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sometimes witli no flowers in their axils ; calyx'teelh lanceolate- 

 acuminate. - - 'Wet places ; common. — J'"i. July — September. 

 Perennial. 



9. iU. rubra (Red Mint), a less hairy plant with red veins to its 

 leaves, is a not uncommon form of the preceding. 



10. .1/. gracilis (Slender :\Iint), includes slender, green, and 

 nearly smooth forms with 

 tlie leaves, especially the 

 upper ones, sessile or v'^ 

 nearly so, and the smell Iv. V 

 of Basil. jV X^/ , _^ 



11. .1/. geniilis has V%, ^Iki.J^- 

 spreading, rather thick v^^fV M)^^-^- 

 leaves, nearly all of one V^^i #^^=^^^Si 

 size and hairy along Uieir \ V^^ r ^i— 

 veins. It is a not un- \\^M¥:^ 

 common type. 



12. M. arvoisis (Corn 

 ]\Fint), a branched, 

 downy plant, 6 — iS in. _^^^, 

 high, with stalked, oxaie, ^\^ 

 serrate, hairy leaves, either ~"'" 

 acute or blunt, all nearly 

 equal in size ; and small 

 lilac floii'ei's in dense, 

 distant whorls : cah'x 

 bell-shaped, with deltoid 

 teeth, hairy. This last is 

 the most constant cha- 

 racter by which to dis- 

 tinguish the forms of this 

 group from the four pre- 

 ceding ones. — Cornfields; 

 common. The plant has 

 a strong sme'll. — Fl. July 



September, rerennial. lvcopus elrop.el-s (Common Ci/sy.-.cort). 



ftt ll'Itoiis dista/ii, in the axils of tJie loic-er leaves 



13. .1/. PuUgium (Pennyroyal). — The smallest of the genus, 

 and very different in habit from any of the others : the stems are 

 prostrate; ihe leaves small, shortl)-stalked, ,o\ate, nearly smooth ; 

 the flowers red, in distant, globose, many-ilowered whorls : ealvx 

 downy, its mouth closed with hairs. — ^\ ft heathy places ; not 

 common. The whole plant has an agreeable perfume and flavour. 



