186 _ 4n Smitu's Obfervations on 
Near Exmouth, eventi and on the banks of the Thames. 
Hudjon. On a common between Glaftenbury and Wells, alfo in a 
meadow 4 miles from Bath, and various places by the fide of the 
—. Avon between Bath and Kelfton. Mr. Sole. f found by Mr. Dale 
-iby thé river fide at Bocking Effex: Ray, and Herb. Sherard. On 
the river Medway near Maidftone, Kent. Plukenet. At. Babergh 
. near Norwich. Mr. Pitchford... y ina meadow at Bocking, Effex. 
Dillenius, and Dale in Herbs Sherard.. & án a meadow by Manwood 
. bridge, on the right hand. of the road from Morley and to Col- 
es chefter. Dillenius,. and Dale i in Herb, Sherard. . Dec co T 
^ 
tem 
Caules 2—3-pedales, ¢ eredi, glabri, 1 ramofi. ` ` Folia. a feffilia, lanceolata, 
ry TN 
"acuta, ferrata, glabra, quandoque fübtüs fübhirfüta; ; in f, et^ 
latiora et breviora, magifque aliquantulum rugofa. Spice panicu- 
latz, elongate, acutz, verticillis ' feré olhniBus remotiufculis. : 
Jen Bractee. .fetacez, floribus. duplo longiores, r magis vel minüs ciliata ; $ 
a inferiores fubindé lanceolate. Pedicelli ómninó g la bri Calyx | ful- 
~ catus, in a glaber, in 2, y et 2 dentibus ciliatis, pilis longitudine va- 
riis. Corolla gracilis, purpurea; g glabra. Stamina longitudine varia. 
The common Spear-mint of the ardiki was not reckoned among 
our wild plants by either Ray or Dillenhus: - Mr. Hudfon however 
admits it, and the authority of. Mr. Sole confirms his opinion. . It is 
diftinguifhed from the other fpiked Mints. by. its lanceolate, pointed, 
and perfectly fmooth leaves. +; Its flower-ftalks and tube of the calyx 
are alfo quite fmooth, though the teeth of the latter are not always 
free from hairinefs ; and the braétex are generally ciliated. This is 
our fiet variety, the real Mentha viridis of the ree ae ca send 
and of all authors. 
. Oar ad 3d and 4th varieties have been enveloped 1 in E S bleus. 
à probably 
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