250 ON THE ENGLISH MINTS. 
M. 
Var. 1. M, gentilis, Liim, Herb, in part; Fries, Nov. ii. p. 187- 
if. odorata, var. verticillata, Wirt 
Stem 1^-2 feettigli, firm, slender, pm'plisb, when at all luxuriant 
branched with several spreading or erecto-patent branches, thinly hairy 
with short deflexed hairs. Leaves shortly stalked, the petioles rather 
hairy, the lowest about ^ inch long, the blade broadly ovate, rounded 
at the base, the lowest l|-2 inches long by 1 broad, the point bluntish 
or acute, the texture thicker and coarser than in the preceding, the 
upper surface thinly hairy all over, the lower paler and more thickly 
hairy all over, the serrations -erecto-patent and moderately sharp and 
deep. Whorls beginning at or a little below the middle of the stem, 
close and few-flowered, the lowest about 1 inch apart, sometimes 
stalked, with leaves about 1 inch long, the npper with leaves double 
their length, and the top pair or two of leaves mostly flowerless. 
Pedicel |-1 line long, glandular, and not haliy or with a casual hair. 
Calyx-tube campanulate, with a slight tendency towards cylindrical, 
|- of a line long, not very thickly hairy all over or naked at the base. 
Teeth under ^ line long, but rather lanceolate than triangular, densely 
haiiy with erecto-patent hairs. Nut smooth. Corolla not more than 
2 lines long, naked both externally and internally. Scent aromatic. 
Var, 3- M. Wirtgeniana, F. Schultz, Wirtgen, nn. 4, 5, 68, 104. 
M. rubra^ Wirtgen olim, non Smith. 
Like var. 1 in habit of growth, but the stem hardly at all hairy, the 
leaves thinner in texture, brighter in colour, and hairy only upon the 
veins beneath ; the calyx and corolla equally small, the latter hardly 
at all hairy except the teeth, which here also are lanceolate-acuminate 
rather than triangular, and nearly or quite twice as long as broad. 
M, 
M, 
M, rubra. Sole, t. 18 : M. oentilis and M 
Tjejeuue, fide Wirtgen. 
Like var. 1 in habit of growth, the stem hairy principally above or 
nearly naked ; the leaves similar in shape and size, rather thin in teX' 
ture, the upper surface thinly hairy all over, the lower paler and hairy 
only on the veins and towards the edge ; the calyx-tube f line long, 
broader at the neck and consequently more truly campanulate, often 
slightly hairy, the teeth not more than \ line long, bluntly or acutely 
triangular, densely hairy with erecto-patent hairs. 
