180 DIDYN. GYMNOSP. 



toothed all nearlv of a size, whorls of flowers rather distant. 

 E. B. i. 477. 

 Hab. Mountaiii.s of Aberdeenshire, not uncommon, 7) I>>o«. Fl.Jvilv, 



u. 



Of this I have never seen British specimens. 

 2. TEUCRIUM. 



1. T. Scorodonla {Wood- sage), leaves cordate petiolate pubes- 

 cent creiiate, flowers in lateral and terminal racemes secund, 

 stem erect. Light/, p. ^303. E. B. i. 1543. 



Hab. Woods and dry stony places, frequent. Fi. July, Aug. % . 



Stems 1 — 2 f. high. Leaves singularly rugose. Flowers yellowish 

 white. Stain, much protruded, purplish red. — This plant is ex- 

 tremely bitter, and has, in some countries, been substituted for 

 hops. 



2, T. Chrwicpdi-T/s {[Fcill-gerjna7ider), leaves ovate tappring into 

 a footstalk inciso-serrate, flowers axillary in threes, stem sub- 

 procumbent rounded hairy. E. B. t. ()S0. 



Hab. Old Vt'alls at Balgavis, 5 m. E. of Forfar, and at Kelly, 3 m. E. 



of Arbroath, in Angus-shire ; but near houses (the same situations 



as in England), G. Don. FI. July, Aug. IJ. . 

 Flowers reddish purple. Stems 6 — 8 inches high. 



3. NEPETA. 



1. N. cataria {Cat-mint), flowers in spiked subpedunculated 

 whorls, leaves petiolate cordate dentato-serrate. Lightf. 

 p. 304. E. B. t. 137. 



Hab. Hedges and waste places, rare. Hedges near Cragnethan Cas- 

 tle, Glasg., Hopk. Road-side between Culross and Kincardine, 

 Mattgli. ' Ft. July, Aug. 1/. 



Stems 2 — 3 f high, downy, as well as the leaves, and whitish. Flowers 

 white, with a rose coloured tinge. Anthers reddish. 



4. MENTHA. 



1. M. hirsuta [hairy IVater-mint), flowers capitate or whorled, 

 leaves petiolate ovate serrated pubescent, cal. hairy, pedicels 

 with reflexed hairs. Lightf . p. 1104, and/?. 305 (M. aqna- 

 tica). E. B. t. 4i7, and t. 448 (M. sativa). 



Hab. Banksof rivers and marshes, frequent. H. Aug., Sept. 1/. 



Very variable. Sometimes the flowers are capitate, sometimes whorl- 

 ed, and sometimes the whorls are placed so close on the extremity 

 of the branches as to form a spike. Their colour is purplish. An- 

 thers varying in length. 



2. M. rubra {tall red Mint), flowers whoi led, leaves petiolate 

 ovate serrated subgiabrous, '' stem upright zigzag" {Sm.), 

 pedicels and lower part of the cal. cjuite glabrous teeth hairy. 

 E.B.t.l4\3. 



Hab. Ditches and on the banks of rivers, but rare. Banks of the 

 Clyde at Hamilton, Hopk., and ditto near Glasg., D.Don. Mus- 

 selburgh, Mr. Borrer. Fl. Sept. 1/ , 



