THE FLORA OP LIVERPOOL. 



Ord. LVII. Labiate. Juss. 



The Labiate Family, 



A. Stamens 2. (Gen. 1, 2.) Diand. Monogyn. L. 



1. LYCOPUS. Linn. Gipsy-wort. 



1. L. EuROPiEUS. L. (Common G.) June — Sept. U 



By the sides of ponds and in moist places, frequent both 

 in Wirral and Lancashire. 



2. SALVIA. Linn. Sage or Clary. 



1. S. Verbenaca. L. (Wild English S. or C.) June — 

 August. li 



About "West Kirby, on banks, rare, — W.S., J.D. 



B. Stamens 4. (Gen. 3—18.) 

 Bidynam. Gymnosperm. Linn. 



Tribe. 1. MENTHOIDE^. Hook. & Arnott. 



" Tube of the corolla scarcely longer than the calyx, its limb 



4 — 5 cleft, nearly regular. Stamens diverging 



upwards.^' (Gen. 3.) 



3. MENTHA. Linn. Mint. 



1. M. piperita. Sm. (Pepper M.) Aug., Sept. U 



Watery places ; occasionally met with near farm houses, 

 but always the outcasts of gardens. Near the " Swan," 

 by Liverpool, — J.S. in Herb. In rivulets (in Cheshire), — 

 E.G. Near Gill Moss Chapel. 



2. M. AQUATiCA. L. (Water capitate M.) Aug., Sept. U 



Yar. a. Hook. & Arnott. M. hirsuta. L. " Leaves 

 pubescent, calyx and pedicels hairy." 

 By the side of ditches and in watery places, common. 



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