﻿46 BicKNELT.: Ferns and flowering plants of Nantucket 



and short-petioled or sessile; they are furthermore more oblong 

 or ovate-oblong in general form, much less cuneately tapering at 

 base, the teeth much less pronounced and, with the apex of the 

 leaf, more acute; the flowers are much more numerous and shorter 

 pedicelled and are formed into compact or globose clusters. 



* Lycopus sessiliflorus a. Gray. 



A characteristic plant of Nantucket, growing in muddy wet 

 places and about bog holes in all parts of the island. Young 

 plants recognizable May 30, 1908; in full flower and fruiting well 

 September 5, 1904; still in full flower September 21, 1909. 

 Lycopus americanus Muhl. 



Common in low grounds and along Pond shores. Plants 

 very small May 30, 1908; just in flower July 10, 191 1; still in 

 bloom September 12, 1904. 

 Mentha spicata L. 



Scarce; streetside near the wharves and at two stations in the 

 suburbs of the town, also in a meadow in Madequet. Not seen 

 in flower. 



* Mentha piperita L. 



Scarce; along Crooked Lane and at three other stations west 

 of the town. Not seen in flower. 



* Mentha gentilis L. 



Sparingly in waste ground west of the town September 20, 1899, 

 last flowers; border of meadow at Consue spring July 10, 1912— 

 a large form, the leaves conspicuously whitened along the veins, 

 no signs of flowering. 



* Mentha canadensis L. 



Frequent or rather common in low grounds, often developing 

 an unusual degree of somewhat villous white pubescence. Plants 

 a few inches high June 4, 1909; in full flower at the end of August, 

 1904, and as late as September 18, 1899. 



* Mentha rotundifolia (L.) Huds. 



Through the kindness of Mrs. Flynn, I have been enabled to 

 examine a mounted specimen of this mint collected in full flower 

 on Nantucket, August 19, 1895, by Miss Mina K. Goddard. The 



