116 Botany. 



N.O. 4. VERBENACE&. 



1217. VERBENA officinalis, L. (VERVAIN), 78, P. Waste ground, 



roadsides ; com. Bee fls. The old tradition that it is never 

 found more than half a mile from a human habitation has 

 an element of truth in it. W.H.G. 



1. Gravel pit, Hayes, '05. F.M.R. 



2. In fields between Keston and Down, '07. J.F.B. 



NOTE. Tectona grandis yields Teak, a hard wood used for 

 laboratory benches and railway carriage doors ; Clerodendron is a 

 beautiful greenhouse climber (Avery Hill). 



N.O. 5. LABIATE. Most British sp. are Bee fls. 



(326) MENTHA, L. (MINT). A very variable genus. 



1218. M. rotundifolia, Huds., and 1219. M. alopecuroides, Hull. 



a. Records confused or old. 



1220. M. longifolia, Huds. (SYLVESTBIS, L.), 89, P. Wet waste 



ground ; freq. and locally plentiful. 



1. Meadows by the Darenth betw. Shoreham and Eyns- 



ford, '86. W.H.G. 



2. Riverside, nr. Eynsford, '86. J. Groves. 

 a. First record, 1666 : Dartford. 



1221. M. spicata, L. and Huds. (VIRIDIS, L.), the POT-HERB MINT, 



8 9, P. Naturalised in some wet places. Small females 

 occur among the complete fls. 



1222. M. piperita, L. (PEPPEBMINT), 78, P. Denizen ? wet 



places ; very rare. 



1. Chelsfield, cultivated, '04. W.H.G. 



1224. M. aquatica, L. (HIBSUTA, Huds.), 79, P. Wet places ; 



v. com. and v. variable. 



var. b.). subglabra, Baker, less com. 



1 . Old gravel pit near Ravensbourne Ry . Stn. , '04. W.H.G. 



1225. M. gentilis, L. (collective species, M. SATIVA, L., not the 



M. GENTILIS of H. and M.), 7 8, P. Wet places, not 

 uncom. 



1. Cliffe. H. 



2. Wood betw. Orpington and Chislehurst, '05. R.H.C. 

 a. By rivulet, Lewisham ; Mary Cray ; Darenth Wood, 



1877. 



1230. M. arvensis, L. 7 9, P. Cornfields, waysides ; v. com. 

 var. c). agrestis, Sole. 

 1 Cliffe. H. 



