20 Rhodora [JANUARY 
ranted. In the Ist edition of the Sp. Pl. p. 576 (1753) Linnaeus 
published the complex M. spicata as follows: 
spicata. 2. MENTHA floribus spicatis, foliis oblongis serratis. 
Hort. ups. 168. 
Mentha sylvestris, longioribus nigrioribus & minus in- 
canis foliis. Bauh. pin. 227. 
viridis. æ. Mentha spicis solitariis interruptis, foliis lanceolatis. 
serratis sessilibus. Hort. cliff. 306. Roy. lugdb. 325. Dalib. 
paris. 177. 
Mentha angustifolia spicata. Bauh. pin. 227. Mentha 
HI. IV. Dod. pempt. 95. 
Mentha aquatica spicata, foliis oblongis viridibus serratis. 
acuminatis. Gron. virg. 167. 
longifolia. 8. Mentha spicis confertis, foliis serratis tomentosis 
sessilibus. Hort. cliff. 306. Roy. lugdb. 325. Dalib. paris. 
177. Mat. med. 279. Gort. gelr. 341. 
Mentha sylvestris, folio longiore. Bauh. pin. 227. 
Menthastrum spicatum, folio longiore candicante. Bauh. 
hist. 3. p. 321. 
rotundifolia. y.. Mentha sylvestris, rotundiore folio. Bauh. pin. 
227. Habitat in Dania, Germania, Anglia, Gallia. 2/. 
In the 2nd Edition of the Species Plantarum pages 804 and 805 
(1762) Linnaeus lists the three following species in place of M. spicata 
and its varieties of the 1st Ed. 
sylvestris. 1. MENTHA spicis oblongis, foliis oblongis tomentosis 
serratis sessilibus, staminibus corolla longioribus. Hort. 
cliff. 306. Hort. ups. 168. Mat. med. 279. Dalib. paris. 
177. Gort. gelr. 341. Huds. angl. 221 [M. longifolia}. 
Mentha sylvestris, folio longiore. | Bauh. pin. 227. 
Menthastrum spicatum, folio longiore candicante. Bauh. 
hist. 3. p. 321. 
Habitat in Dania, Germania, Anglia, Gallia. 2. 
Folia albida. 
viridis. 2. MENTHA spicis oblongis, foliis lanceolatis nudis 
serratis sessilibus, staminibus corolla longioribus. Mentha 
spicis solitariis interruptis, foliis lanceolatis serratis 
sessilibus. Hort. cliff. 306. Roy. lugdb. 325. Huds. angl. 
221 [M. spicata]. 
Mentha angustifolia spicata. Bauh. pin. 227. 
