‘the Britil Species o of Mentha, 173 
it, we quote the Herbarium or fpécimen. on which our knowledge i is 
founded. So in quoting linnzus, we only anfwer for his own 
names, and. by no means for any of his fynonyms ; for.| am forry — , 
to fay he is in that department. more incorrect than moft other 
writers, even in his moft accurate and ingenious Fira Lapponica, 
and very much fo in.his laboured Hortus Clifartiznus. . Dillenius 
has made many fimilat miftakes; and the works of Haller abound 
with them. How ill-advifed therefore are thofe who copy fyno- 
nyms from any author without examining them! This is a truth 
I have often inculcated, but it cannot bé too ftrongly enforced. 
Let thofe who think it — purfue with me the ence zi 
= Britifh Mints. (dos 
E pu enumerates 8 les 
Júdit: Calaminibia “aly : 3 Pis 
bee eerta Mint of’ Gerten Mentha c Germanica | 
 Jfprnofa, has never been fuppofed to be Bitit and is left out even 
by Mone Another i is s the Cat Mint, d Cataria of Linnzus. j 
T The 2 Pinas of Merrett containe 11 fuppofed fpec: 
of Which belong to Mentha Pulegium, a third is dla Citar ano- 
ther (Calamintha aquatica) is Mentha arvenfis. Five of the remaining 
ones are marked with an afterifk as being added by himfelf to the | 
lift of Britifh plants, and of thefe the 4 laft are as unintelligible to- 
ow how they are to zm Mfeeftsingii 7 
me as t RBs nor do I kno 
I (hall tranferibe all Merrett fays upon the fubjedt. - gr 
“Ment "odorata fore cineritio. Five mie from € Glouc fter,in | 
: the way to Hereford, air sedoli ak daus ad eames 
. -** Mentha Balfamita velition: In ease etwixt Pem- 
: pm and. Lewes in Suffex... Diutiffimé durat odor ejusdutrilimus: | 
CHEER “ Mentha 
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