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B. Sfiike slender, not comose. Whorls 6-14- 

 jlowered. Branches naked at the upper 

 part. 



3. vera. L. oblongo-linear, quite entire, 

 hoary. Floral L. rhombeo-ovate, acmninate ; 

 upper faUiug short of calyces. Bracts nearly 

 vvauting. s.S. 7, 8. Ellis. Malesherbes. 

 Kreutzuacli. s. Alps. Coasts of Mdt. 



/3. pyrenaica. Lower Floral L. longer. Cal. 

 with a more evident appendage, e. Pyr. 



4. Spica. L. oblongo-lanceolate, somewhat 

 spatulate. Spikes interrupted. Floral L. linear 

 or lanceolate ; tipper falling short of calyces. 

 Bracts lineari-subulate. s. S. 5-9. Dry. s. 

 Fr. K. Nap. Sic. 



C. Mowers solitary , opposite. Calyx IS-nerved, 



somewhat %-lipped. 



5. multifida. Stems leafy. L. bipinnati- 

 fid. Segm. somewhat cuneate, acute. Floral 

 L. broadly cordate (ovate, Bert.), acuminate, 

 villous, equalling calyx. Spike rather dense. 

 p. 3-6. Capo deUe Armi, Cal, 



Tribe II. MENTHOIBEJE. 

 621. ELSHOLTZIA. 



1. cristata. L. stalked, elliptic. Floral 

 L. subrotund, acuminate, ciliate. Spikes se- 

 cuud, panicled. a. 7, 8. Fields, n. G. 



622. PRESLIA. 



1. cervina. Prostrate. L. linear or li- 

 ueari-lanceolate, obtuse, quite entire, dotted. 

 Whorls many -flowered, distant, not terminal. 

 p. 7, 8. Muddy, s. Fr. 



623. MENTHA. 



A. Throat of Calyx naked. 

 i. L. sessile. 



a. lF7iorls approximate, forming a terminal 

 spike. 

 1. macrostachya. L. broadly ovato-eUip- 

 tic, obtuse, rugose, hoary above, downy beneath. 

 Floral L. linear, with setaceous acumen. (Bracts 

 bipartite, Guss.) p. 7-9. Moist. It. com- 



2. rotundifolia. L. ovato-subrotund, cre- 

 nate, rugose, haiiy above, wooUy beneath. 

 Bracts ovato-lanccolate. Cal. hauy. p. 7, 8. 

 Moist meadows and banks. 



3. sylvestris. L. ovato-lanccolate, downy, 

 white beneath. Cal. villoso-tomentose. p. 

 7, 8. Moist banks and thickets. 



a. incana. Sole. L. covered with a white 



down on both sides. 

 /8. villosa. Sole. L. white beneath, hairy 



and wrinkled above. 

 y. Rosani, Ten. L. white beneath, nearly 



smooth above. 

 S. undulata, Willd. L. curly. 



4. viridis. L. ovato -lanceolate, unequally 

 seiTate, hairless. AH floral L. bracteiform, 

 about equalling flowers, p. 7, 8. Alsace. 

 Ger. Pdm. Lig. Rome. 



b. All the Whorls remote. 



5. pratensis. L. ovato-lanceolate, serrate, 

 nearly hairless. Floral L. similar to the others, 

 about twice as long as flowers. Cal. cam- 

 panulate, with hairy teeth : the Stalks smooth. 

 p. 7, 8. Wet. Eng. Distinguished from 

 M. rubra hj the sessile L., Benth. ; hut in 

 Sole" s figure the lower L. are stalked, and they 

 are described by him as subpetiolate. 



ii. L. stalked. 



a. Upper Whorls forming a terminal spike 

 or head. 



6. nepetoides. " L. ovate, sessile, densely 

 pubescent. Spike oblongo-cylindrical. Upper 

 Bracts lineari-subulate. Teeth of Gal. lineari- 

 setaceous, porrect in the fruit, p. 7, 8. Ditches, 

 banks of streams."- — Koch. Resembles M. 

 sylvestris, except for the stalked L. Lejeune 

 compares it to Nepeta Cataria in general ap- 

 pearance. 



7. urticifolia. " L. broadly ovate, ellip- 

 tic, folded, hirsute, serrate. Whorls forming 

 a spike ; cymes of the lower condensed into 

 stalked heads ! Floral L. cuspidate, inciso- 

 dentate. p. Marshes. Lucania." — Ten. 

 Put by Bentkam loith M. sylvestris, bitt 

 Tenore mentions leaf-stalks. Bert. puts it with 

 hirsuta. 



8. aquatica. Hairs reflexed. L. ovate, 

 obtuse, serrate, hispid. Upper floral L. bractei- 

 form. Upper Whorls forming a head, or 

 blunt termiual spike. Base of Cal. and Stalks 

 covered with reflexed haii's. p. 7, 8. Wet. 



a. hirsuta. Smith. Upper Fl. in heads. 

 i3. verticillata. Fl. in whorled spikes. 



9. suavis. L. ovate, acute, serrate, softly 

 downy or villous on both - sides, pale or hoary 

 beneath. Upper floral L. often small, lanceo- 

 late. Lower "VNTiorls remote ; upper forming a 



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