204 Dr. SmithV Qbfervations on 



M, verticillata aromatica, folio longlore et acutiore. Rand. Mfs.. 

 M. aquatica verticillata odoris grati. Herb. Buddie. 



A6. fluviorum margines, rarius. Fl. . . . 



Obferved by Mr. Rand on the fide of the river Medway, Kent j 

 Buddie', between Rochefter and Chatham. Miller. 



Herba hirfuta, odore fuavi. Catdis eredlus, bipedalis, fubfimplex^ 

 pilis arde deflexis. Folia brevius petiolata, patentia, ovato-lan- 

 ceolata, utrinque acuta, insqualiter ferrata, bafi apiceque integer- 

 rima. Verticitli numerofi, feffiles, denfi, petiolis fere asquales, muU 

 tiflori. Braciece lineari-lanceolatse, vel fubulatse. Pcdicelli hif- 

 pidi, pilis horizontaliter patentibus, longitudine variis, fubinde re- 

 curvatis. Calyx tubulofus, iindique hirfutus, imprimis ad bafin^ 

 pilis adfcendentibus. Corolla extus fauceque pilofa. Stamina in- 

 clufa. 



I know this Mint only by a fpecimen from Miller's herbarium^ 



prefented to me by Sir Jofeph Banks, and another in Buddie's col- 



ledlion. It is clofely allied to M.fativa, and perhaps may be merely 



another variety of hirjuta^ The leaves however are narrower, more 



pointed at each end, and more unequally ferrated. The fmell is 



that of Frankincenfe Thyme, as in M.fativa y.' Its moft diftin- 



guifhing character confifts in the hairs which clothe the flower- (talks 



being either altogether horizontal, or only occaiionally recurved at 



their tips, whereas in M. faiiva and hirfuta they are clofely reflexed 



fo as to touch the ftalk with their points, and fometimes quite de- 



prelTed. This mark, added to the (hape of the leaves, and'' the 



whorls being altogether feffile, make me venture, to defcribe this as 



a diftinft fpecics, at leaft till fome botanift has an opportunity of 



invcftigating it in its native place of growth. 



9. Mentha. 



