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Mentha Arvensis. Linn, (peppermint.) A p 1 a n t with 

 smooth slender stem, one to two feet high. Leaves one to two 

 inches long, broadly ovate, serrate, deeply veined, dark-green. 

 Flowers small; pink. Frequents marsh edges. Not very com- 

 mon. Perennial. Summer months. 



Calamintha Nepeta. Unn. Nepeta Cataria (catnip.) A 

 downy herb, stems straggling, very strong smelling. Leaves 

 half to one inch long, broadly ovate. Flowers pale lilac, 

 spotted throat, one-third of an inch long. Waste ground 

 especially. Common, and eagerly sought after by cats, which 

 delight to roll, in its foliage. Perennial. Summer mouths. 



Salvia Coccinea. Linn, (scarlet sage.) A plant six to 

 twelve inches high, hoary. Leaves one to two inches long, 

 oval, heart-shaped, sage-green. Flowers showy, scarlet, three- 

 quarters of an inch long. Dry banks and hillsides. Common 

 in localities only. Perennial. April to October. 



Salvia Serotina. Linn, (white sage.) "Very similar to 

 preceding, except leaves pale green, velvety beneath. Flowers 

 white, quarter of an inch long. Dry banks and waysides- 

 Perennial. Summer months. 



These two salvias are very apt to be confounded with the 

 lobelia or cardinal flower. 



Lamium Amplexicante. Linn, (dead nettle.) A small 

 plant with weak, brittle stem, almost transparent; leaves 

 roundish, crenate, upper ones broader than long. Flowers 

 rosy, variegated with white, half an inch long. Waysides and 

 fields. Common. Annual. Spring months. 



Lamium Purpuerum. Linn, (purple dead nettle.) Stems 

 branching from root with purple tinge. Similar to preceding' 

 of which it may be called an offshoot, differing mainly in its 

 flowers being purple. 



Stachys Arvensis. Linn, (hedge nettle.) A plant with 

 stems one half-foot to one foot long, slender. Leaves half an 

 inch to one inch long, ovate, crenate, whorls of distant flower 

 one- third of an inch long, purple, variegated with white 

 Common on waysides. Annual. Spring to Autumn. 



