TUB FLOBA OF UVBBfOOL. 



8. M. SATIVA. L. (Marsh whorled M.) September, u 



Vae. b. Hook. & Arnott. M. eubra. Sm. " Whole 

 plant nearly glabrous, pedicels and lower part of 

 the calyx quite glabrous." 



Wet places, ditch sides, &c., not ancommon. Eastham 

 wood, plentiful ; and at Oxton, Formby, Southport, «fec. 



4. M. ARVENsis. L. (Corn M.) Aug., Sept, U 



Com fields and light sandy groond, common. 



5. M. PuLEGiUM. L. (Penny-royal.) Aug., Sept. 21 



New Brighton, — T. Sansom. I fear that we must con- 

 sider it as introduced here from some garden. 



" No class of insects appears to be fond of any of the species of Mint. Coleoptera 

 are very seldom seen near where Mint grows. The only Caterpillar I hare seen 

 feeding upon it is Spiloioma papyrata (the Water Ermine)." — Bainbs. 



Teibe 2. SATURBINE^. Hook. & Arnott. 



" Corolla two-lipped, the tube about as long as the calyx ; lips 



nearly equal in length, upper one nearly plane. Stamens 



diverging, nearly equal, protruded." fGen. 4, 5.) 



4. THYMUS. Linn. T^me. 

 1. T. Seepyllum. L. (Wild T.) June—August. U 



Sand hills along the coast, ahundant. 



Vab. b. Hook. & Arnott. T. lanuginosus. Willd. 

 " Leaves hairy or hoary." 



Not unfrequent on the sand hills. 



5. ORIGANUM. Linn. Marjoram. 

 1. 0. vulgare. L. (Common M.) July, September. U 



Between Seacombe and Poulton, near the wooden bridge, 

 in hedge banks. Abundant on hedge banks between 

 Buckley Hill School and Sefton Church,— W.S. 



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