20 ENGLISH BOTANY. 



above, glabrous beneath excei)t on the veins. Flowers in whorls 

 Avhich are all separate, beginning about theiniddle of the stem. Bracts 

 similar to the leaves, and very little smaller, the uppermost ones with- 

 out flowers; bracteoles lanceolate, acute, ciliated, shorter than the 

 flowers. Pedicels glabrous. Calyx glabrous or subglabrous at tlie base, 

 broadly oblong-campanulate ; teeth triangular, two-thirds the length of 

 the tube, hairy or ciliated on the margins and midribs. Corolla half 

 as lono- ao-ain as the calyx, glabrous without and within. Nucules 

 "smooth." {Baker.) 



Var. a, genuina. 



M. gentilis, Linn. herb, (in part.) Baker, 1. c. p. 250. Fnes, Nov. Fl. Suec. ed. ii. 

 p. 187. 

 Stem thinly hairy. Leaves rather thick, thinly hairy above, more 

 thickly so beneath. Calyx teeth densely hairy. 



Var. ^, Wlrtgeniana. 



M. Wirtgeniana, " F. Schuliz." Baker, 1. c. p. 2-50. 



Stem nearly glabrous. Leaves rather thin, subglabrous above, 

 glabrous beneath except on the veins. Calyx teeth sparingly hairy. 



Yar. 7, Pauliana. 

 Plate ilXXXVn. 

 TA. Pauliana, " F. ScTiuUz" Baker, 1. c. p. 250. 



Stem nearly glabrous, except sometimes on the upper part. Leaves 

 hairy above, glabrous beneath except on the veins. Calyx teeth densely 

 hairy. 



Li wet places and cultivated ground. Not uncommon in England. 

 Rare in Scotland, where I have seen it only fi'om Dumfriesshire and 

 Berwickshire. 



England, Scotland. Perennial. Early Autumn. 



Stem 1 to 2 feet high, generally considerably branched. Leaves 

 distinctly though shortly stalled ; lamina, 1 to 2 inches long. Whorls 

 distant, A\-ith the lower bracts 3 or 4 times the lengtli of the flowers. 

 It has sometimes been mistaken for M. rubra, but tlie calyx is much 

 broader and more rounded at the base, and the teeth taper gradually, 

 and are not suddenly acuminated ; the flowers are only about half the 

 size of those of jM. rubra. 



Bushy Red Mint. 



French, Menthe des jardim. German, Edehninze. 



