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neighbourhood of Plymouth. It has a strong smell, but very dissimilar 

 to tliat of M. Piperita. 



518. M. gentilis, L. Bushy Red Mint. 



Native ; in moist waste places, marshes, and damp ground by 

 rivers, streams, and ditches. Rare. August, September, 

 c. I. Sparingly and small by the roadside at Sconner, near Polbathick, 



Sheviock, 1878. 

 D. III. Damp spot by the roadside between Knackersknowle and Tamer- 

 ton Foliot. 

 IV. By the lane leading to Woodford farm-house, Plympton St. ^lary, 

 from tlie Plymouth and Exeter Road ; also in an adjoining 

 field. About a drain, and elsewhere in a marsh below Saltram 

 grounds, between Longbridge and Plympton St. Mary Church, 

 1867 ; perhaps now extinct, through alteration of the drainage 

 system in the locality a few years ago. In barren pasture land, 

 Common Wood, Egg Buckland. 

 V. In plenty at the side of the road immediately in front of the 

 Vicarage House, at Corn wood. 

 This has a sweet aromatic scent, more agreeable than that of M. rubra. 

 I have seen seed on the Cornwood plant. 



519. M. arvensis, L. Corn Mint. 



Native ; in cultivated ground, pastures, by roadsides, and in 



waste places. Very common. July to September. Area 



general. 



The only one of the JMints that is common in cultivated ground. It is 



not however restricted to it, being a frequent roadside species. A form 



gathered at Staddon seems M. nuimmdaria^ Schreb. The odour of M. 



arvensis is stronger than that of M. sativa, and differs from that of all 



our other Mints. It produces seed in abundance. 



520. M. Pulegium, Z. Pennijroyal ; ^ Organs.^ 



Native or Denizen ; in pasture land. Very rare. July to Sep- 

 tember. 



c. II. jMount Edgcumbe Park ; sparingly in old pasture land, but near 

 the end of a small channel formed to drain off water from a 

 path, so perhaps floated to the spot from a lodge at no great 

 distance above, 1866. 



D. [III. At the point of junction of the ]Maristow and Blaxton Roads, 

 July, 1S45 ; Gould, and Harper, S. D. Lit. Chron. 131. No 

 more recent record, but species seemingly escaped from culti- 

 vation in the locality. ] 

 IV. Bovisand, near Plymouth, 1859 ; Keys, Fl. iil 184 : extinct ? 



