Genus MENTHA Liiinaena. 



Syst ed 1 (1735). A 1:277 d. 

 MENTHA CANADENSIS Linn. 

 L, sp pi 577. A 1:277 d. Da 14. B 1-591 

 Cov 174, Yosemite. Ha 108. 



Hall, U 108. 



Type locality: "in Canada." 



Coville, CNH 4:174. Yosemite valley. 

 Variety GLABBATA Bth. A 1-277 



Comondu, Baja vBer). Atlantic to 



686 



river." 



Habit and foliage of albicaulis; 1 hi- 

 fis clustered at ends of branches, with 

 conspicuous broad-toothed bracts, mem- 

 branaceous at base: ex-lobes 1%-" IE-- 

 pet bright or, 3-6" Ig: fil all filiform: cap 

 clavate, y 2 ' Ig: sds irr angled, minute- 

 tuberculate. near 1" Ig. 

 M. CORDATA K 2:33, Hesperian O 1860 

 f. Cur 1:137 as Eucnide c. P 1:202 Ced- 

 ros. 

 M. CROCEA K 7:110. Cur 1:137 as Lind- 



576. A 1:235 d. Ab 348. Da 14. 

 Abrams, Fl LA 348. LA, 

 : 14 ' 

 * Ab 849 ' = = M ' 



P 3:99. 



? A D 1 I ??? BSA Wat 11:1 37. B 1:236. Da 

 A G Fl 1:534. B 1: 



Mentha viridis L. 



M. S-2XVSS-TBI3 L, sp pi ed 2 804 

 MENTHA VIRIDIS Linn. 

 Sp PI ed 2, 804. A 1:277, 304 B 1'59^ 



See Mentha spicata L 



. TuvTi'rwi T T i 

 Genus ME\TZELIA Linnaeus. 



Erect ann: Ivs in age brittle, adher- 

 ing very tightly to clothing by means 

 of barbed hairs: fls terminal, solitary' or 

 cymose. sm or showy: sty 3, more or 

 less united into 1: cap dehiscent at sum- 

 mit, few- to many-seeded: sds flat; en- 

 dosperm scanty. Named in honor of C. 

 Mentzel, a German botanist of the 12th 

 century. 



- .DSSBENS Bentham. 

 Masrdalena Island (Br). 

 MBNTZELIA AFFINIS Greene. 

 P 2:103. Ab 256. Sanders, Er 1:158 as a 

 menacing weed, 3 hi. 

 Sts stout, 3-6 dm hi, simple and Ify be- 

 low, widely branching above; Ivs Ian- 

 ceolate, deeply sinuate-pinnate; fls scat- 

 tered, 12 mm broad; ex-lobes attenuate 

 subulate, 4-6 mm Ig; fil all filiform; 

 cap 2.5 cm Ig, almost linear, hispid 

 with sh stiff hairs; sds prismatic, with 

 grooved angles. 



MENTZELIA ALBICAULIS Dougl. 

 Dougl ex T & G Fl 1:534 (1840). Cov 

 107. B 1:235. 



Slender, %-l ft hi or more, Ivs lin- 

 ear-lanceolate, pinnatifid with num nar- 

 row lobes, the upper Ivs broader and of- 

 ten lobed or toothed at base only: fls 

 mostly approximate near ends of 

 branches: ex-lobes iy 2 li long, a little 

 sh'tr than the spatulate or obovate pet: 

 fil not dilated: cap linear-clavate, 6-9' 

 Ig: sds num, rather strongly tubercu- 

 late, irregularly angled with obtuse mar- 

 gins, less than y z ' Ig- Ore, Colo, NM, 

 SBer! 



Mentzelia Veatchiana K 2:29 f 28. 

 Bartonia albicaulis Hook, Fl Bor Am 1: 

 222 (1834). 



Type locality: "arid, sandy plains of 

 the river Columbia, under the shade of 

 Purshia tridentata." 



Variety GRACILENTA Wat, bot king 

 114. B 1:236 as sp. 



Variety IXTEGRIFOLIA Wat. A 1:166 s. 

 M. ASPEBA L. B 1:235, 2:448. Son, Ar, 

 Baja. 



M. CONGESTA T & G Fl 1:534. Cov 

 107. Ha 96. B 1:236. Ore, Nev. 



Type locality: "Rocky mts, on Lewis 



, SD (Or); to 



valley; Nevada. 

 -, ?* ri J 1 ,? 1 7 bran ,ched or often simple, 

 l '\^ ^; Ivs nar ly oblg in outline, pin- 

 natifid into broadly linear lobes or only 

 coarsely sinuate-toothed; upper Ivs 

 sometimes disposed to be ovate or Ian- 

 ceoiate, somewhat sharply cleft or en- 

 tire; fls clustered at summit; lobes 2-6" 

 *S', pet obovate or oblanceolate. rounded 

 or retuse at apex, 4-6" Ig, y fil dilated 

 and somewhat united at base; cap cla- 

 vate to obconic, Vz-%' Ig: sds in 3 rows, 

 angled, minutely tuberculate. two-thirds 



*S- 

 KIB 



SUTI3SI3LS. Wat. 

 Calamujuet, Baja (Br). 

 M. HISPID A Willd. Magdalena Isl (Br). 

 M. IKTEGBIFO^IA Rydb. Ab 256. A 1- 

 166 d. 



MENTZELIA INVOLUCRATA S. Wat. 

 A 1:40 fdr. 



M. LAEVICAUI.IS T & G, Fl 1:535. B 1- 

 237. Da 6. Er 1:13. Ab 256. A 1:168 d. 

 M. LUTDLEYI T & G, Fl 1:533. B 1:216, 

 2:448 Par 17 

 M- LTTTEA. P 3:99. 



M. MICSANTEA T & G Fl 1:535. B 1: 

 236. Er 1:12. Br 1:210 Rosa. Greene, Cal 

 ac b 2:398 Cruz. Ab 256. Da 6. A l:16d. 

 M. PAEVIFI.ORA M 1:138. 

 M. FECTI2TATA K 3:40. Cur 1:138 as 

 gracilenta. 



M. TOBBEYI G 10:72. B 1:237. 

 MENTZELIA TRICUSPIS A. Gray. 

 G. Am nat 9:271 (1875). B 1:237, 2:448. 

 Cov 108. 



Type locality: "from the desert dis- 

 tricts south of St. George." Utah. 



Apparently ann, 6 i hi or more, rather 

 stout: Ivs oblong-lanceolate, 2 or 3 i Ig, 

 acute or acuminate, coarsely sinuate- 

 toothed, attenuate at base to a petiole, 

 the upper ovate and sessile: fls sessile on 

 the short branches: ex-limb V 2 i Ig: pet 

 broadly spatulate. light y. 1^-1 

 very num, sh'tr than ex, linear, sbrae- 

 what dilated above and marked by a 

 transverse orange band, and prolonged 

 into 2 lateral linear cusps nearly equal- 

 ling the oblong-linear anth: sty stout and 

 rigid, 3 cleft, equalling sta: cap % i Ig. 

 Ft Mohave (Cooper) ; CD. 

 M. URENS G 10:71. Am nat 9:271. B 1: 

 238 as Eucnide u. 



M. VEATCHIANA K 2:99 f 28. B 1:236 et 

 Cur 1:138 as albicaulis. 



MEOTTAITTHES [Tourn] L, ayst ed 1 

 (1735). 



