LABIATE. 135 



G. Almondsbury. Bittoii. Charltou. Kingsweston. Hor- 

 field. Fishponds. Warmley. Westbury. 



S. Bourton, Failand. Knowle. Pensfurd, Stockwood. 

 Wells. Wcstou-siiper-Mare. IV. — IX. 



581. V. Buxbaumii, Ten. 



Colonist ; in cultivated fields, common, and generally 

 distributed. 



This is a comparatively recent introduction, and has 

 increased and spread with great rapidity during the last 

 thirty years. In Svrete's time it seems to have been 

 considered an alien casual, occurring sparingly, and 

 thought to be probably introduced with foreign seed. 

 Swete does not appear to have seen a specimen. Fl, 

 Brist. 56. At the present time there are few arable 

 fields in our district which are not plentifully sprinkled 

 with this weed. IV.— IX. 



582. V. hedersefolia, L. 



Native. A very common weed on cultivated land. 



III.— VI. 



LABIATE. 

 MENTHA, L. 



Note. — The examples of this genus contained in the 

 Stephens Herbarium are stated by Dr. Stephens to 

 have been derived from the herbarium of the late 

 Dr. Dyer, of Bristol. They were marked "Mentha 

 Brittanica Sole," and in all probability they came to 

 Dr. Dyer direct from Mr. Sole. 



583. M. rotundifolia, L. 



Denizen. Verj^ rare. 



Roadside between Westbury and Horfield, several years 

 ago, also at Chelwood ; Mr. T. B. Floiver'iu. lit, Feb., 1883. 

 In a high meadow near Berkeley Castle ; Sole. 



