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39. LABIAT.^. 



Very fragrant herbs. 

 rootstocks. 

 tovmiiial spikes 



.1/. 

 M. 

 M. 



virifli.i 1 

 piperita 2 

 Pnlpf/iini) 3 



.7.^ 



roiindod at the .snmniit. Very fragrant herbs, with small 

 flowers and stolon-beariiii. 



Flowers in cylindrical 



(leaves under the whcirl.s reduced to nar 

 row bracts). 



Leaves sessile 



Leaves stalked 



Flowers ill axillary whorls: hairy plant 



1. Mentha, viridis, L. Spear Mint. Erect peren- 

 nial, almost glabrons; leaves .se.ssile or almost so, lanceolate 

 or lanceolate - oblong, sa«- - tootlied. green on botli sides; 

 flowers very .small, wliite. 

 blotched with lilac, in long 

 .spikes, which are at first 

 dense, and afterwards inter- 

 rupted : bracts linear ; calyx 

 campanulate with lanceolate 

 teeth and 5 principal and 6-7 

 secondary nerves; carpels 

 ovoid, dotted. 



Torrens River and creeks 

 in Mount Lofty Range. 

 Jan. -Mar. — Cultivated plant, 

 found wild in many coun- 

 tries. 



2. M. piperita, L. Z'r/ - 

 perm inf. ,Umost glabrou*^, 

 like tlie preceding, but differs 

 in having the leaves stalked 

 and oval-lanceolate : spikes 

 .shorter, denser, with larger, 

 lilac flowers; calyx-teeth and 

 bracts ciliate : oilglands pro- 

 minent on calyx. 



Creeks, gullies of Mount Jiofty Range, 

 garden plant, believed by some botanists to 

 M. riri'lis with sfune other species. 



'A. M. Puleg'luin, L. P en nti royal. 

 perennial; steiii.s erect oi 



shortly stalked, oval or nearly circular, sometimes becom 

 iug almost glabrous, the upper ones about as long a,s the 

 whorls; flowers violet, in numerous compact, distant, 

 axillary whorls; calyx tubular, 10-nerved, the throat closed 

 by a dense ring of white hairs, teeth ciliate, the 2 lower 

 narrower than the 3 upper ; corolla downy outside ; stamens 

 protruding; carpels smooth. 



IJridgewater. — Dec.-Apl. — Europe ; 



2. Lavandula, L. 

 1 Lavandula Stoechas, li 



Low. branching tomentose shrub; 



Mentha viridis. 



—Jan. -Mar. — A 



be a hybrid of 



.\ grey-villous 

 branching ; leaves 



western 



Asia. 



French Lavender. 

 leaves linear, grey- 



