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Yar. a;jrc'stis is a rcmiirkalilc one, diU'cririji very iniicli in lialiit IVoiii 

 tlu' other Ibrins, with tlic loavos broader, more rii;i:ose, and ol'teii siil)- 

 eordate at the base; of this I have seen only the specimen in Mr. 

 Hardy's collection. 



The var. pra-cox has somewhat the habit of M. sativa, but the calyx 

 is shorter, and the teeth, thoii<,di lonj^er tlian in the other forms of ^I. 

 arvensis, are nevertheless shorter than those of M. sativa. 



Tiie var. Allioiiii somewhat resembles M. fjientilis, but the calyx is 

 shorter, the teeth triangular, and the corolla liairy. 



With tlie var. parietariifolia I am not acquainted. A specimen 

 amorifj^ Mr. Hardy's mints on a sheet labelled from the station given 

 for this by Mr. Baker, is var. Allionii ; ])ut as the specimen is not attixed 

 to the sheet, the true plant may have been displaced. 



Com Mint. 



French, Menthe dcs chamjhi. Gorman, Fcl(Imin:e. 



Sub-Genus II.— PULEGIUM. Miller. 

 Calyx nearly bilabiate, the throat closed with hairs. 



SPECIES XV.-MENTHA PULEGIUM. 



Pi,.vn:s MXLI. MXLII. 



Edch. Tc. Fl. Germ et Helv. Vol. XVIII. Tab. MCCXC. Fig. 2, 



Sole, Brit. Jlints, p. 51, PI. XXIII. 



Pulegium vulgure. Jl/i7/. Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ, ct Helv. ed. ii. p. 63G. 



Leaves shortly stalked, oval or elliptical, wedge-shaped at the base, 

 obtuse, repand or remotely denticulate-serrate, subglabrous or more 

 or less hairy on both sides. Flowers in whorls, which are all separate, 

 beginning about or below the middle of the stem. Bracts similar to the 

 leaves, and equalling them in size, the uppermost ones sessile, ■without 

 flowers ; bracteoles generally absent, when present obovate or ob- 

 lanceolate, shorter than the flowers. Pedicels puberulent or hispid. 

 Calyx pul)erulent or hispid, funnel-shaped cylindrical, contracted at 

 the throat in fruit; teeth lanceolate-acuminate, half as long as the 

 tube, ciliated Avith bristly hairs; the two lower teeth longer any 

 narrower than the others, and separated from them by a deeper sinus 

 on each side. Corolla more than twice as long as the calyx, hairy 

 without, glabrous within. 



Var. a, deciimbens. 

 Platk JIXLI. 



Stems weak, decumbent, difl'usc, flexuous, rooting at the lower 

 nodes. 



