the Brtti/f} Species of Mentha, 205- 



9. Mentha rubrair 



Tall Red Mint. 



M. floribus verticillatis, foliis avatis, caule ereflo flexuofo, pedicellia- 

 calycibufque glaberrimis dentibu8^hirfutis.. 



Mentha fativa. Sole Menth. 47. /, 24. 



M. verticillata. Raii Syn. ed. 3. 232. Riv. Monop. Irr. t. ^Z.f. I ? 



M. crifpa. H'jrt. Eyjl. Mft: ord. 7. t. 5./ I. 



M. crifpa verticillata. Bauh. Pin. 12-j. Morif. feU. ir. /. J. f. t. 



Herb. Bobart. 

 M. crifpa verticillata, folio rotundiore. Raii Syn. ed. 2. 124. Baub,- 



Hiji. V. 3./. 2. 215. Herb. Buddie, et Herb, Sherard.- 

 M. prima. Dod. Pempi. 95. 

 M. fativa rubra. Ger. em. 680: 

 M. cruciata. Lob. Ic. 507.. 



In foflis, et ad fluvionam margines. Fl. Septembri, 

 By Hackney river at the ferry-houfe. Herb. Sherard. In Peckhatii' 

 fields. Dill, in Raii Syn. North Wales and Shropfhire. Mr. Sole.- 

 By the road fiJe between Edmonton and EnHeld ; alfo near Wal- 

 thamftow. Mr. Eaward Forjler. Under a wet hedge in the road- 

 from Watton to Saham church, Norfolk, plentifully. 



Herba glabriufcula odore forti congenerum. CauHs 4 — 6-pedaIis, 

 ereftus, flcxuofus, parum ramofus, purpurafcens, glaber. Folia 

 petiolata, late ovata, incifo-ferrata, faturate viridia, lueida; fub- 

 tus pallidiora, venis fubhirfutis : fuperiora minora et fubrotunda,. 

 interdiim crifpa. VerticilH numerofi, pedunculati, multiflori. 

 Braaea lineari-lanceolatx, apice fubciliatx; interiores fetacca:. 



Pedicelli 



