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I.ABIAT.'E 



by its pungent smell. Fl. 



as a pot-heib, and is distinguishable 

 August, Se|)tcmber. Peiennial. 



5. M. piperita (Peppermint). — A smalle/, more slender, gla- 

 brous species, i — i \ feet high, with stalked, ovatedaneeolate, acute, 

 serrate leaves ; spikes short, lax, blunt, and interrupted below ; 

 braefs lanceolate; ealvx often red.— \Yet places; uncommon. 

 Perhaps a cultivated ionn oi M . Iiirsula. -,.l'\. July -September. 



Perennial 



' 6. M. p u b <• s e e 11 s 

 (Downy Mint). ^ .S7f//( 

 12 — 18 m. high ; leaves 

 stalked, ovate-oblong, 

 serrate, hairy above, 

 Ivoolly beneath ; spikes 

 cylindric, stout, dense, 

 interrupted below. — 

 Middle and south of 

 England only ; rare. — 

 Fl, August, September. 

 Perennial. 



7. ill. hirsuta (Hairy 

 Mint, Capitate Mint).— 

 The commonest and 

 one of the most variable 

 of the Mints, growing 

 }ii e.xtensive masses in 

 wet places, i — 4 feet 

 high, with a strong 

 smell ; leaves stalked, 

 ovate, serrate, acute, 

 downy on both surfaces ; 

 •flowers pale lavender, in 

 atxillar)' and terminal 

 rounded heads, hairy. — 

 l!anks of rivers and 

 Jnarshes : abundant. 

 l"he J'ergamot Mint (M. cilreila) is a glabrous form.— -Fl. July — 

 Sejitember. Perennial. 



ft ]]'liurls ill llie axils of Jeafv bracts 



S. 71/. saliva (Marsh \\'liorled i\lint). — '\\'ith difticulty separated 

 from the preceding ; but growing 2 — j feet high, with leaves 

 grei n, thuugh haii\' on both surfaces, and with all ihv -icli oris of 

 poK'irs separate, all the brails lealy, and the uppermost ones 



^yl>l>i.l* 



;^iriNTHA mtrsl'ta <Jfairy Jfint). 



