84 DlDYNAMIA— GYMNOSPERMIA. Mentha. 



/3. 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, with numerous spreading branches, 

 leafy, 12 or 18 inches, in (S near 3 feet, highj 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 ; 

 rib and veins of the under side beset with rather stronger ones 5 

 in (3 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 j but in y, especially when cultivated in 

 very dry gi'ound, 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. Cor. pale pur- 

 ple. Stam. seldom so long as the limb. 



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

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

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

 quote P7. 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.of Linn. Soc.v.b. 210. Fl.Br.622. Hull]73. 



Sole Menth. 37.tA6. 

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

 M. rubra. Huds. 252. 

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



Buddie. 

 M. verticillata glabra, odore Menthse sativae, (that is viridis) . Herb. 



Sherard. 

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

 Balsamita officinarum. Best. Hort. Eyst. cesi. ord. 7. t. 3.f. 3. 



/3. M. pratensis. Sole Menth. 39. t. 17. Hull ed. 1 . 129. 



* y. M. gentilis. Sole Menth. 35. 1. 15. 



