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teeth more than \ the length of the tube; 

 corolla deep pink spotted with purple, \-\ 

 of an inch long, the upper lip erect, hairy, 

 the lower spreading 3 -cleft. 



In swamps and wet places throughout 

 the region from Field west to Beavermouth 

 along the railway; flowering during July. 



Perennial by runners ; stem more 

 Mentna 



canadensis or less nair Y witn spreading 

 L. American hairs, simple or branched, 6 

 Wild Mint. i nc hes to 2 \ feet high. Leaves 

 oblong, ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 

 slender -stemmed, acute at the apex, sharply 

 serrate, smooth or sparingly hairy, the larger 

 2-3 inches long, J-i inch wide. Flowers 

 numerous, small, J of an inch long, white, 

 pink or pale purple, all in whorls in the axils 

 of the leaves, the calyx about \ the length 

 of the corolla. 



In moist soil and marshy places, fre- 

 quent along the line of the railway from 

 Field west to Beavermouth; flowering during 

 July. 



