the Britifh Species of Mentha. oP 211 
M: cardiaca, Ger. em. 680, ex icone. ` i 
=- M. verticillata minor, acuta, non crifpa, oido Ocymi. Bauh, i 
rci DIEPER: — ex ache ' 
EC. non. pratifve "— FI. Augufto. = 
a, at Bocking and Stoke-Newington. - Herb. Sherard. Neke- Wal- 
thamftow. Mr. B. M. Forffer. Near Bradford, Wilts. Mr. So. 
At Saham, Norfolk. f, in the New Foreft, Hants. Mr. Sole. 
^» frequent in ditches’ and wafte places near towns and villages, 
- but pen wild. Mr. Sole. ' 
Herba fubhirfuta. Caulis ere&us, fei pedals, {caber, rubicundus; 
medio przcipué ramofiffimus. Folia fubfefhilia, uniformia, lan- 
^ ceolata, acuta, ferrata, bafi anguftata, leté viridia, utrinque. pilis 
 "Übrevibus: fabhirfuta; in @ deflexa., Verticilli multiflori, fæpiùs 
feffiles, interdum pedunculati. Braétee lanceolate, hirfute. 
Pedicelli teretes, purpurei, omnind glaberrimi. Calyx tubulofo- 
| campanulatus, purpureus, refinofo-punctatus ; bafi glaberrimus ; 
^ apice dentibufque hirfutus, pilis albis, erectis. “Corolla t puppe: 
apice barbata. Stamina inclufa. s M Hub wedr 
When the Seti isn in Engl. Bot. $- 449 was ; written, I refed 
this Mint not to be fpecifically diftinét from M. gentilis of Linnzus. 
To. this I was led by the exa& agreement of their calyxes and 
flower-ftalks, except indeed that the latter, as well as all the lower _ 
part of the calyx, are more conftantly and completely fmooth and 
| polifhed in M. gracilis than i in the preceding. Mature confideration, 
has now induced me to feparate them, -and it 1s never too late. to 
correét an error. M. gracilis has lanceolate, fharp-poin ted fharply 
ferrated and almoft feffile leaves, more upright branches, p the 
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