the Bnti/h Species of Mentha. 2H 



M. cardlaca. Ger. em. 680, ex icone. 



M. veiticillata minor, acuta, nou crifpa, odore Ocymi. Bauh. 

 Hijl. V. 3./. 2. 216, ex defer. 



In aquofis, pratifve humidis. Fl. Augufto. 



a, at Bocking and Stoke-Newington. Herb. Sherard. Near Wal- 



thamftow. Mr. B. M. Forjler. Near Bradford, Wilts. Mr. Sofe. 



At Saham, Norfolk. /3, in the New Foreft, Hants. Mr. Sole. 



y, frequent in ditches and wafte places near towns and villages, 



but fcarcely wild. Mr. Sole. 



Uerba fubhirfuta. Caulis ere6lus, fefquipedalis, fcaber, rubicundus^ 

 medio pr-xcipue ramofiflimus. Folia fubfeflilia, uniformia, lan- 

 ceolata, acuta, ferrata, bafi anguftata, laste viridia, utrinque pilis 

 brevibus fubhirfuta; in ^ deflexa. VertkUH multiflori, faspius 

 fefliles, interdum pedunculati. BraSlece lanceolatae, hirfutje. 

 Pedlcelli teretes, purpurei, omnino glaberrimi. Calyx tubulofo- 

 campanulatus, purpureus, refinofo-pundtatus ; bafi glaberrimus ; 

 apice dentibufque hirfutus, pilis albis, ereftis. Corolla purpurea, 

 apice barbata. Stamina inclufa. 



When the defcription in Engl Bot.p. 449 was written; I fuppofed 

 this Mint not to be fpecifically diftinft from M.gentills of Linnaeus. 

 To this I was led by the exa6t agreement of their calyxes and 

 flower-ftalks, except indeed that the latter, as well as all the lower 

 part of the calyx, are more conftantly and completely Imooth and 

 poliflied in M. gracilis than in the preceding. Mature confideration 

 has now induced me to feparate them, and it is never too late to 

 corre£l an error. M. gracilis has lanceolate, iliarp-pointed, fharply 

 ferrated and almofl feflile leaves, more upright branches, and the 



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