: cific names of Mentha in. 
from the {pecimen 
ufually | called fativa, and which is really cultivated i in gardens, pro- 
: the Britifo Species of Mentha, | 203 
make fuch a miftake, if thefe fpecimens did not prove it. - Confe- 
= quently the article in queftion muft have been ftiil involved i in im- 
penetrable obícurity without them. 
I have only to add, in conclufion of this aestuat of M. fativa y, 
that Mr. Crowe and myfelf obferved upon Skoulton common, Nor- 
folk, great plenty of a variety very clofely agreeing witli this fwect- 
| fcented fpecimen of Buddle, except in fmell, for ours has merely the 
ufual fcent of M. /ativa, nor has culture in dry or wet ground altered 
it. 'Thefigure and defcription of Jacquin's M. au/iriaca come very - 
near this. The leaves are occafronally of a dark fhining green, but 
that is accidental. : 
Perhaps fome apology is neceffary for the trivial name fasi as 
applied to a Mint which is never cultivated. Ican only fay the fpe- 
neral are. very bad and inexpreffive: 
Few pérfons-would prefer. verticillata, the original denomination of 
this plant in Linneus. He feems to have been aware of its impro- 
priety; and the wrong fynonyms in Sp, Plant. which he copied 
-fent him by Miller, belonging to the Mint 
bably led him to adopt that name. I have more efpecially thought 
it not worth altering, as the fpecies will perhaps not be kept dif- 
tin& from Airfuta. 
8. MENTHA acutifolia, 
. Fragrant Jbarp-leaved Mint, 
nl 
M. foribus udin. foliis ovato-lanceolatis utrinque acutis, ca- 
lyce undique hirfuto, pilis pedicellorum patentibus. E 
^. Mentha verticillata. Mill, Dj. ed. 8. m 17. Herb, Miller, dion 
"Dude = TT p M. Yer. 
