318 Lxiri. LABIATE.. IMentha, 



B. Stamens 4. (Gen. 3 — 20.) 

 Tribe I. Menthoidji;^. Tube of the cor. scarcely longer than 



the cal, its limb ^—S-cleft, nearhj regular. Stam. diver 



giv^ 



upwards. (Gen. 3.) 



i 



3. Mentha Zinn. Mint. 



Cal. equal, 5-tootlied ; its moidh naked or rarely villous Cor 

 nearly regular, 4-cleft; its tube very short. Stam. divero-ino." 

 exserted or included. Anther^cells parallel. — Name : aivla or 

 /-ai.'0?7, an ancient Greek term. 



r 



matic and pungent. 



Throat of the cal. naked. Inflorescence terminating the stems. JJppe 

 or all the whorls approximated into spikes or in terminal heads. 



f Leaves sessile or the lower ones only stalked. 



^ 1. M. sylvestris L. {Horse M.) ; leaves subsessile ovate ellJp- 

 tical or lanceolate sometimes subcordate at the base serrate 

 downj hoary beneath, spikes almost cylindrical scarcely inter- 

 rupted, bracteas subulate, calyx very hairy, its teeth acumi 



nated-« leaves lanceolate. E. B. t. 686.-/5. leaves elliptical. 

 M. rotund ifolia Sole. ^ 



Moist waste ground : not uncommon in England. Sidlaw Hills 

 Forfarshire. Ireland. 1].. 8, 9.- Partial bracteas sometimes much' 

 lonoer than t\\c flowers and f^ir more conspicuous than in the fi<>-ure in 

 -fe. B. There is a variety with somewhat wrinkled and crisped 

 leaves, which passes into our ^. : it however can scarcely be M. crispa 

 h. B. S. t. 2785, which seems, from the figure, more allied to M 



aquatica. 



2 M. rotundifoUa L. (round-leaved M.) ; leaves sessile ellip- 

 tical obtuse sharply serrate wrinkled downy sha<vo-y beneath 

 spikes interrupted, bracteas lanceolate, calyx soinewhat hairy! 

 Its teeth short and acute. JE. B. t. 446. 



Moist places, in waste ground ; not unfrequent in many parts of 



wiU "tar r' ""t- 1 ""T ^-'"-'-"y' S-tland ; bul scarcely 

 v^na. iNear Cove, Ireland. If.. 8, 9, ^ 



3. M. *vindis L.(Sj,ear 31.); leaves lanceolate acute "-la- 



subuLl"? f '"f^ f^'' '^^'"'^"^^^ interrupted, bracteas 

 subulate, calyx-teeth Imear-setaceous. E. B t 24-M ~ tl 

 crispa Benth. (d Sm.) • ^- t- ^4_4. p. 



^?:!!7I''''^4'J", ""^"y P^'-^^^^f England, aecordinc. to SmM. r^'^'^ 



Wis: it IS' 



tlieiierbage 

 f e refer )L 

 kt tlie floi 

 ibrfer tlian 

 aSjbrever, 



species from 



ch, 



mkr\f 



UI. 



so, 



111,"! "-If J'- ''?'"'''■ .^- 8— M'-- Bentham remark" .h« tie 



lra.,„., and the »/,. are eithe,- glab,.„:,s oT h T ?he S^ e™ > 



yall 



