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MENTHA PIPERITA. 



Pepper Mint. 



Class XIV. Didynamia. — Order I. Gymnospermia. 



Nat. Ord. Labiate. 



Gen. Char. Calyx equal, five-toothed ; orifice naked, 

 seldom villous. Corolla nearly regular, quadrifid, its 

 tube very short. Stamens distant, exserted or in- 

 cluded. Filaments naked. Anthers with two parallel 

 cells. 



Spec. Char. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, strongly serrated, 

 acute, slightly hairy, stalked. Spikes interrupted. 

 Bracteao lanceolate. Calyx glandular, glabrous at the 

 base. 



SYNONYMES. 



( Mentha spicis brevioribus et habitioribus; Raii Syn. ed. ii. 

 p. 124. 

 _ . J Mentha piperis sapore. Blackw. t. 291. 



■ Mentha piperita. Lin. Sp. PL 305. Eng. Bot. t. 687- Eng. 



Ft. iii. p. 76. 



^Mentha piperita officinalis. Sole Menth. Br. 15. t. 7- 

 French .... Menthe poivre. 

 Italian .... Menta piperita. 



Spanish. . . Pimienta piperita ; Menta pinientada. 

 Portuguese. Hortelana pimentosa. 

 German. . . Pfeffermlinze. 

 Dutch. ...» Peperminte. 

 Danish .... Pebermynte. 

 Swedish. .. Peparmynta. 

 Polish Mienta pieprzna. 



