WHIRLED MINTS. 



PL. XVIII. 



1 8. RED MINT. 



THIS Mint grows about a foot and a half in height; the ftalk is of 

 a deep red colour, very much branched, herbaceous, and almoft fmooth ; 

 the leaves ftand on fhort footftalks, they are ovate, ferrated, roundifh, and 

 pointed ; the nerves are red, which, as well as the edges, are a little 

 hairy; the whirls are very numerous both on the main ftalk and colla- 

 teral branches, and the bloffoms are large and of a red colour; the 

 ftamens are fhorter than the blofTom : it has an agreeable aromatick 

 minty fmell. 



" This is a common mint, but has no fmell of bafil." Mr. S. Dak. 

 R. Syn. p. 232. 



It grows fpontaneous in pools and brooks between Mole and Llan- 

 rwft, North-Wales, whence I brought it twenty years ago. 



It blooms in July. 



Mr. Hudfon, in his Flora Anglica, has blended this and Nos. 15 and 16 

 all together as one plant; but as they keep their diftin&ions after twenty 

 years cultivation, I am induced to think they are three feparate plants, 

 and accordingly give them as fuch. 



