20 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



above, glabrous beneath except on the veins. Flowers in whorls 

 which are all separate, beginning about the middle of the stem. Bracts 

 similar to the leaves, and very httle smaller, the uppermost ones with- 

 out flowers; bracteoles lanceolate, acute, ciliated, shorter than the 

 flowers. Pedicels glabrous. Calyx glabrous or subgiabrous at the base, 

 broadly oblong-campanulate ; teeth triangular, two-thirds the length of 

 the tube, hairy or ciliated on the margins and midribs. Corolla half 

 as long agam as the calyx, glabrous without and within. Nucules 

 "smooth." {Baler.) 



Var. a, genuina. 



M. gentilia, lAnn. herb, (in part.) Baher, 1. c. p. 2S0. Fries, Nov. Fl. Suec. ed. ii. 

 p. 187. 



Stem thinly hairy. Leaves rather thick, thinly hairy above, more 

 thickly so beneath. Calyx teeth densely haiiy. 



Var. 3, Wirtgeniana. 



M. Wirtgeniana, " F. Sclmltz" Baler, 1. c. p. 250. 



Stem nearly glabrous. Leaves rather thin, subgiabrous above, 

 glabrous beneath except on the vems. Calyx teeth sparingly hairy. 



Var. 7, Pauliana. 

 Plate MXXXVII. 

 M. Pauliana, " F. SchuUz." Baher, 1. c. p. 250. 



Stem nearly glabrous, except sometimes on the upper part. Leaves 

 hairy above, glabrous beneath except on the veins. Calyx teeth densely 



hairy. 



In wet places and cultivated ground. Not uncommon in England. 

 Kare in Scotland, where I have seen it only from Dumfriesshire and 

 Berwickshire. 



England, Scotland. Perennial. Early Autumn. 



Stem 1 to 2 feet high, generally considerably branched. Leaves 

 distinctly though shortly stalled ; lamina, 1 to 2 inches long. Whorls 

 distant, -svith the lower bracts 3 or 4 times the length of the flowers. 

 It has sometimes been mistaken for M. rubra, but the calyx is much 

 broader and more rounded at the base, and the teeth taper gradually, 

 and are not suddenly acummated ; the flowers are only about half the 

 size of those of M. rubra. 



Bushy Red Mint. 

 French, Menthe des jardins. German, Edelmmze, 



