360 119. Lycopus. 32. LABIATE. PL ex. cor. 



Lycopus paUistris glaber, Rait Syn. S36, 1. 

 JVIarrubiiiin aquaticum, fcfer. em. 700, 1. 

 MarrubiTim aquaticum vulgare, Park. 1230. 

 Lycopus europasus, Liu. S. P. 30. 

 Lycopus vulgaris, Pers. Syn. 24. 

 Lycopus riparius, Salisb. Prod. 72. 

 Water horehound. 



Bank-sides by water ; perennial ,• July to September. 



Stem upright; kaves petioled; calyx downy; corolla 

 whitish purple; lower loles spotted on the inside, sometimes 

 with 2 filaments, which rarely have barren anthers. — Root 

 astringent; juice strains the flesh brown, gives a durable 

 stain to linen, woollen, and silk ; and dyes a black with 

 green vitriol. 



&. incisus. Leaves deeply divided, nearly pinnatifid. 



II. 120. MENTHA. Theophrastus. Mint. 



Calyx 5-cut, irregular, not 2-lipped ; inside bald or 

 slightly hairy; corolla little longer than tl^e calyx, 4-lobed; 

 lobes nearly equal; upper lobe nicked; stamens 4, didyna- 

 mous, diverging. — Rliizoma creeping; ^erZ* odoriferous. 



a. Calyx entirely hirsute, 



1. Mentha syhesiris. IVild mint. 



Leaves heartshape, lanceolate, unequally toothed, serrate ; 

 tomentose beneath; racemes terminal, oblong; hractece awl- 

 shape; calyx villous; hairs longer than the breadth of the 

 segments ; stamens exserted. 



Mentha spicala q, Menthastruin spicatum folio longiore candicantc 

 J, Bauhini, Rati Syn. 234,5. 



Mentlia sylvestris, Lin. S. P. 804. 

 Mentha s.picata longifolia, Lin. S. P. ed. 1, 576. 

 Mentha sylvestris a, Huds. FLAngl.2bQ. 

 Mentha longifolia, llitds. Fl. Angl. ed. 1,221 . 

 Mentha viliosa 1, Sole Menth. Brit. 3. 

 Mentha tomentosa, Stokes Bat. iU. M. 312. 

 Mentha candicans, Miller Diet. 

 Horse, mint. 



Damp rubbish and road-sides; peren.; Aug. and Septem. 



Stem tomentose; hairs deflexed; upper leaves lanceolate, 

 pointed ; racemes compounded of whirls, many-flowered ; 

 peduncles hairy; hairs closely deflected; hractea; the length 

 of the flowers. — Aromatic. 



