorls ; the lower of thcfe 

 "are two inches apart, others are an inch, and the up- 

 ' per half an inch, and thefe differences are perma- 

 nent, for I have always found the feeds produce the 

 fame kind.^^^i^v--?^s<^4i:ie:-' h^^^! ,. 



The llalks of the third fort do not branch fo much as 

 cither of the former \ they are flencjerer, and their 

 joints farther afunder ; the leaves'are fmall, narrow, 

 and almolt neart-lhapea, lawed on their edges, hoaiy, 

 and fl:and upon ftiortfoot-ftalks. The fpikes of flower's 

 are more broken, 'or interrupted than thofe of the fe- 

 cond, and the whorls ftand upon foot-ftalks. ft grows 

 naturally in Italy:- -^u;!-;?! I .v-^Vf^rrv'jrh 'j-nu. ;. ■ 



.The fourth fort gro'm naturally in Sicily V this rifes 



with a ftrong four-cornered ftalk near three feet 



.' high ; the lower joints are four or five inches afunder. 



. MThe leaves are long, narrovf, and heart-fliapecl, deeply 



' fa wed on their edges, and fet pretty clofe to the ftalk. 



■-The flowers grow in panicles along the ftalks, and arc 



*. of a pale purplifti colour:- * It flowers about the fame 

 totime with the other forts/? * 5 ;^ v.; / ■ . :^ r 



i>The fifth fort grows nacufklly "upon' the' Alps ; the 

 ftalks of this feldom rife more than a foot and '4 half 

 high, fendmg out very few branches. « The whorls of ^ 

 ^^^iflowers which' fornV the fpikeV are 'diftant from each' 

 - -other, ""anS fet clofe to the 'ftalk- The leaves aft fliolt, 



\ •oval, hpr:;fliaged,-' and ftand upop^foot-ftalks f the 



/'plant is hoary, anH ftrolig fcWted. -;;;*' 4^*f'f^^^^ ^ • 

 j I'he fixth fort grows naturally inlSpairi ; the ftalks of 

 ^•khis'rife about two feet high, 'and hav^e a few {Tender . 

 branches coming; out from the fides. > The leaves' are 

 \ piheart-lhaped;^ and indented on their edges. The 

 I r.'{11owers groV in foundifli whorlsj lipon foot-ftalks, 

 ^nS are 'blue •, there is alfo¥vlFicty of this with white 



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' JI'The fevcnth fort srdv/s naturally in P 

 *' *^ "^has a thick knobbed root, from which c 



Portugal J this 



comes out brie 



' .or two ftalks, 'which ^oftcn ckcline'to the'grolind; 



* V)tH^ arg abb\lt'\\vd'feet and a half long, and fend out 



i )• two fide branches oppofite. "^^"he leaves are obloner^ 



:gt"0ws naturally on the fide of banks and ^hedges in 



ihahy parts of England; this has a perennial root, 



/rom which afife many "briihchihg ftalks, "which are ._. „ ._ ^ , 



..four-cornered, about tWQ.feeif high, garailhed-4teach r |, whorls of flowers, thetowerbeing two inches afunder. 



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t.crenated on ^heir edges, and' fit clofe to tfie'ltalks, 



■ "ancTare of a deep green. -The upper part 5f the ftalk, 



for more"th*an a foof ih ferigth, is^^garniflied v/ith 



joint by two heart-fhapcd leaves ftanding oppofite, 

 ^ upon pretty long foot-ftalks \ tKey are fa wed on their 

 -H«^*^gcs, and are hoary on their under fide^^ The flow- 

 ers grow in fpikes at the top of the ftalks, and below 

 tlie^ikcsarg two ox^ three whorls of_flov^ers^ which 

 Jiave very Aiort'foot-ftailis. , The flowers are white, 

 ^and have two lips'; \lae' upper lip ftands ere£t, and 

 ..Jhe lowfr.is\a_ little VeHexed,'ar\d indented at the 



ded by foyr^gvai black 



i^but are nearer all the way upward j thefe fie very clofe 

 \ ^. -to the ftalk's,*and are guarded by bvai,'finall, coloured 

 \ irleaves,' or brafte.^'.„ " The flowers are blue', arid fliap- 

 i ' ed like thofe of the other fgfcies ; there is one of this 



i' fort with an ereft ftalk, which is the only difference 





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point J thefe ar^ each fuccecdi 

 ■«cas, which ripen in the emp?. 



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^theemp^lemsnt:,^';:^;-^ ^, 



' between them. 



i.The eighth fort grows nathrally in Sicily. The ftalks 



I of this grow about two feet high •, the branches come 



out towVd-thf bottoni V they are heart- Ihaped, ob- 



tufe, and but little indented, ftanding upon pretty 



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