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Four to five feet high. Flowers purplish red^ with a linear subhLspid 

 brae tea at the base. 



3.M, genlHis {hushy red Mint), flowers whorled, leaves petio- 

 late ovate serrated subglabrous, " stem much branched spread- 

 ing" (Stn.), pedicels and lower part of the cal. glabrous teeth 

 hairy. Light/, p. 305. E. B. t. 2118. 



Hab. Sides of rivers and waste places, but rare. Dr. Parsons. Bank 

 of a rivulet running into Loch Ransa, in Arran, Mr. Murray. 

 Banks of Moffat water, below Carrifrew, Br. Walker. Fl. Sept. Ij. . 



" Stem 12 — 18 inches high, very bushy in consequence of the nume- 

 rous, opposite, spreading branches :" — and this is all the character 

 that has been discovered to distinguish it from M. rubra. Surely 

 it is no permanent one ? I would not willingly decide till I see 

 plants in a growing state : but in my plants in the herbarium there 

 is not a shadow of a difference. 



4. M. arvenais {Corn-mhit), flowers whorled, leaves ovate hairy 

 serrated, calyx campanulate and clothed with spreading hairs. 

 Ligkif. p. ,306. E. B.t.2\\9. 



Hab. Corn-fields, not uncommon. H. Aug., Sept. 



The Cal. short and campanulate with spreading hairs distinguishes 

 this species. The smell of the plant has been compared to that of 

 the blue part of decayed cheese. Flowers reddish purple. — 1 think 

 the M. agresfis of F. B. is not distinct from this. 



5. M. Pulegium {Penny-royal), flowers whorled, leaves downy 

 ovate olituse subcrenate, stem prostrate, flowerstalks slightly, 

 and calyx very, pubescent, teeth of the latter fringed. LightJ. 

 p. 307.' E.'B.t.l02Q. 



Hab. Among rubbish tlnown out of gardens, and scarcely indigenous ; 

 side of springs on the rentland hills r Light/. Fl. Aug., Sept. 1/ . 



The smallest of the genus, readily known by its ])rostrate stems and 

 small frecjuently recurved leaves, which are both thickly covered 

 witli short hairs. Flower pale purplish. — Much employed in medi- 

 cine, and has a powerful smell, 



5. GLECHOMA. 



1. G. /leJeracea (Gioi/nd-ivy), leaves renifonn crenate. Lighlf. 

 p. 'SOI. E.B.t.S:i3. 



Hab. Under hedges and in waste ])laces, frcfiuent. Fl. Apr. May. If. . 



Plant much creeping. Leaves petiolate, pubescent. Flowers large, 

 blue, in threes, axillary. 



G. LAMIUM. 



1. L. album {white Dead-Netlle), leaves cordato-aouuiinate 

 deeply serrated petiolate, whorls of about 20 flowers. Lighlf. 

 p. 308. E. B. t. 768. 



Hab. Borders of fields and waste places, abundant. Fl. June, July. % . 

 Flowers large, white, with a honied fluid at the base of the tube: 



2. L. maculaiian {spotted Dead-Nettie), leaves eordato-acumi- 

 nate inciso-serrate petiolate, whorls of about lOflovvcrs. E.B. 

 t. 2550. 



