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3. Swere. North Newington Paper-mill Lane, 7. Bees. 
5. Isis. Between North Leigh Common and Handborough abundant. 
Var. M. officinalis, Hull. 
6. Thame. About the brick-yards on north side of Shotover. 
Berks. Wootton, H. Bos., 1861. Northants, Harpole. Gloster, E., 
Warwick. 
M. aquatica, L. Water Mint. 
Top. Bot. 306. Syme, E. B. vii. 13. 1030. Nym. 596. Bx. 398. 
Native. Paludal. Rivér-, brook-, and canalsides, ditches, marshes, and 
wet places. Very common and widely distributed. P. Aug.-Oct. Our 
commonest mint. 
First record, Sib. 1794. 
Var. subglabra, Baker. 
. Swere. Somerton. 
. Ray. Otmoor, Cherwell side, etc. 
. Isis. Port Meadow, Eynsham, Kelmscott, etc. 
. Thame. Ifley, Dorchester, etc. 
- Thames. Goring, etc. 
The mint is much frequented by Vanessa, Atalanta, Io, and Urtice. 
M. sativa, (Z.) Fr. 
Top. Bot. 306. Syme, E. B. vii. 15. 1031. Nym. 596. 
Native. Paludal. River-, canal-, and brooksides, ponds, wet places. 
Rather common and widely distributed. P, Aug.—Oct. 
First record, Tilleman Bobart, 1696, in Ray, ed. ii, referred to in 
Morison, iii. p. 369, as Mentha rotundiore folio glabro, Pulegii flore nobis 
in aquosis et fonticulorum scaturiginibus e monte Shotover dicto, binis 
milliaribus ab Oxonia dissito emanantibus a charissimo fratre Tillemano 
sponte nascenti reperta est. In the Linnean Trans. Sir J. E. Smith refers 
this to sativa. See also Sole’s Menthe Brit., Bot. Guide, etc. 
Var. genuina ; rivalis, Syme. 
3. Swere. Banbury, Bees. 
4. Ray. Otmoor. 
5. Isis. Bruern, Freeland. 
6. Thame. Cowley. 
7. Thames. Caversham. 
Var. paludosa, Sole. 
4. Ray. Islip, Rev. Moyle Rogers. Otmoor. 
5. Isis. Port Meadow; canalside, Oxford. 
6. Thame. Littlemore. 
7. Thames. Caversham, Goring. 
Var. subglabra, Bak. 
4, Ray. Otmoor. 
5. Isis. Bruern, Osney. 
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