éiá - Dr. Smit u's Obfervations on e e 
In arvis inundatis, precipue, arenofís.. FI. Junio, Julio. 
y, in moift meadows. Mr. Sole. à, on the right hand of the road 
from Bocking to Gofsfield, Effex. Mr. Dale. At Shelford, Cam- 
. bridgethire ; Mr. Wigmores. Ray? ¢, common in corn-fields - 
| and neglected gardens about Mendip hills, Shepton-Mallet and 
B Frome, : Somerfetíhire. Mr. Sole. 
Herba magis vel minds bilog; odore forti, fepius peculiari et ingrato. 
—. Caulis ramofiffimus, plerumque diffufus; in y et e erectus. Folia 
- petiolata, ovata, feu elliptico-ovata, obtufiufcula, varié ferrata ; 
in e rugofa, et feré cordata. -Verticilli\multiflori, fubfeffiles. 
 Braélee lanceolate, fubtis hirfute.. Pedicelli teretes, apice. pur- 
 purafcentes, fepe glaberrimi, interdum plus minus hirfuti, pilis 
fparfis, fubreflexis. Calyx brevis, cámpanulatus, obfoletiüs fulca- 
“tus, refinofo-punétatus, undique pilofus, pilis horizontaliter pa- 
: tentibus. Corolla do pupure extùs piob: eges i ina et B 
The common M. arvenfis is one of the few Mints that every bd 
tanift calls by the fame name. It is met with in the borders, or be- 
tween the furrows, of corn-fields, efpecially i in places where water 
has ftagnated in the winter. Its pale green downy furface, branch- 
ed diffufe ftem, and efpecially a pecáliar ftrong odour which comes 
from every part of the herb when touched, and which moft people 
compare to that of blue mouldy cheefe, readily diftinguifh it. To 
which may be added the campanulate fhort figure of its calyx, and 
` the long hairs which entirely clothe that part projecting horizon- 
tally. If.this circumftance be attended “to, it can never be con- 
founded with any of the preceding. The flower-ftalk is round, 
-— polifhed, purple in the upper part, often quite fmooth, but for the 
: 1 i i moft 
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