2IO Dr. SmithV Obfervat'ions on 



This variegated variety is liable to have all its vi'hoils elevated on 

 footftalks above half an inch long, in which cafe the bracle:E are 

 more numerous as well as larger. In a very dry gravelly garden I 

 have obferved, among a thoufand fpecimens, fome few more downy 

 in every part than the reft, and in thefe only the calyx and flower- 

 ftalks alfo were hairy. But this is a very rare alteration in Mints, 

 nor do I know gnother inftance of it. The direflion of thefe hairs 

 was almoft as in M.fativa ; whereas in arvenjts they are ftri6tly ho- 

 rizontal : a diftindion that will always be found very important. 



II. Mentha gracilis. 



Narrow-leaved Mint. 



M. floribus verticillatis, foliis lanceolatis fubfelTilibus, caule ramofif- 

 fimo ere6lo, calycibus bafi pediceUifque glaberrimis. 



a, Mentha gracilis. Sole Menth. 37. /. 16. 

 M. gentilis. Engl. Bot. t. 449. With. 524. 

 M. rubra. Hudf. 252. 

 M. fufca five vulgaris. Rati Syn. ed. i. 78. ed. 2. 123. ed. 3. 232. 



Herb. Buddie. 

 M. verticillata glabra, odore M. fativae (viridis). Herb. Sherard. 

 M. ai^uftifolia glabra, odore M. fpicatae. Dale in Herb. Sherard. 

 Balfamita officinarum. Hort. Eyji. MJi. ord. 7. /. 3.7^. 3. 



jS, Mentha pratenfis. Sole Menth. 39. /. 17. 



y, M. gentilis. Sole Menth. 35. /. 15. » 



M. hortenfis verticillata, Ocymi odore. Morif.fcB. 11. /. ^.f. i. 



Herb. Buddie. - . 



M. car- 



