80 DIDYNAMIA— GYMNOSPERMIA. Mentha. 



M. crispa verticillata. Bauh. Pin. 227. 



M. sisymbiise facie et odore, hirsutaet verticillata; D. Rand. Herb. 



Buddie. 

 M. altera. Camer. Epit. 478./. 

 Menta. Fuchs. Hist. 288. f. 

 Calamenthae arvensi verticillatae similis, sed multo elatior. Herb. 



Buddie. 

 Cross Whirl Mint. Pet. H. Brit. f. 3 1 ./. 8 ? 

 Yj. Mentha aquatlca verticillata glabra, rotundiore folio. Dill, in 



Herb. Sherard. 

 ^. M. verticillata minima, odore fragrantissimo. Herb. Buddie. 



Confounded under M. aquatica exigua, by Dill, in Raii Syn. 



232, n. 2, with wrong synonyms. See Tr. of L. Soc. v. 5, y. 



In watery places every where. 



a. The most common of all our Mints. 



/3. In the parish of East Borne, Sussex, in the road to Pevensey, 

 observed by Mr. Manningham. Dillenius. A common variety. 



y. A native of England, according to the Banksian herbarium. 



L Near Bocking. Dale. In Somersetshire. Mr. Sole. On the 

 south-west shore of Saham meer, Norfolk. 



£. In Holt fen, at Streatham near Ely ; also in a rivulet by the side 

 of Audry causeway, near Haddenham, isle of Ely. Mr. Sole. 



^. About rivulets on the side of Shotover hill near Oxford ; Mr. 

 Tilleman Bobart. Herb. Bobart. On the banks of the Lea, near 

 Hackney. Mr. E. Forster. At Saham and Ashill, Norfolk ; also 

 1 1 miles from Norwich, on the Hingham road, and in many other 

 places. 



rj. In a, ditch on the left hand of Chalk's green, going from Brain- 

 tree to Leez-house. Dillen. Ms. 



^. Found by Mr. Buddie and Mr. F. Dale, sen. by the side of the 

 New river, near the upper end of Stoke Newington. Herb. She- 

 rard. On Skoulton Common, near Hingham, Norfolk, but with 

 only the usual smell of this species. 



Perennial. August, September. 



The roots creep to a great extent. Herb very variable, more or less 

 hairy ; very seldom almost smooth, except the^ower-stalks and 

 calyx ; but a smooth plant removed to a garden became as hairy 

 as any of the varieties, in the following year. The scent also 

 varies from a fetid, marshy, though pungently aromatic, odour, 

 which is usual in the whole species, to the camphorated flavour 

 of true Pepper Mint, n. 4, for which our variety y serves in the 

 north of Europe. Some varieties acquire a sweet scent, like 

 Basil, but that is transient. I have specimens gathered in 1 743, 

 which still retain the fine odour of Frankincense Thyme. Stems 

 generally erect, and mostly branched, clothed with rather short 

 hairs, curved downwards. Leaves stalked, ovate, serrated, 

 hairy, from an inch to 1 J inch long, rarely more or less^ except 



