DIDYNAMIA— GYMNOSPERMIA. Mentha. 85 



j6. In Lock's brook, between Weston and Twiverton, Somerset- 

 shire. Mr. Sole. 

 y. About towns, but scarcely to be found truly wild. 



Perennial. August. 



The whole herb is of a lighter green than the last, all over more or 

 less minutely hairy, and, when planted in a dry situation, 

 pleasantly scented ; in wet ground it has the ordinary smell of 

 Mint. Stem erect, bushy, witli numerous spreading branches, 

 ieafy, 12 or 18 inches, in (3 near 3 feet, high ; when not quite 

 smooth, the hairs are recurved, as usual. Leaves stalked, uni- 

 formly ovate, not much pointed, serrated, dotted, scarcely paler 

 beneath ; the upper surface besprinkled with fine small hairs j 

 rib and veins of the under side beset with rather stronger onesj 

 in jS the leaves are longer and more elliptical ; in y prettily va- 

 riegated with yellow, and more fragrant. Whorls nearly sessile, 

 except occasionally from cultivation in y. Bracteas lanceolate, 

 hairy, varying in size. Flower-stalks round, purplish, for the 

 most part very smooth ; but in y, especially when cultivated in 

 very dry ground, they sometimes bear a few deflexed hairs. CaL 

 shorter^ and more spreading or bell-shaped, than in M. rubra, 

 rough with ascending hairs about the teeth, and more or less of 

 the tube, the base of which is naked and smooth. Cur. pale pur- 

 ple. Stam. seldom so long as the limb. 



The figures of this species and of M. rubra in E7igl. Bot. both very 

 characteristic, sufficiently show how distinct they are ; and if the 

 calyx be attended to, nobody can confound them. I therefore 

 quote Fl. Scotica with doubt, the worthy author appearing un- 

 acquainted with my plants. 



10. M. gracilis. Narrow-leaved Mint. 



Flowers whorled. Leaves lanceolate, nearly sessile. Stem 

 upright, much branched. Flower-stalks, and base of the 

 calyx, quite smooth. 



M. gracilis. Sm. Tr. ofLinn.Soc. v.h. 210. Fl. Br. 622. Hull 173. 



Sole Menth. 37- «. l6. 

 M. gentilis. Engl. Bot. v. 7. t. 449. With. 524. 

 M. rubra. Huds. 252. 

 M. fusca, sive vulgaris. Rail Syn. ed. 2, 123. ed. 3. 232. Herb. 



Buddie. 

 M. verticillata glabra, odore Menthse sativae, (that is ri/k^is). Herb. 



Sherartl. 

 M. verticillata, folio angustiore. Riv. Monop. Irr. I. 48./. 2. 

 Balsamita officinarum. Best. Hart. Eyst. cest. ord. 7. t. 3./. 3. 

 /3. M. pratensis. Sole Menth. 39. t. \7 . Hull ed. 1, 129. 

 *y. M. gentilis. Sole Menth, 35. t. 15. 



