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Tiani; and M. paludofa of: Mr. Sole, are the conne&ing links be- 
tween the other varieties. In the Sherardian herbarium is a {peci- 
men marked M. paluftris verticillata, Cat. Gif. p. 168, I believe by 
Dillenius himfelf, with a quotation of Rivinus, tab. 48. f: 2, of the 
propriety of which I am very doubtful This fpecimen is clofely 
allied to that of M. aquatica I have juft been defcribing. Tt is all 
over hairy in fome degree, but not ftrikingly fo. The calyx and 
flower-ftalks are exactly as in the ufual M. birfuta. The whorls 
are 6 in number, of which the 3 or 4 uppermoft are approximate, 
but the terminal one is fmall, fo that it could never be called a capi- 
tate fpecimen. It is very xs 25 feet, with long runners from the 
lower part. 
Hence it appears that M. aquatica i is no longer to be coüfidéred 
as a diftin& fpecies. If the foreg oing remarks fhould appear long 
and tedious, the obfcurity of the fubje&t, and the great uncertainty 
which all botanifts have fo long been i in, concerning the fpecies in: 
qoin s muft form my apoen BER 
t {fit 
** Porticillata, . 
7. MENTHA /ativa. 
"Hairy Whorled Mint. 
M. foribus verticillatis, caulé erecto, foliis ovatis, calyce undique 
hirfuto, pedicellis retroríüm hifpidis. | 4 
a, Mentha fativa. Linn. Sp. Pl. 80 5> ee fynonymis). E 
253. Engli Botet 448. — . 
M. verticillata. Linn. Syf. Nat. ed. IO. 1099. Had ed. I. 222. 
_M, rivalis B» y et dy (nec a), Sole Menth, 45. ai 
M. ver- 
