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LABIATE. XXVI. MENTHA. XXVII. LYCOPUS. 



wliich is tubularly campanulate. 2/ . H. Native of North 

 America, on the mountains, and on the banks of rivulets ; 

 North-west coast, Canada, near New York, Pennsylvania ; also 

 of China, Sir G. Staunton. 



1'ar. a, villbsa (Benth. lab. p. 181.) plant densely hairy. 1. 

 H. M. Canadensis of authors. 



far. ft, glabrata (Benth lab. p. 1S1.) plant nearly glabrous. 

 y.. H. M. borealis, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 2. 



Canadian Mint. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. PI. 1 foot. 



16 M. LAPPONICA (Wahl. fl. lapp. p. 161. t. 10.) stem beset 

 with retrograde asperities ; leaves petiolate, oblong, serrated, 

 narrowed at the base, glabrous : floral ones similar to the 

 others ; whorls all remote, few-flowered ; pedicels glabrous ; 

 calyxes rough, with obtuse teeth. 1(. H. Native of Lapland, 

 in humid sandy places at the river Kemen; also of Kamtschatka. 

 Very nearly allied to M. Canadensis, ft, glabrata. Corollas 

 rose-coloured. Stamens exserted. 



Lapland Mint. PI. 1 to li foot. 



17 M. LANCEOLA'TA (Benth. lab. p. 181.) stem clothed with 

 adpressed, reflexed hairs ; leaves 'lanceolate, acute, serrated, 

 narrowed at the base into the petioles, roughish above and gla- 

 brous beneath : floral ones similar to the rest : upper ones 

 twice as long as the whorls ; whorls all remote, many-flower- 

 ed ; calyx tubular, clothed with adpressed villi, with acute 

 teeth. I/ . S. Native of Ceylon, Macrae. Stem a little 

 branched, tetragonal. Nearly allied to M. Canadensis. 



Lanceolate-leaved Mint. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



18 M. DAHU V RICA (Fisch. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 181.) stem 

 erect, nearly simple ; leaves on short petioles, ovate-lanceolate, 

 quite glabrous : floral ones similar to the others ; whorls few, 

 remote, loosely globose ; calyx tubular, nearly glabrous, with 

 obtuse teeth. I/. H. Native of Dahuria. Lepechmia clino- 

 podifolia, Willd. hort. berol. under no. 21. Horminum clino- 

 podifolia, Pers. ench. 2. p. 132. Stem tetragonal. Leaves 

 quite entire, or remotely serrated. Calyx villous inside. This 

 differs from all the European tubular-calyxed species, in the 

 calycine teeth being obtuse. 



Dahurian Mint. Fl. July. Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. to 1 foot. ? 



* Throat of calyx villous inside. 



19 M. MOLLIS (Benth. lab. p. 182.) stem much branched, 

 twining ? pilosely woolly ; leaves petiolate, ovate-roundish, 

 acute, somewhat serrated, pubescent above, and clothed with 

 white tornentum beneath : floral ones similar ; whorls all re- 

 mote, globose, many-flowered ; calyx clothed with white hairs ; 

 throat villous inside. 1 . S. Native of tropical America ; fre- 

 quent on elevated plains near Quito, Riobamba, Nuevo, and 

 Cuenca; Peru, and near Santa Fe de Bogota. Bysteropogon 

 molle, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 317. Leaves 

 about an inch long. Corolla scarcely longer than the calyx. 

 Stamens inclosed. Style exserted. 



Soft Mint. PL twining.? 



20 M. PULE'GIUM (Lin. spec. p. 807.) stem much branched, 

 prostrate ; leaves petiolate, ovate ; whorls all remote, globose, 

 many-flowered ; calyx hispid, bilabiate : throat villous inside. 

 TJ. . H. Native throughout Europe, in ditches and bogs, and 

 other humid places ; as in England, Sweden, France, Germany, 

 Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece ; also of Caucasus, near Lenko- 

 ran, and about Valparaiso ; also of North America. Sole, menth. 

 brit. t. 23. Smith, engl. bot. t. 1026. Nees, pi. med. with a 

 figure. Woodv. med. bot. t. 171. M. exigua, Lin. spec. 806. 

 Smith, icon. ined. t. 38. Pulegium latifolium, Bauh. pin. 222. 

 Pulegium erectum, Mill. diet. no. 2. Pulegium vulgare, Mill, 

 diet. no. 1. Sabb. hort. rom. 3. t. 49. Riv. mon. t. 23. f. 1. 

