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 MENTHA PULEGIUM. 



Pennyroyal. 



Class, &c. See Mint {Mentha piperita). 



Spec. Char. Flowers whorled. Leaves ovate, downy, 

 obtuse. Stem prostrate. Pedicels slightly downy. 

 Calyx downy, its teeth fringed. 



SYNONYMES. 



Creek yXyi^uv. Dioscorides. 



( Pulegium latifolium. Bauh. Pin. 222. 



I Pulegium regium. Ger. Em. 671. 

 Latin ... ,J P"l e g mm vulgare. Park. Theatr. 29. 



j Pulegium. Rail Syn. 235. 



| Mentha Pulegium. Lin, Sp. PL 807. Eng. Fi. iii. p. £7. Eng. 



^ Bot.t. 1026. 

 French. . . Pouliot ; Avolon. 

 Italian. . . Puleggio. 

 Spanish . . Poleo. 

 Portuguese Poejo. 

 German . . Poley. 

 Dutch .... Poley. 

 Danish. . . Poley. 

 Swedish. . . Puleja. 

 Polish .... Poley. 

 Bohemian . Poleg. 

 Chinese .. Po-ho. 



Description. — The root is perennial, firm, creeping, and 

 furnished with numerous fibres. The stems are prostrate, 

 slender, obtusely quadrangular, branched, downy, and rise to 

 .the height of eight or nine inches. The leaves &re opposite f 



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