the BrtliJIj Species of Mentha. igy 



though ftiikingly diftinguilhed by its inflorefcence, the capitulum 

 being lengthened out into a leaflefs fpike of feveral whorls, more or 

 lefs crowded together. The lowcnnofl: whorl is generally axillary 

 and pedunculated, and fometimes is aUb elongated into a little fpike. 

 Buddie appears to have been the difcovercr of this plant in England. 

 He called it M. aquatlca, folio oblungo viridi glahro,faporis fervidijjlmi; 

 and it exifts fo marked in his herbarium. There is/a fpecimen of 

 the fame in Bobart's collection, fcnt by Buddie, with a ticket of his 

 own writing, confifting of the character jufb mentioned and the fol- 

 lowins: remarks : 



" Wsx. eft, ex fcntentia D. Dale, Menthaftri aquatici genus hir-- 

 '* futum fpica latiore, J. B. 3. 222. I defire you and your lady to 

 " tafte of this, and after fome little time chewing, you will find it 

 "•very hot. The whole face of the plant is different from Dr. 

 ♦' Eale's Peppermint." 



This old fpecimen (till taftes of Pepper-mint, in which, as well as 

 every external charadter, it agrees with thofe I gathered, in com- 

 pany with Mr., Crowe, at Saham meer. Buddie is wrong in deno- 

 minating it " folio glabro," for the leaves in his own fpecimen are 

 by no means fmooth on either fide. Beneath they are paler, and 

 confiderably hairy. The calyx and flower-flalks precifely agree 

 with thof€ of the foregoing and following varieties. Mr. Sole's fpeci- 

 mens very nearly accord with mine, except in having only the ufual 

 fmell of M.birjttta, I believe all the other fynonyms above quoted 

 are correct, though I had once great doubts concerning the figure 

 in Lobel, Dalechamp and Gerarde, the corolla being there repre- 

 fented with a concave upper-lip. It atSoally afTumes that form in 

 fome ftates of the flower, both in this and other Mints; and an ac- 

 curate comparifon of fpecimens with thefe old cuts has removed my 

 doubts. M. palujiris folio oblongo^ Morif JeEl. 1 1, t. ^.f 4, in which 

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