 Stems and leaves glabrous, or finely pubescent. Corollas pale 



purple. The name is derived from pules, a flea, because the 

 plant is supposed to drive away fleas by its smell. 



Var. /3, tomentbsa ; stem and leaves densely villous. 1{ . H. 

 Native of Portugal, Spain, about Montpelier, Sicily, Naples, 

 Algiers, South of Tauria, Teneriff'e. M. tomentosa, Smith, 

 in Rees' cycl. M. tomentella, Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. 1. 

 p. 73. M. Gibraltarica, Willd. enum. 611. M. pulegioides, 

 Rchb. Pulegium tomentellum, Presl. fl. sic. 36. Pennyroyal 

 is indigenous to places subject to inundations. It is used in 

 different branches of cookery, also for distilling Pennyroyal- 

 water. In its sensible qualities it is warm, pungent, and aro- 

 matic, somewhat similar to Spearmint, but less agreeable, and is 

 seldom used. The plant is said to thrive best in a strong clayey 

 moist soil. 



Flea Mint, or Pennyroyal. Fl. Aug. Sept. Britain. PL 

 prostrate. 



21 M. REQUIE'NI (Benth. lab. p. 182.) small, creeping, quite 

 glabrous ; branches filiform, ascending ; leaves petiolate, orbi- 

 cular ; whorls loosely few-flowered ; calyx globosely campanu- 

 late, quite glabrous, somewhat bilabiate : throat villous inside. 

 I/. H. Native of Corsica, Requien. Thymus parviflorus, 

 Req. in ann. sc. nat. Audibertia, Benth. Stem diffuse at the 

 base, much branched. Leaves almost quite entire. Flowers 

 2-6 in each whorl ; pedicels longer than the calyx. Corollas 

 and odour that of M. Pulegium. 



Requien's Pennyroyal. PL creeping. 



f Species hardly known. 



22 M. GEAVE'OLENS (Presl, fl. sic. p. 36.) spikes panicled, 

 cylindrical ; flowers sessile ; calyx pubescent ; bracteas linear- 

 setaceous, twice as long as the calyxes ; stem erect, branched, 

 tomentose ; leaves cordate-oblong, mucronate, remotely ser- 

 rated, pubescent, clothed with greyish tornentum beneath. I/ . 

 H. Native of Sicily. Perhaps referrible to M. pyramidalis. 



Strong-scented Mint. PL 2 to 3 feet. ? 



23 M. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Host, fl. austr. 2. p. 148.) whorls of 

 flowers approximate; leaves linear-lanceolate, flat, hairy ; pedi- 

 cels hispid ; stamens shorter than the corolla. %. H. Native 

 of Austria, about Vienna, in humid parts of woods. Stem hum- 

 ble, purplish, roughish from bristles, simple or branched. Leaves 

 denticulated above the middle. Bracteas ciliated. Pedicels 

 hispid. Calyx campanulate, hairy. Corolla purplish, hairy 

 outside. 



Narrow-leaved Mint. PL humble. 



24 M. NUMI'DICA (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 662.) leaves lanceolate, 

 somewhat serrated, glabrous, nerved, dotted beneath ; stem 

 erect, much branched ; whorls pedunculate, subcorymbose. 

 If.. H. Native of the north of Africa, near the ruins of the 

 town of Tabrarca. Plant glabrous. Leaves petiolate. Corolla 

 rather hairy. Stamens exserted. Perhaps a species of Micro- 

 meria. 



Numidian Mint. PL 



25 M. JAVA'NICA (Blum, bijdr. p. 826.) flowers capitate ; 

 leaves lanceolate, distantly serrated from the middle to the apex, 

 puberulous on both surfaces ; stem obversely hairy ; stamens 

 exserted. 1{. . S. Native of Java, in humid places about 

 Buitenzorg, and in bogs near Tugu. Said by Blume to be 

 nearly allied to M. acutifblia. Perhaps the same as M. lanceo- 

 lata, or a var. of M. arvensis. 



Java Mint. PL 



Cult. Most of the species delight in a moist soil ; but they 

 will also grow in a dry soil. Being all creeping rooted plants, 

 they are readily increased by slips of the roots. 



XXVII. LYCOTUS (from \VKO , lukos, a wolf; and Trove, 

 pous, a foot ; so called probably from the form of the leaves.) 



