MENTHA 



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**M. ALOPECDROiDEs, Hull, Brit. Fl. i. 126 (1799). 

 Top. Bot. 304. Syme, E. B. vii. 5, t. 1021. Nyman, 595. 



Alien. Some specimens occurred near the Abingdon Canal, between Abing- 

 don and Marcham, but they owed their origin to a garden. 



M. long-ifolia, Huds. Fl. Angl. 1. c. (1762). Horse Mint. 



M. spicata, var. 6, Linn. Sp. Pi. 576 (1753). -^- syhestris, Linn. Sp. 

 PI. ed. 2, 804 (1762). M. sylvestris longiore folio, C. B. Pin. 227. 

 Top. Bot. 304. Syme, E. B. vii. 6, t. 1022. Nyman, 595. Fl. Oxf. 238. 

 Native. Septal. Hedges in marshy situations. Very rare. P. August- 

 September. 

 First certainly recorded for Berkshire by the author in this Flora. 

 2. Ock. Abundantly in bushy places, along a marsh between Dry 



Sandford and Abingdon in great abundance. Native. 

 4. Kennet. Evidently the remains of cultivation near an empty 

 cottage, near West Ilsley. Mr. Osmond gives it in his list of 

 Weston plants, but I have not seen specimens. 

 Mem. In Russell's Catalogue, 1839, Mr. Lousley says that M. sglvestris 

 occurs in the ditches and damp pastures about Blewbui-y. The Mints 

 were not very critically known by most botanists at that time, and 

 there is very little doubt that Mr. Lousley mistook a form of M. aquatica 

 for this rarer species. I have only seen it in the above localities in 

 the county. 



It is on record for all the bordering counties. 



[M. PUBESCENs, W^illd. Enum. Hort. Berol. 608, is recorded for Gloucester- 

 shire.] 



*M. spicATA, Huds. Fl. Angl. 221 (1762). Spear Mint. 



M. spicata, var. viridis, Linn. Sp. PI. 576 (1753). M. viridis, Linn. Sp. PI. 

 ed. 2, 804 (1762). 



Syme, E. B. vii. 7, t. 1023. Nyman, 596. FL Oxf. 238. 



AJien or casual. Waste places. Eare. P. August-September. 



First record. M. viridis, Mr. Bicheno in Mavors Agr. Berks, 1809. 



2. Ock. By the canal near Bugg's Mill near Abingdon, Whitwell. Near 



Pusey. On waste ground near Grandpont. 3. Pang. In the 



orchard at Hampstead Norris, Lousley in RusselVs Cat. 4. Kennet. 



On waste ground near Newbury. 5. Loddon. Near Twyford. 



Knowl Hill. Waste ground near Windsor. 



M. spicata is found in a more or less naturalized condition in all the 

 bordering counties. 



M. piperita, Huds. Fl. Angl. 222 (1762). Peppermint. 



M. piperita acuta, Pet. Herb. Brit, t, 31. M. piperita, Linn. Sp. PI. 

 576 (1753', according to Index Kewensis ; but Withering says the 

 Linnean M. piperita is a form of M. aquatica and the specimen in 

 the Linnean Herbarium is a cultivated form of M. aquatica. 



Top. Bot. 305. Syme, E. B. vii. 9, t. 1024-5. Nyman, 596. Fl. Oxf. 238. 



Native or denizen. Paludal. Pond- sides, wet places. Very rare. P. 

 August-October. 



