280 LABIATE. [MEXTIIA. 



elongate. VAR. 2, vulga'ris, Sole; leaves rounded or subcordate at the 

 base, spikes shorter. 



4. M. aquat'ica, L. ; usually softly hairy, leaves ovate-oblong or cordate, 

 upper bracteifonu, spikes oblong continuous or interrupted below, pedicels 

 and ilowers usually hairy or villous. 



River-sides, marshes, &c., ascending to 1,500 ft. in Yorkshire ; fl. Aug.-Sept. 

 Very common and variable ; some forms are with difficulty distinguished 

 from M. sativa. Stem 1-5 ft. Leaves 1-3 in. Svikes f-1 in. diam., long or 

 short, usually stout. Floirers lilac or purplish. racts and bracteoles lanceo- 

 late-subulate. Calyx-teeth slender. DiSTRlB. Europe, N. Africa, N. ami \V. 

 Asia ; introd. in the N. U. States. 



Sub-sp. PUBES'CENS, Willd. (sp.); leaves ovate-oblong or lanceolate pubescent 

 above tomentose or woolly beneath sharply serrate, spikes cylindric st<>ut 

 dense, calyx-teeth the length of the tube. Mid. and S. England only. 

 VAK. 1, palruftris, Sole (sp.); leaves ovate-oblong tomentose above, woolly 

 beneath. VAR. 2, hirdna, Hull (sp.); leaves ovate-oblong green and sub- 

 glabrous above hairy beneath. 



Sub-sp. HIRSU'TA, L. (sp.); leaves ovate rounded or subcordate at the base 

 serrate more or less hairy on both surfaces, spikes axillary and terminal 

 ovoid or subglobose, calyx-teeth - the length of the tube. Common. 

 VAR. 1, hirm'ta proper ; leaves tomentose on both surfaces, calyx pedicels 

 and corolla hairy. VAR. 2, subgla'bra, Baker ; leaves narrower glabroas 

 except on the nerves beneath, calyx pedicels and corolla hairy. VAR. 3, 

 ' fn, Ehr. (sp. ) ; leaves glabrous on both surfaces, calyx pedicels and 

 corolla glabrous. Staffordshire, Wales, &c., rare. Bergamot Mint. 



** Whorls in axillary clusters, shorter than the leaves ; bracts foliaceous. 

 Throat of calyx glabrous. 



5. M. sati'va, L. ; leaves petioled ovate- or oblong-lanceolate acutely 

 sen-ate, upper smaller, bracteoles usually shorter than the flowers acumi- 

 nate, calyx-teeth lanceolate acuminate ^ $ the length of the tube. 



Wet waste places, from Isla and Kincardine southwards ; rather rare in Ire- 

 land; fl. July-Sept. Probably a form of M. ayitatica, distinguished by the 

 inflorescence alone. DISTRIB. Europe, Canaries ; introd. in N. America. 

 -The forms here enumerated are not characterised by certain characters ; 

 I have taken their diagnoses from Baker's and Syme's works. 



Sul>-sp. SATIVA proper ; green, 2-3 ft., leaves hairy on both surfaces, pedic- 1- 

 calyx and corolla hairy. Common in England, rare in Scotland and Ireland. 

 VAR. 1, hairy, whorls all separate, bracts all foliaceous, upper somo- 

 times flowerless. VAR. 2, palndo'sa, Sole (sp.); hairy, upper whorls cul- 

 lected into a spike with smaller bracts. The passage to M. -/'""'"". 

 VAR. 3, mlHjIa'hra, Baker ; almost glabrous, whorls all separate, bracts all 

 foliaceous. 



Sub-sp. RU'URA, N//'. (sp.); stem 3-5 ft. and nerves of leaves purple, leaves 

 glabrous or sparingly hairy, calyx hairy, pjdicels and corolla glabrous; Not 

 uncommon in England, rare in Scotland and Ireland. 



Sub-sp. fJUAc'ius, Km. (sp.) ; slender, green, leaves oblong-lanceolate glabrous 

 or sparingly hairy, whorls all separate, bracts all smaller and narrower than 

 the leaves, bracteoles equalling and exceeding the flowers, calyx ciliate, 

 pedicels and corolla glabrous. VAR. 1, gradiJlit proper, stem hairy below, 

 lower bracts shortly petioled 5-6 times as long as the rather remote v 

 Wiltshire (gathered by Sole only). VAR. 2, cardi'aca, Baker ; nearly gla- 



