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tt Stoles sulDterranean. 



3. M. alopeourmdes (Hull) ; Z. subsessile roundly cordate-oval 

 serrate wrinlded hairy beneath, spikes conical-cylindrical, tracts 

 lanceolate, cor. hairy. — Sy. E. B. 1021. M. rotundifolia Sole 4. 

 M. vehit.ina Bab. M. dulcissima Dum. — L. not felted beneath. 

 —West of S. aad east of E. P. VIII. IX. E. S. 



4. M. sylves'tris (L.) ; I. subsessile ovate or lanceolate serrate 

 silky beneath, spiies linear-cylindrical dense, bracts subulate, 

 " fr.-cal. contracted at the mouth," cor. hairy. — E. B. 686. 

 Sole 1 & 2. — L. lanceolate or oblong, more or less hairy, not 

 shaggy. Whorls of spike nearly all close together. Scent 

 sweet. — Damp waste ground. P. VIII. IX. JSorse-Mint. E. S. 



*5. M. piperita (Sm.) ; I. stalked ovate-lanceolate or oblong 

 serrate, upper 1. smaller, bracts lanceolate, spikes lax short blunt 

 interrupted below, cal. tubular glabrous below with lanceolate 

 subulate teeth.— ^. B. 687.— St. 1—2 ft. high and 1. nearly 

 glabrous or hairy on the veins beneath. Cal. glandular. — 

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



6. M. aquat'ica (L.) ; 1. stalked ovate-acute serrate rounded 

 or suboordate below haifj on both sides, fl.-l. falling short of 

 fl., fl.-whorls in few axillar,y and terminal subglobose or ovoid 

 clusters, cal.-teeth triangular J as long as tube. — M. hirsuta 

 E. B. 447. (M. citrata E. i. 1025 is a glabrous form.)— St. 

 12— 18 in. high. Oal. glandular. -^Moist places. P. VII. VIII. 

 Capitate Mint. E. S. 1. 



7. ?M. hirsuta (L., Fr.) ; 1. stalked ovate or ovate-lanceolate 

 serrate hairy above woolly beneath, fl.-l. falling short of the fl., 

 whorls of fl. in subcylindrical thick dense spikes interrupted 

 below, cal.-teeth subulate f length of tube. — M. pubesoens 

 Sy. E. B. 1026, 1027.— St. 12—18 in. high. I know little of 

 this. Is it distinct from M. aquatica ? E. 



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

 Fl. in axillary distant whorls; none amongst the uppermost 

 I., or shorter than them. 



8. M. sativa (L.) ; 1. nearly sessile ovate or ovate-lanceolate 

 sharply serrate, vpper I. smaller but similar and exceeding thejl., 

 whorls distant dense, cal. tubular or bellshaped, cal.-teeth 

 triangular-lanceolate.^St. 1 — 2 ft. high. Uppermost leaves 

 often above the flowers. — a. M. sativa (L.); 1. hairy on both 

 sides, ped. cal. and cor. hairy. E. B. 448. — ^. M. rubra 



