90 The Flora of Wiltshire. 



Mentha, (Linn) Mint.^ 

 Linn. CI. xiv. Ord. i. 



Name. Mintha or Minthe, an ancient Greek term for these 

 plants. 



1. M. rotundifolia, (Linn.) round leaved mint. Sole Menth t. 3. 

 Ungl. Bat. t. 446. 



Localitij. Moist places in waste ground. P. Fl. August, September. 

 Area * * * 4. 5. 



North Division. 



4. North-toest District, " Between Slaughterford and Biddestone," 

 Dr. Alexander Prior. Wats. Bot. Guide. 



5. North-east District, " Road by Brick-kilns near Pewsey Road," 

 Flor. llarlb. 



A local plant in Wilts, and occurring but sparingly in the above 

 localities. Similar to the next species, (M. st/lvestris) but coarser, 

 greener, and more hairy. Leaves broadly ovate or orbicular, much 

 wrinkled, green above, and whitish underneath. S/jikes of fioiocrs 

 terminal and slender, 1 to 2 inches in length. Flotvers small, pale 

 pink, or sometimes white. Scent acrid. 



2. M. S7/lvestris, (Linn.) wood or Horse-mint. Engl. Bot. t. 

 686. Sole Menth. I. & 2. 



Locality. In wet pastures, and waste places along ditches. P. 

 Fl. August, September. Area 1. * 3. * * 

 South Division. 



1. South-east District, "Moist places in the neighbourhood of 

 Salisbury," Major Smith. 



3. South-west District, " Moist hedge-rows in the parish of "Wick, 

 near Downton," Dr. Maton. Nat. Hist. Wilts. 



These are the only stations recorded in the county at present, 

 for this species. Stems 1 to 2 feet high, erect, slightly branched, 

 and as well as the whole plant, more or less hoary with a short 

 close down. Leaves closely sessile, broadly lanceolate, or oblong. 



1 To those ■who may feel desirous of studying this difficult genus, I would 

 particularly refer them to Mr. Baher^s valuable paper on British Mints in Dr. 

 Seeman's Journal of Botany for 1865. The Herbarium Mentharum of Dr. 

 Wirtgen of Coblentz, and Sole's 3Ienth<s Britannicee. 





