By Thomas Bruges Floiver, Esq. 



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Floivcrs small and numerous in dense cylindrical spikes, usually 

 several together, forming an oblong terminal panicle. Scent sweet. 



3. M. viridis, (Linn.) green or Spear Mint. Engl. Bot. t. 2424. 

 Sole Me nth. 5. 



Locality. In marshy places. P. Fl. August. Area, 1. 2. * 4. * 

 South Division. 



1. South-east District, " Stratford Marsh," Dr. Maton. Nat. 

 Hist. Wilts. " Ditch in a meadow at Stratford," Major Smith. 



South Middle District, " In a pond by the roadside near Chittern 

 turnpike-gate," Mr. Sole, M.S. 



North Division. 



4. North- ivcst District, By the side of the river Avon between 

 Dundas-aqueduct and Stoke-bridge. 



Rare in the County and probably not truly ivild. Stems 2 or 3 feet 

 high, branched, smooth, often purplish. Leaves sessile, lanceolate, 

 glandular beneath. Whorls of the spike rather distant. Corolla 

 glabrous. The whole plant is gratefully aromatic. The perfectly 

 smooth and naked jloiver -stalks are essentially characteristic of this 

 species. 



4. M. piperita, (Sm.) Pepper Mint. Engl. Bot. t. 687. Sole 

 15, t. 7. 



Locality. In watery places. P. Fl. July, August. Area, 

 * 2, * * * 



South Division. 



2. South Middle District, " Ditch-bank at Bemerton," Major 

 Smith. " In Chittern bottom," Mr. Sole. Engl. Flor. 



Bare in Wilts and perhaps not wild, often an escape from gardens. 

 Stem 1 to 3 feet high, a little hairy, often purplish. Leaves all on 

 foot-stalks, dark green and smooth above, more or less hairy beneath. 

 Spikes bluntish, interrupted below. Calyx slender, furrowed, 

 covered with pelucid dots. Corolla purplish. This species is much 

 cultivated for the sake of its essential oil which resides in minute 

 glands conspicuous on the leaves, and especially on the calyx. 



5. M. aquatica, (Linn.) Water capitate Mint. 1 M. hirsuta, Sm. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 447. Sole Menth. t. 10, 11. 



1 " At Mintie is an abundance of wild mint, from whence the village is 



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