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13. Nepeta (Cat-mint) 



1. N. cataria (Cat-mint). Stem erect, 

 branched, 2-3 feet high, white with mealy 

 down ; leaves whitish beneath ; the flowers, 

 which are small and whitish or bluish, dotted 

 with crimson, grow in dense whorls, which to- 

 wards the summit of the stem are so close as 

 almost to form a spike. The whole plant has 

 a strong aromatic odour, resembling Penny- 

 royal, and peculiarly grateful to cats, whence 

 it derives its name. Hedges and waste ground ; 

 not common. Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



2. N. glechoma (Ground Ivy). Stem trail- 

 ing ; flowers 3 or 4 together, axillary. A 

 favourite spring flower, with creeping stems, 

 kidney-shaped, crenate, roughish leaves, and 

 bright purple-blue flowers, which mostly grow 

 in threes in the axils of the leaves. The whole 

 plant has a strong aromatic odour, which, 

 though scarcely fragrant, is far from being 

 disagreeable. In rural districts the leaves 

 are often dried and made into tea. Described 

 by some botanists under the name of Glechoma 

 hederacea. Hedges and waste ground ; abun- 



Fl. April to June. Perennial. 



Nepeta Cataria 

 (Cat- Mint) 



14. Marrubium (White Horehound) 



1. M. vulgare (White Horehound). The 

 only British species. Well distinguished by 

 its bushy stems, 1-2 feet high, which are 

 covered with woolly down, by its wrinkled 

 leaves, and its dense whorls of small white 

 flowers, of which the calyx-teeth are sharp and 

 hooked. The whole plant is aromatic and 

 bitter, and is a common remedy for coughs. 

 Waste ground ; not common. Fl. August. 

 Perennial. 



15. Calamintha 

 (Calamint, Basil Thyme, Wild Basil) 



1. C. vulgaris (Basil Thyme). Stem as- 

 cending, branched ; leaves oblong, on short 

 stalks, serrated, acute. A small bushy herb, Marrdbidm Vulgarr 

 6-8 inches high, with hairy, egg-shaped leaves (White Horehound) 



