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The flowers furround the ftalks at the joints in 
little clufters ; they are moderately large, and of 
a deep purple. 
The whole plant has-a very fragrant fmell. 
It is common in the ifle of Ely. It flowers in 
July. 
Ray calls ic Mentha arvenfis verticillata folio ro- 
tundiore oaore aromatico. . 
4. Curled Mint. 
Mentha crifpa verticillata. 
The root creeps under the furface, and fpreads 
abundantly. 
The ftalks are numerous, fquare, and of a pur- 
plifh colour : they are a foot and half in length ; 
but they lic in a great meafure upon the ground ; 
and they are not much branched, but have many 
fhoots from the bofoms of the leaves. 
The leaves are oblong, broad, and of a pale 
green: they are not at all hairy; bue they are 
often wrinkled, and fometimes curled at the 
edges. 
The flowers furround the ftalks at the joints; 
and they are fmall and purple. 
It is common wild about waters; and at one 
time was frequent in gardens, but the /pear-mint 
has there taken its place. It flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Mentha crifpa verticillata. 
Others, from the common rednefs of its ftalk, 
Mentha fativa rubra. 
5. Common red Mint. 
Mentha rubra vulgaris. 
The root is long, flender, and creeping. 
The ftalk is firm, upright, fquare, and two 
feet high. 
The leaves are oblong, narrow, ferrated at the- 
edges, and fharp-pointed: they have fhort foot- 
flaiks ; and they are of a pale green, but they 
often grow red. 1 
The flowers ftand in fimall circular tufts round 
the ftalks at. the places where the upper leaves 
grow 5 and they are of a pale red. 
This is one of thofe mints we have wild in our 
watery places, and ufed to cultivate; but: the 
JSpear-mint has rendered it neglected. | 
C. Bauhine calls it Mentha bortenfis verticillata 
ocymi odere. Others, Mentha cardiaca, and Men- 
tha fufca. 
6. Water-Mint. 
Mentha aquatica folio brevi lato. 
The root is compofed of a multitude of flender 
fibres, which penetrate deep, and {pread every way. 
The ftalk is fquare, upright, not much 
branched, but full of young fhoots from the 
leaves ; and it is two feet or more in heicht, 
very upright, and of a robuft afpeét. ‘ 
The leaves are broad and fhort: they have mo- 
derately long footftalks ; and they are largeft at 
the bafe, fharp-pointed, and fharply ferrated at 
‘the edges. Their colour is naturally a deep plea- 
fant green 5 but they frequently grow redifh. 
The flowers are moderately large, and of a 
pale red: they are placed in large, round heads 
upon the tops of the flalks. 
It is common about waters 
> and flowers in 
June. i 
The whole plant has a ftrong fmell, and an 
acrid tafte, in fome degree approaching to that 
of pepper-mint. 
C. Bauhine calls it Mentha rotundifolia paluftris 
fet aquatica major, Others, Mentha aquatica, 
and /ifyaibrium. : 
4. Hairy Water-Mint. 
Mentha aquatica folio brevi hirfuto. 
The root is compofed of fibres, and fends out 
creeping fhoots every way to a great diftance. 
The ftalk is fquare, upright, hairy, of a brownifh 
or redifh colour, and about a foot and half high. 
The leaves are broad, fhort, and roundith ; 
but they have a long, fharp point. 
The flowers are fmall, and of a very pale purples 
. and they are placed in thick, roundith clufters at 
the tops of the ftalks and branches. 
It is all over covered with a fhort, light haity- 
nefs, of a greyith colour. 
We have it common about ftanding waters, and 
it flowers in July. 
J. Bauhine calls it Mentha aquatica’ five fifjm- 
, brium birfutius. Others, Sifymbrium birfutum, and 
Sifymbria mentha, 
Its tafte is acrid, but difagreeable. 
8. Small-leaved hairy Water-Mint. 
; Mentha aquatica birfuta foliis minoribus. 
The root is flender and creeping. 
The ftalk is fquare, firm, upright, redifh, and 
a foot and half high. 
The leaves have fhort footftalks: they are 
fmaller than in the preceding fpecics, of a pale 
green, and hairy: they are deeply and fharply 
ferrated at the edges, and fharp-pointed. 
The flowers are large, and of a beautiful flefh- 
colour: they ftand in fmall, round clufters upon 
the tops of the branches. 
The whole plant has a very fragrant {mell, 
‘ fomewhat refembling that of a fine Seville orange, 
It is common about waters in Cambridge thire, 
and fome other places. It flowers in Auguft. 
Ray calls it Mentha fifymbrium difa hirfuta glo- 
merulis ac foliis minoribus & rotundioribus. 
g. Rough-leaved fpiked Mint, 
Mentha fpicata folio rugofiore. 
The root is flender and creeping. ‘ 
The ftalk is {quare, robuft, upright, of a pur- 
plifh colour, two feet high, and not much 
branched. 
The leaves have fhort footftalks: they are 
long, narrow, fharp-pointed, and fharply ferra- 
ted along the edges: their furface is rough, and 
their colour a deep dufky green. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks and 
branches in long, flender fpikes : they are {mal}, 
and of a faint purple. 
It is not uncommon about waters in Kent, and 
fome other counties. It flowers in Auguft. 
Ray calls it Mentha anguflifolia fricata glabra 
folio rugofiore odore graviore, ; 
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