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tic:il-obk)ii;j, ruuiided at both ends, suhobtusc, closely and evenly 

 serrate, with numerous approximate lateral veins, finely hairy above, 

 glabrous beneath, except on the veins, which ai'e closely hairy. Flowers 

 in whorls, which are all separate, but coniined to the upper part of the 

 stem. Bracts similar to the leaves, subpetiolate, ovate, subacute, the 

 uppermost ones sometimes without flowers ; bracteoles straj)shaped, 

 blunt, finely ciliated, shorter than the flowers. Pedicels glabrous. 

 Calyx glabrous at the base, oblong-campanulate ; teeth triangular, 

 one-third the length of the tube, finely ciliated on the margins and 

 midribs. Corolla half as long again as the calyx, glabrous without 

 and within. 



This j>lant appears to have been found only by Sole in the year 

 1789. " In wet places in the New Forest, Hants, particularly in a 

 common (Alderbury Common) near the Roebuck, between Salisbuiy 

 and Romsey. It has not varied in the least under cultivation." 



England. Perennial. Early Autumn. 



Of this plant the only specimen I have seen is that in the set of 

 Sole's specimens of mints in Mr. Hardy's possession. It appears tome 

 quite distinct from any other of the British forms, and I have seen no 

 foreign ones resembling it. It evidently stands in the same relation 

 to M. piperita that M. gracilis does to M. viridis. Sole says it has a 

 strong smell of peppermint. It is distinguishable from M. gracilis, 

 which it i-esembles in its sessile leaves, by the veins being 8 or 9 in 

 number on each side of the midrib, while in longer leaves of M. 

 gracilis they are only 5 or 6 : the leaves are also blunt, and are said ])y 

 bole to hang down when the plant is growing; the calyx is broader 

 at the base, resembling that of M. gentilis, to which plant, however, I 

 can see no other resemblance. Sole says it grows from 2 to 3 feet 

 high, with its stalk upright and branched only towards the top, that 

 the flowers resemble those of penny-royal, and that the leaves are 

 harsh and wrinkled. 



Meadow Mint. 



SPECIES XIU.— M ENTHA GENTILIS. Lbm. 

 Plate MXXX\ai. 



M. gentilis, vara. 1, 2, and 3, Baker, Joiirn. Bot. 18(55, p. 252. 

 M. rubra, Sole, Brit. Mints, p. 41. PI. X\"lll. 

 M. arvensis, var i, Benlh. in B.C. Prod. Vol. XII. p. 172. 

 M. arvensis, var. y, Hook. & Am. Brit. Fl. cd. viii. p. 325. 

 "M. sativa. y. Bah. JIan. Brit. Bot. ed. v. p. 25t. 



Leaves spreading, shortly stalked, ovate, rounded at the base, 

 tapering and acuminate towards the apex, acute or subacute, serrate, 

 with few and distant lateral veins, thinly hairy all over the surface 



