.'362 120. Mentha. 32. LABIAT^E. PL ex. cor. 



Mentha spicata q. Sisymbrium hirsutum Docdy, Unit Syn. 233,7, 

 IMeutiia i^spicata) aquatica seu Sisymbrium, .Eaii %n. 233, 6; Gen em. 

 C84,9. 



Mentha hirsute, Lin. Mant. 81. 

 Mentha aquatica, lluds. Fl. Jngl. 252, a, /?. 

 Mentha hirsnta, Smith T. L. S. 5, 193. 

 Mentha glorneraia, Slokes But. Mat. Med. 616. 

 Water Mint, 



Watery places ; perennial ; August and September. Very 

 variable in form. 



Floivers capitate; leaves pubescent; stem hirsute, hairs 

 deflected, pressed to the stem ; stamens longer than the co- 

 rolla ; Iractece lanceolate, hirsute ; peduncles very hirsute ; 

 hairs white, reflexed; calyx furrowed. — Stimulant; used 

 'in sauces as a carminative, odour peculiarly grateful. 



/S. aurantiaca. Flowers capitate, head and leaves smaller 

 and rounder than the preceding : odour like that of 

 oranges. 



Mentha (spicata) sisymbrium dicta hirsuta, glomerulis ac foliis rainori- 

 bus et rotundioribiis, Dillen in Raii Syn, 233, 8. 



y. piperita. Flowers capitate ; leaves nearly bald ; sta- 

 mens shorter than the corolla. 



Mentha nigricans, Miller''s Diet. 

 Mentha piperita, Lin. S. P. 805. 

 Mentha piperita /3, Huds. Fl. Angl. 251. 



B". palustrls. Flowers spiked or capitate ; spike leafless ; 

 lower whirls peduncled ; leaves hairy, pale beneath. 



Mentha spicata q. rnenthastri aquatici genus hirsutum, spica latiore 



J. Bauhini, Raii Syn. 234, 4. 

 Menth.1 aquatica, Miller Diet. 

 Mentha palustris, Sole Menth. 13, 6. 



E. paludosa. Flowers spiked, in whirls ; whirls close to- 

 gether ; stamens as long as the corolla ; odour like marjoram. 



Mentha paludosa, Sole i»fe«</j. 49,22. 



^. saliva. Flowers in whirls ; whirls peduncled ; stamens 



longer than the corolla, or variable; leaves hirsute. 



Mentha vcrticillata ; varietas hirsutie foliorum discrepans, Raii Syn, 

 232 4. * 



Mentha vcrticillata, Lin. S. N. ed. 10, 1099 ; Huds. ed- 1, 222. 



Mentha sativii, Lin. S. P. 805. 



Mentha rivalis, /3, y, et 8, Sole Menth. 45. 



Mentha arvensis, var. Withering Bot. Arr. 



>j. glabra. Flowers in whirls ; leai)es roundish, bald. 



Mentha aqiiatira vcrticillata glabra, rotundiore folio, Dillen in Heri. 

 iherard. 



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