the Britifo Species of Mentha, — 107 
jägi ftrikingly diftiniguifhed by its ETETE thé capitulum 
| being lengthened out into. a-leaflefs {pike of feveral whorls, more or 
lefs crowded together. The lowermoft whorl is generally axillary 
-and pedunculated, and fometimes is alfo elongated into a little fpike.. 
Buddle appears to-have been: the difcoverer of this plant in England. 
‘He called it M. aquatica, folio oblongo viridi glabro, faporis fervidi iffimi ; 
and- it exifts fo. marked in his herbarium.. There is a fpecimen of 
the fame i in Bobart's collection, fent by Buddle, with a ticket of his 
own writing, confifüng of the: character juft mentioned and the fol- 
lowing remarks : 
“Hac eft, ex. fententià D. Dale, Menthaftri aquatici genus hir- 
** futum {pica latiore, J. B. 3. 222.. I defire you and your lady to 
$e tafte of this, and. after fome little time chewing, you will find it 
very hot. The whole face of - the idle ds. different: from Dr. 
“ Eale's Peppermint." | e ^ | 
"This old fpecimen ftill taftes of Babee in which, as well as 
every external character, it agrees with thofe I gathered, in com- 
pany with. Mr..Crowe; at Saham-meer.” Buddle is wrong in deno- 
minating it “ folio glabro," for the leaves: in his own fpecimen: are 
by no means: fmooth on either fide. Beneath they are paler, and 
-confiderably hairy. The calyx and flower-ftalks precifely agree ' 
with thofe of the foregoing and following varieties. Mr. Sole’s fpeci- 
mens very - nearly accord with mine, except in having only the ufual 
fmell of M. birfuta.. 1 believe all the other fynonyms-above quoted — 
are correét, SM etas ^ had once great doubts- concerning the figure 
2 np and Base. the pef being. shee po 
Lm Wes Races: of tie Bowet; both in ve aüd tole Mihis; and an tH 
curate comparifon of fpeciméns with thefe old’ cuts has removed 1 
doubts. M. palufiris folio oblongo, Mel RH. 33.47. fF. ^ in which : 
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