_ Both this and the rf ay viz. the Linnezan M. piperita, 
possess the same kind of odour and flavour, par in this the fla. . 
8 
roughness to the touch. In 2, the leaves are spear-shaped, and 
ite smooth on the upper surface, ‘This plant sends out suckers 
very ae 
Pepper Mint. Paling = and sides of rivulets, In 
Hertfordshire and Esse: tween Newington INSY » 
[Near the river anworth,] P. Aug, Sept.* 
(3) Flowers in whirls. 
513 
M. Leaves eve-shaped, acute, serrated: stamens shorter genti‘lis. 
than the blossom. 
E. bot. 440—Kuiph. 11-Fl. dan. 736—Fuchs. 201-F. B. iii. 
Z17- le 
Very pan resembling M. arvensis, but hot so hairy, the 
stems red, an f the blossom 
Whirls of pred lateral. Bloss. lower segment pointed. Calyx 
sprinkled with resinous dots. Linn. Stems red, smooth, Leaves 
bate es ee hairy. Hups. Stems with more or less of a red- 
dis towards the top. Leaf-stalks flat, short. Whirls com. 
of 2 lateral amb on eae Spee fee it-stalks. Floral-leaves 
4 or 5 under ea rest smaller an 
srrap shepa wie a aif fay Hbbed, Belscred sprinkled with 
ing dots. Blossom with white hairs on the outside, and within 
rue Sichen: all of the same length, shorter than the bloss. 
Style half as long again as the blossom, falling off. Germens 4 
ona Balowish green fleshy receptacle. Bloss. pale red. 
rubra «. Hupvs. Red Mint. Watery places and sides 
of arolele: P. July, Aug. 
M. Leaves egg- ne iy acute, serrated: stamens as long a 
as the blos: 
Kniph. i1-Fi/. das 519-Fucbs. 435-Trag. 16. 2-F. B. iii. 
217. 2—Lob. obs. 270. 1, and ic. i. 505. 2—Ger. em. O84. 
2—Park, 37. 5—Pet. 31. 5—Matth. 718-Trag. 24-H, oxe 
xi, Ty row 2, if 25 
* The stem and leaves are beset with numbers of very minute glands, 
r 
essence of Pepper Mint is ~ a medicine, and possesses the most 
active properties of the pla 
Vor, III, Ms 
arven’sis. 
