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Linn. (E, B. t. 447.) Berry Pomeroy woods. Marshy fields 

 at Paignton. The variety 7, M. citrata, grows in the Eoeky 

 Valley, near Torquay. (E. B- 1. 1025.) P. YIII. ix. 



5. US. sativa (marsh ivJiorled M.)On banks of streams and 

 in wet situations. Apparently intermediate between M. aquatica 

 and M. . arvensis ; more low and spreading than the former, and 

 having its flowers in axillary whorls, without any spike or ter- 

 minal head, and distinguished from the Corn Mint by its more 

 tubular and longer calyx, as well as its larger flowers. This and 

 its varieties may be found about Barton. Topsham. (E. B. 

 t. 448.) M. acutifolia, E. B. t. 2415. M. rubra, Sm., E. B. t. 

 1413. P. vn.-ix. 



6. M. arvensis (corn M.) In cornfields and waste grounds. 

 Boot creeping ; stems low, branched, and spreading, from 6 to 

 12 inches long ; whole plant more or less hairy. Leaves stalked, 

 ovate, and toothed ; flowers in axillary whorls ; calyx shallow, 

 bell-shaped. Cornfields, etc,, about Torquay, Cockington, and 

 Mary church. (E. B. t. 2119; and also var. 0, M. agrestis, E. B. 

 t. 2120 ; and 7, M. gentilis, E. B. t. 2118 and t. 449 ; M. praten- 

 sis of Hooker and Arnott.) P. Yin, ix. 



7. AS. Pulegium (Pennyroyal.} -In marshy places and wet 

 ditches. Smaller than the root of the Mints ; stems prostrate ; 

 leaves small and ovate, downy with short hairs. Flowers in 

 thickly crowded axillary whorls, pink ; throat of the calyx hairy. 

 Whole plant has a powerfully pungent smell. Forde bog, near 

 Newton. (E. B. t. 1026.) P. Tin. ix. 



THVMITS. THYME. 



T. Serpyllum (wild T.) On downs and dry pastures. Stems 

 much branched, slender and procumbent. Leaves ovate or ob- 

 long, very small. Flowers generally six in a whorl, with exceed- 

 ingly small floral leaves taking the place of bracts ; whole plant 

 hairy. Flowers numerous, purple. Park Hill. Daddy hole 

 Plain. Babbicombe Down, etc. (E, B. t. 1514.) P. YI.-VIII. 



OHSGAKTUM. MAEJOEAM. 



O. vulgar e (common Marjoram.) On hedge-banks and dry 

 bushy places. Stems from 8 or 10 inches to 2 feet high ; leaves 

 stalked, broadly ovate, slightly toothed ; heads of flowers round- 

 ish,*crowded, in a 3-branched terminal cluster. Flowers purple, 

 with purple-tinged bracts. Yery frequent. Hedge-banks on 



