264 58. LABIATE. 



serrate^ upper 1. smaller, bracts hnapola,te,' spikes lax short bhmt 

 inten-upted helow, oal. tubular glabrous: below with lanceolate 

 subulate teetb.'— St. 1 — 2 ft. high- and 1. nearly glabrous or 

 hairjr on the veins beneath. Cal. glandular. — 0. sylvestris (Sole); 

 1. ovate rounded almost heartshaped below, spikes long. Soh 

 24,— Wet places, rare. P. VII. VIII. Pepper Mint. E. S. I. 



6. M. aqucHUca (L.) ; I. stalked ovate serrate rounded or 

 slightly cordate below, wppermOst I. like bracts axiA faMing short 

 6f the fi., whorls few suhglohose capitate the uppermost terminal, 

 cal. tubular with triangvdar subulate teeth hairy as well as the 

 pedicel. — M. hirsuta Sm. — St. 12 — 18 in. high. Cal. glandular. 

 ri. in terminal and axillary stalked clusters rather than whorls. — 

 if. crispa E. B. S. 2785 is a form with cut and crisped leaves. 

 — Inwetplaces. P. VII. Vni. Capitate Mint. E.S.I. 



** Throat of cal. naked. General inflorescence indeterminate. 

 Fl. in axillary distant whorls ; none amongst the uppermost 

 I., or shorter than them. 



7. M.praten'sis (Sole,) ; I. nearly or quite sessile ovate-lanceo- 

 late acute seriate, floral I. similar the smaller ones exceeding the 



fl., whorls distant subglobose, pedicels glabrous, cal. bellshaped, 

 teeth hairv- — Seem. J. of B. iii. ,t. 34. Sole 15. M! gracilis 

 Sm. — St. aljout a foot high and 1. usually glabrous. L. paler 

 beneath, glandular. Cal. glandular, fi. M. rubra (Huds.) ; 1. 

 stalked ovate, ped. and lower part' of calyx glabrous. St. red- 

 dish. Perhaps a distinct species. — Marshy places, rare. P. 

 Vm. DC. , 1 E. 



8. M. sata.va.Qj.') ; I. stalked ovate, serrate, upper ones similar 

 but smaller all exceeding thefl., whorls all distaiut dense, cal. 

 tubular or beUahfiped, teeth, triangular-lanceolgie acuminate. — St. 

 1 — 2 ft. higb. , Uppermost leaves often barren. — a. vulgaris; oal. 

 and pedicels hairy. M. sativa Sm. — j3. M. gentilis (Sm.) ; pedi- 

 cels and lower part of the cal. glabrous, teeth shorter triangular, 

 st. much branched green, 1. aU of nearly the same size. The 

 characters of this variety closely approach M. arvensis. — y. M., 

 actdifolia (Sm.) ; pedicels and cal. liairy aU over, 1. ovate-lan- 

 ceolate tapering. 'at each end. A. specimen from near Settle, 

 Sorkshire, only differs from Smith's plant by having glabrous 

 pedicels. — Var. a and ^ ate closely connected by intermediate 

 forms. — Wet places, y. Banks of the Medway, but not found 

 for many years. P. VII. VIII. Wliorkd hairg Mirit. E. S. I. 



9. M. arven'sis (L.) ; I. stalked ovate serrate, upper I. similar 

 and 'equally large, whorls distant, oal. bellshaped, teeth triimgular 

 as broad as long. — a. vulgaris ; 1. narrowed below. III. arvensis 

 Sm. — ^. M:ag7-estis'(Sm.) ; l.'rouhdish subcordate belowy upper 



