the Britifh Species of Mentha 181 
M. fylveftris rotundiore folio.. Bauh. Pin. 227, ex fide Herb. Bouh. 
Hallet l 
.. M. hortenfis fecunda. Fach. Hifl. 289.. 3 : 
-Menthaftrum iylveftee faliis] latis. Hart. Lyf. Ah: ord. 7. t. g. Ay a A 
In iderat et paludofis. Fl. Augufto.: . 
« and 8 aré found in various parts of England.- —y plentiful i in Kent. 
Rand. Buddle in Bobart's Her barium. —s in Kent and Effex, but 
rare. Sole. At Thorpe near. Norwich, and in other parts of Nor- 
folk. 
Caules 2—4- pedales erecti, viet pilis chess: Folia fefhlia, fupra - 
incana, fubtüs villofa; dentato-ferrata ; ; in « lanceolato- oblonga; 
' . in B ovata; in y ovata, minora, magifque. tomentofa ; ; in 4 ellip- 
ticas latiffima, incifo-ferrata. Spica terminales, paniculate, acu- 
tiufcule, villofe, denfz, multiflora, verticillis inferioribus remo- 
tiufculis. Braétee fubulatz, villofz, floribus duplo longiores ; in- 
 feriores latiores. Pili pedicellorum ¢ arcté deflexi. Calyx parvus, 
. undique. hirtus, dentibus fetaceis, tubo longioribus. Corolla ca- ' 
lyce dupló longior, incarnato-purpurea, extüs hirfata. Stamina 
pleraimans inclufa. | 
The firft and fecond varieties of this fpecies are well known by 
the name of Horíe-Mint, and are not very unfrequently to be met 
= with, efpecially | the fecond, in moift or {hady places, on the banks 
of rivers, or in wafte ground, orchards, farm-yards,. &c. They : 
differ a little in the fhape of their leaves, but in no other refpe&t 5 
and. run fo much into one another, that it is by. no means eafy t 
fettle the fynonyms of each. Even Mr. Sole, fo. ftudio i 
ferences i in the fpecies, of Mentha, and fo a acute in difcerning them, 
da _efteems 
