LABIATE IS5 



Mentha Requieni, Benth. A native of the south of 

 Europe. Recorded as a garden escape in England. 



[Mentha rotundifolia, Huds. Undoubtedly native 

 in damp pastures in England, but perhaps more frequent 

 as an escape from cultivation in the neighbourhood 

 of villages.] 



Mentha sylvestris, L. Always suspected as a relic 

 of cultivation in England. Its habitats are usually 

 natural ones, and its undoubted native range reaches 

 Belgium, so that there is nothing to throw doubt 

 on its nativity except the general consensus of opinion 

 of the actual observers. 



Mentha viridis, L. A native of Europe, but in the 

 British Isles always an escape from cultivation. 



[Nepeta Gataria, L. Usually a plant of hedges and 

 dry field-borders in Britain. It has apparently never 

 been observed growing under quite natural conditions 

 except on bushy ground in a few localities on calcareous 

 soil in Southern England.] 



Origanum Onites, L. A native of the hills of the 

 Eastern Mediterranean area. Observed as a casual in 

 England. Doubtless an escape from cultivation. 



Phlomis fruticosa, L. A native of the dry stony 

 hills in the east of the Mediterranean region. It 

 has been planted in many localities in shrubberies and 

 ornamental grounds, and, becoming naturalised, has 

 come to be recorded as a quasi-wild garden escape. 



