304 DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 



NEPETA. Gen. pL 710, 



Corolla labium inferius lacinula intermedia crenata, 

 faux margine reflexo. Stamina approximata. 

 cataria u NEPETA floribus fpicatls ; verticiilis fubpediceU 



latis, foliis petiolatls cordatis dentato-ferratis. 



Sp. pi. 796. (Ger. em. 682. /. i. Rivin. t. 52. 



Blackwell. t, 455. Pet. herb. /. 32./. i) 

 Cat-Mint. An^lis.. 

 In hedges and wafte places. %. VIII. 

 I inferc this plant on Sihh aid's authority only, not 



having found it myfelf. 

 The flalk is a yard high, and branched : the leaves 



are hoary : the flowers are flefh-color'd, growing 



verticillate in fpikes at the tops of the branches ; 



the middle fegment of the lower lip is fpotted 



with red. 

 The plant has a bitter tafte and ftrong fmell, not 



unlike pennyroyal. 



An infufion of it is reckoned a good Cephalic and 

 Emmenagcgue-i being found very efficacious in 

 hyflerics and the Chlorojis. Cats are extremely 

 fond of this plant, whence the name. 



MENTHA. Gen.pL 713. 



|.-fida; lacin 

 na eredta di 



f Capitatcf, 



Csrolla fubsequalis 4-fida ; lacinia latiore emarginata. 

 Stamina eredta diitantia. 



MENTHA 



