373 LABIA TJ3. [Mentha. 



small, pale purplisL, often nearly white, on short pedicels that are partially beset 

 with a few deflexed or recurred hairs. Calyx campanulate, clothed with stiff 

 hairs, those at its base recurved as on the pedicels, the rest spreadinf;;, its teeth 

 broadly liinceolate, erect, olten pur|ilish, fringed with rigid erect hairs. Corolla 

 much exserted, the throat and segments villous. Stamens either included (and 

 sterile, Bentk) or a little exserted (and fertile, Benth.) ; anthers brownish white, 

 purple or violet. Style occasionally protruded, mostly curved upwards. 



I have remarked this species to be abundantly naturalized in the pastures of 

 the mountainous districts of Jamaica, at several of the pens or grazing-farnis in 

 that island. 



? 2. M. sylvestris, L. Horse Mint. " Leaves subsessile ovato- 

 elliptical or lanceolate sometimes subcordate at the base serrate 

 downy hoary beneath, spikes almost cylindrical scarcely inter- 

 rupted, bracteas subulate, calyx very hairy, its teeth acuminated." 

 Br. Fl. p. 308. E. B. t. G86. 



Tn similar situations with the foregoing, but very rare. Fl. August, Septem- 

 ber. %. 



Stated in the ' Botanists' Guide' to have been found in the Isle of Wight by 

 Mr. S. Wood6, but no locality is given. 



f ? 8. M. viridis, L. Spear Mint. " Leaves lanceolate acute 

 glabrous serrated sessile, spikes cylindrical interrupted, bracteas 

 subulate, calyx -teeth linear-setaceous. " — Br. Fl. p. 308. E. B. t. 

 2424. 



/3. Leaves curled. M. crispa, Roth non Linn, secund CI. Benth. 



In watery places, by the margins of brooks, ponds, ditches, Ike. ; very rare, and 

 perhaps not truly wild. Fl. August, September, ii.. 



E. Med. — Naturalized along the little brook passing by Lord Yarhorough's 

 marine villa at St. Lawrence, all the way to the beach, being doubtless conveyed 

 thither from the kitchen-garden, through which the stream runs, Rev. G. E. 

 Smith !.'.' 



p. Naturalized with a. at the foot of a stone-faced bank below the cliff at Vent- 

 nor, near Fisher's hotel. 



? 4. M. piperita, L. ex parte sec. Benth. quod negat Sm. Pep- 

 per-Mint. " Leaves ovato-lanceolate or oblong strongly serrated 

 acute slightly hairy stalked, upper ones smaller, spikes lax short 

 obtuse interrupted below, bracteas lanceolate, calyx tubular with 

 lanceolate subulate teeth quite glabrous at the base." — Br. Fl. p. 

 308. E.B.t.e,87. 



In wet places like the last; a doubtful native. Fl. August, September. If.. 



Near Ryde. By the side of the Medina below Shide, J. Woods, jun., Esq., 

 B. T. W. 



5. M. aquatica, L. Water Capitate Mint. " Leaves ovate 

 serrated stalked rounded or slightly cordate at the base, upper- 

 most ones bracteiform and shorter than the flowers, flowers dense 

 in terminal obtuse heads or spikes and sometimes also in remote 

 axillary whorls, calyx tubular, its teeth triangular-subulate." — 

 Br. Fl. p. 309. M. hirsuta, L. : E. B. t. 447. 



In wet thickets and hedges, on the banks of streams, ditches, ponds, and in 

 other low wateiy places ; most abundantly. Fl. 3\x\y — September. 2^. 



