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SPECIES IX. -MENTHA SATI V A. Lhm. 

 ri..ui:s iMXXXl. MXXXH. 

 Baler, Joum. Bot 18G5, p. 2t7. 



M. arvensis, var. sativa, Benlh. in B.C. Prod. Vol. XIT. p. 171. 

 M. hirsuta, var. £, ^, t\, r, and M. acutifolia, Sm. Eng. Fl. Vol. Til. pp. 79 to 81. 

 M. nivalis and M. paludosa, Sole, Brit. Mints, pp. 45 and 40. PI. XX. and XXII. 

 M. aquatica, var. I, e, and i, Friex, Nov. PI. Succ. ed. ii. pp. 183 and 184. 



Leaves conspicuously stalked, ovate or oval-ovate or oval, rounded or 

 wedge-shaped at the base, subacute or acute, serrate or crenate-scrrate, 

 more or less hairy on both sides. Flowers in whorls which are usually 

 all separate, often begiiuiing about or even below the middle of the 

 stem. Bracts large, similar to the leaves, or sometimes the upper 

 ones minute, uppermost ones often without flowers; bracteoles strap- 

 shaped-subulate, hair)', shorter than the flowers. Pedicels hairy, rarely 

 glabrous. Calyx hairy, campanulate-cylindrical ; teeth triangular, 

 acuminate, half the length of the tube, bristly-hairy. Corolla scarcely 

 twice as long as the calyx, hairy without and witliin. Nucules rough 

 with small points. 



Yar. a, genuina. 

 Plate MXXXI. 

 M. rivalis, var. ft, y, and I, Sole, 1. c. p. 45. 



Whorls all sc[)arate. Bracts all leaflike, the upper ones sometimes 

 without flowers. IMant hairy. 



Var. /3, paludosa. 



Plate MXXXII. 

 AI. paludosa, Sole, 1. c. p. 49. 

 M. subspicata, " Weihe ;" Boreau Fl. do cent, de la Fr. ed. iii. Vol. II. p. 508. 



Upper whorls collected into a spike with the bracts smaller, those of 

 the uppermost vei'ticillasters minute. Plant hairy. 



Var. 7, stibghibra, Baker. 

 !M. rival!.*, var. n, Sole, 1. c. p. 49. 



Whorls all separate. Bracts all leaflike. Plant subglabrous. 

 Corolla larger than in vars. a and /3. 



In wet places. Common and generally distributed in England. 

 Rather rare in Scotland, extending north to Kincardineshire and Argyle- 

 shire. Rather rare in Ireland, especially in the north. Var 3 appears 

 to be the least common of the forms, and has been noticed only in 

 England. 



