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the M. gentilis of Smith and of Leighton's Shropshire Flora. M. 

 gracilis of Smith, another and apparently very slight variety of M. sa- 

 tiva, and perhaps identical with the forms rubra or gentilis, is given 

 on the authority of Sole (the M. pratensis of that author) as growing 

 in the New Foiest. 



Mentha arvensis. Very common almost everywhere in moist waste 

 and cultivated places, damp corn-fields, fallows, on ditch-banks and 

 by streams, ponds &c. One of the best marked of the species of this 

 troublesome genus, and in all its forms readily known by its odour, 

 exactly assimilated to that of mouldy cheese. 



Pulegium. On moist watery heaths and commons, village 



greens, and the shallow grassy margins of pools and plashes ; very 

 rare in the Isle of Wight. On St. Helen's Green (1838-39), very spa- 

 ringly, but in certain years it occurs, I am told, more abundantly. 

 By the great pond on Petersfield Heath, — the only Hampshire sta- 

 tion known to myself for the Penny-royal, but many others doubtless 

 exist, at least on the mainland portion of the county. Droxford Fo- 

 rest ; Rev. E. M. Sladen. Stubbington ; Mr. W. L. Notcutt. 



Lycopus europcBus. In and about the margins of ponds, ditches, 

 rivers and brooks, in wet meadows, pastures and woods ; frequent in 

 the Isle of Wight, and I believe over the entire county. Very abun- 

 dant in the pond near Hardingshoot Farm, where it constitutes great 

 branching, bushy plants, three feet or more in height. Ditches in 

 Sandown Level and on Rookly Moors, but so generally distributed 

 over the island as to render an enumeration of stations unnecessary. 

 It may be found in most of our damp woods and wet places, usually 

 but sparingly, but occasionally in great plenty. Found in most parts 

 of the county which I have visited. In great abundance and very tall 

 by the stream a few hundi'ed yards above the mill at Sheat near Pe- 

 tersfield. Corhampton. About Winchester, &c, &c. Droxford 

 Forest and Exton ; Rev. E. M. Sladen. Andover water-meadows ; 

 Mr. Wm. Whale. Near Temple, Selborne ; Dr. T. B. Salter in Phytol. 

 Place House, Iron Mills, Titchfield Common ; Mr. W. L. Notcutt. 



Salvia verbenaca. On dry banks and pastures, waste ground and 

 by road-sides ; not unfrequent in the county and island, particularly 

 on the chalk. Scarcely found about Ryde ; sparingly at Binstead ; 

 common at Bonchurch ; and plentifully at Ventnor on banks facing 

 the sea, in the Cove, &c, as also along the UnderclifF in various 

 places. By Freshwater church and elsewhere in that parish, frequent. 

 Porchester Castle, and common between Porchester and Fareham, 

 1848. Hinton and Hunston ; Rev. E. M. Sladen. Andover ; Mr. 



