II o 2 Dr. S M I T f I 's Qhfervatiom nn 



cafionally hairy, though never the lower part; the upper fide of 

 the leaves in general is quite fmooth and rather iliining. 1 have 

 not hitherto obfer\'ed it to alter much by culture, even in a dry 

 foil, but cotifidering the changes to which M. />//fr//ri is certainly 

 liable, I can difcover nothing on which to found a fpecific difference 

 tietivecn them- 



5. Mentha odorata. 

 Bsrgamot Mini. 



f\L fpicis capitatis, foliis petiolatis cordatis utrinque nudis, calyce 



undique glaberrimo. 

 Mentha odorata. Sole Menth. 21. /. 9. 

 M. rubra. Mill. Dicl. defer, erronea. 

 M. rotundifoha rubra, aurantii odore, (rotundifolia fpicata, altera 



C. B.) Morlf. V. 3. ^()().fecl. II. /. 6.f. ^,gliil>ra. 



In aquofis rarius. Fl. Julio, Augufto. 



Veiy common by the fides of rivers and brooks in Chefl[iire,^fpeci- 

 ally about Afton houfe; Mrs. Walmfley : alfo in a fmall brook 

 or ditch near Capel-Carey, between Llanrooft and Llanberrys, 

 North Wales. Mr. Sole. 



Herba tota glabcrrima, rubicunda. Caulcs blpedales, erefti, ramofif- 

 fimi. F(jlia petiolata, late cordata, obtufiufcula, ferrata. Spica 

 terniinales, brevifllmsE, capitata:, obtufac, denfac, verticillo infimo 

 remoto, axillari, fubpedunculato. Biaclea fetacex, omnino glabrae. 

 PediccUi terctes, glaberrimi, atro-purpurei. Culyx gracilis, fulcatus, 

 glandulofo pun£tatus, atro-purpureus, tubo dentibufque omnino 

 j/laberrimis. Stamina inclufa. Odor aurantiacus, fere Monardse 



,di*.lymaE. 

 ■ This 



