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In arvis inundatls, praicipue arenofis. Fl. Junio, Julio. 



y, in moift meadows. Mr. Sole. «r, on the right hand of the road 

 from Booking to Gofsfield, EfTex. Mr. Dale. At Shelford, Cam- 

 bridgefliire ; Mr. Wigmores. Ray ? i, common in corn-fields 

 and neglected gardens about Mendip hills, Shepton-Mallet and 

 Frome, Somerfetlhire. Mr. Sole. 



Herhfl magis vel minus pilofa, odore forti, faspiiis peculiari et ingrato. 

 CauUs ramofiffimus, plerumque diffufus ; in 7/ et e ere£lus. Folia 

 petiolata, ovata, feu elliptico-ovata, obtufmfcula, varie ferrata ; 

 in g rugofa, et fere cordata. VertkUli multiflori, fubfeffiles. 

 BraBece laticeolatse, fubtiis hirfuta;. Pedicelli teretes, apice pur- 

 purafcentes, facpe glaberrimi, interdum plus minus hirfuti, pilis 

 fparfis, fubreflexis. Calyx brevis, campanulatus, obfoletius fulca- 

 tus, refinofo-pundlatus, undique pilofus, pilis horizontaliter pa- 

 tentibus. Corolla dilute purpurea, extus pilofa. Stamina in a et /3 

 exferta, in y, S" et i inclufa. 



The common M. arvenfts is one of the few Mints that every bo- 

 tanift calls by the fame name. It is met with in the borders, or be- 

 tween the furrows, of corn-fields, efpecially in places where water 

 has ftagnated in the winter. Its pale-green downy furface, branch- 

 ed diftufe ftem, and efpecially a peculiar ftrong odour which comes 

 from every part of the herb when touched, and which moft people 

 compare to that of blue mouldy cheefe, readily diftinguifh it. To 

 which may be added the campanulate fhort figure of its calyx, and 

 the long hairs which entirely clothe that part proje£ling horizon- 

 tally. If this circumftaiice be attended to, it can never be con- 

 founded with any of the preceding. The flower-ftalk is round, 

 poliftied, purple in the upper part, often quite fraooth, but for the 



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