sylves’tris. 
viridis, 
_ of flowers much longer than 
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DIDYNAMIA. GYMNOSPERMIA. Mentha. 
 Simpler’s Fay. “Waste places, stone walls, sides 
Vervain. 
of great roads, [At the foot of Pe Vincent’s rocks all along the 
course of the river, very aie 1.] A. Aug. —Sept. 
MEN’THA. Bloss.. nearly equal; 4-cleft: the 
. broader segments notched at the end ; stant. 
upright, distant. 
Ons. ‘The. species and varieties of Mint are not sufficiently 
ascertained. The proportionate Iength of the stamens and the 
blossom seems a variable circumstance, and if so, should not 
form a part of the specific character. 
(1) Flowers in spikes. [M. piperita.] 
M. Spikes oblong : leaves oblong, serrated, cotton rs? 
stamens longer than the blossom. Linn. 
not longer. Huns. 
E. bot. 686—Kniph. 9-Riv. mon. 51. 1-Fl. dan. 484—Clus.ii. 
32. 1-Dod. 90-Lab. obs. 273. 1, and ic. 1, 509, 2-Gere 
em. 684. 3—Park. 33. 0-H. ox. xi. 6. 6—Pet. 31. 11 
Fuchs. 2992-F. B. iii. 221-Trag. 20. 1—Maztth. 714, 
Leaves whitish, woolly and cottony enderseath. Linn. 
Horse Mint. pepe and watery places. Burwelbeck, Lin- 
daeabiee behind the a ten Great Yea m, Essex. Lewis- 
, Kent, between Ripleytal d Guildf { Bungay, Suffolk, 
frequent. Woopw. Thorn, Yorkshire, Mi. Rosson. ] P. Aug. 
itn  S5 vte Sn ar = cecil 
M. Spikes oblong: leaves spear-shaped, naked, serrated 
sitting: stamens longer than the blossom, = 
Woodv. 270-Cait. epit. 4774Ger. 552. 2-Dod. 95. 4-Lob. 
obs. 271. 4. and ic. i. 508. 1-Ger. em. 680. 4—Park. 31— 
Dod. 95. 3-Lab. obs. 271.3. and ic. i. 507. 2—Ger. eft. 
680, 3—Pet. 31. 7-Fuchs. 290-F. B. iii, 220-Trag. 20. 
2—Lonic.i. 113. 2-Martth. 712. f 
Very nearly allied to M. y Met but smaller and smoother. 
Bios. purplish red. Liyn. — ea rap-spear-shaped. Spikes — 
roa 
Oe ee yer ee 
Spear-mint, Watery places and banks of rivers. Near Ex- 
mouth, Devonshire, and on the banks of the fem Hops. 
feta toh 
e Ss 
red, taller, thicker, and stronger, and divided at t the top id 
more flowering branches. Leaves blacker, shorter, and not $0, 
taper-pointed, appearing blunter, more wrinkled, teeth not sO 
