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M.  pubescens  Willd.,  var.  palustris  (Sole).  Origin, 
roadside  ditch,  St.  Columb  Minor,  W.  Cornwall,  v.c.  1. 
Cult.  Ledbury,  Aug.  21,  1908.  A  singularly  attractive 
mint  with  its  rich  deep  purple  flowers.— S.  H.  Bickbam. 
I  think  that  this  comes  near  Syme’s  figure  and  description 
of  a.  genuina  but  the  leaves  are  rounder.  In  fact  if  that 
is  (as  seems  probable)  M.  aquatica  x  longifolia  the  present 
plant  is  a  good  step  nearer  to  aquatica,  for  which  the 
leaves,  taken  alone,  would  quite  well  do.  The  inflorescence 
however  has  very  strong  evidence  of  longifolia,  therefore 
it  —  M.  aquatica  x  longifolia  (pubescens  Willd.). — E.S.M. 
What  pubescens  of  Willdenow  was  is  hard  to  say.  I  had 
all  Willdenow’ s  mints  from  the  Berlin  Herbarium  over 
here,  and  there  was  no  specimen  of  pubescens  among 
them!  In  a  “  Revision  des  Menthes  de  l’Herbier  de 
Lejeune  Deseglise,  speaking  of  the  M.  nepetoides  Lejeune 
(Rev.  FI.  Spa,  1824),  remarks  “ad  Mentham  palustrem  Sole 
propius  accedere  videtur.” 
According  to  Baker  we  have  under  pubescens — 
a.  genuina  =  M.  palustris  Sole,  Brit.  Mints  (1798), 
tab.  6,  p.  13. 
b.  hircina  =  M.  hircina  Hull,  Brit.  Flora,  ed.  1, 
(1799),  p.  127. 
The  Abbe  Strail  in  “Classification  des  Menthes  en 
Belgique”  places  M.  nepetoides  Lej.  under  his  section  2, 
Tribe  1,  Piperiteee.  The  specimen  I  have  seen  in  the 
Berlin  Herbarium  of  Lejeune' s  plant  would  make  me 
agree  with  Deseglise’s  reference,  i.e.,  M.  pubescens 
(Willd.  ?)  auct.  pi.  =  M.  nepetoides,  Lejeune,  in  his 
“Rev.  Flora  Spa,”  1824.  Krause  in  Prahl’s  Krit.  FI.  Sch- 
Holstein  (1890),  p.  166,  has  “  M.  nepetoides  (Lejeune)  '== 
M.  gratissima  Nolte!;  M.  latifolia  Nolte!;  M.  aquatica, 
var.  latifolia  Nolte  in  Hansen’s  Herb.  No.  1277  ;  M. 
sylvestris- aquatica  Doll;  M.  nemorosa  x  aquatica  Krause.” 
I.e. — A.B.  (See  also  B.E.C.  Repts.  1887,  p.  187,  and 
1908,  p.  895). 
M.  arvensis  L.,  var.  vulgaris.  Lindean,  near  Galashiels, 
Roxburghsh.,  v.c.  80,  July,  1908.— I.  M.  Hayward.  The 
form  of  calyx-teeth  takes  this  away  from  any  arvensis 
vars.  I  think  this  should  be  called  M.  gentilis  L.,  although 
the  pedicels  are  not  so  glabrous  as  usual.  The  scent 
seems  right. — C.E.S.  Surely  a  sativa  form  (. aquatica  x 
arvensis ).  E.S.M.  I  place  this  under  M.  gentilis  L.,  var. 
Wirtgeniana  (F.  Schultz). — E.F.L. 
