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Rare or local. Moist ground: New London (Graves), 

 Southbury (T. M. Prudden), Litchfield (T. M. Allen). Aug. 

 — Sept. Adventive from Europe. 



Mentha crispa L. (curled). 



Mentha aquatica L., var. crispa Benth. 

 Curled Mint. 



Rare or local. Roadsides: Norwich (Mrs. E. E. Rogers), 

 New London, Ledyard and Preston (Graves), Stratford 

 (Eames, Harger), Waterbury (Mrs. C. H. Lyman), Oxford 

 (Harger), Bridgeport (Eames). Aug. — Sept. Adventive 

 from Europe. 



Properties similar to those of peppermint. Often culti- 

 vated both for ornament and use. 



Mentha citrata Ehrh. (like Citrus Limonum, the Lemon ; re- 

 ferring to its odor). 



Bergamot Mint. 



Rare. Roadsides and waste places in moist ground : East 



Hartford (Weatherby), Rocky Hill (Mrs. F. W. Starmer), 



Oxford (Harger), Litchfield (T. F. Allen), Salisbury (Mrs. 



C. S. Phelps). Aug. — Sept. Adventive from Europe. 



Mentha Cardiaca Gerarde (of the heart). 

 Mentha sativa of many American authors. 



Rare. Southington, wet ground (Andrews & Bissell). 

 Aug. — Sept. Adventive from Europe. 



Mentha gentilis L. (related). 

 Mentha sativa L. 

 Spotted or Whorled Mint. Runaway Robin. 



Rare. Roadsides, waste places and about old houses: 

 Ledyard and Preston (Graves), Union and Salisbury 

 (Bissell), Bolton (Weatherby), Plainville (J. N. Bishop), 

 Southington (Andrews & Bissell), Bridgeport, Fairfield, 

 Newtown and Sherman (Eames). July — Sept. Naturalized 

 from Europe. 



Mentha arvensis L. (of cultivated ground). 

 Field Mint. 



Occasional. Low fields and wet places. July — Sept. 



